$ 0 0 Chortle Digest: Comedian joins Corrie, reviews galore and an 'Islamophobic' sitcom No 726 April 15, 2016 Alun Cochrane is to appear in an episode of Coronation Street. Bono says we should send comedians to ISIS's terror heartland Plebs star Ryan Sampson has shot a comedy pilot for ITV2. Citizen Khan has been accused of being 'Islamophobic' during a Commons debate. Spoof news reporter Jonathan Pie is to launch his own stand-up tour. Brett Goldstein has been cast in a US comedy pilot BBC One has commissioned a tenth series of Would I Lie To You? Transparent and Arrested Development star Jeffrey Tambor is writing his memoirs. Kerry Howard is to play the young Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC's Keeping Up Appearances prequel. Angus Deayton is to revive his career-making Radio Active show for the Edinburgh Fringe. Why Barry Humphries hates the Barry Award And watch a film starring Richard Herring which has just won an international award. Facebook Twitter Chortle Welcome to your weekly round-up of all the comedy news, reviews and features a full day early! As always check Chortle.co.uk for more on these stories as well as listings of more than 5,000 live comedy events. The Leicester Square Theatre Sketch-Off Final Loads of reviews from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, including James Acaster, David O'Doherty, Kyle Kinane, Alex Edelman, Tom Ballard, Wil Anderson and many more... Here's the full list A new trailer for Ricky Gervais's Special Correspondents movie, Umbilical Brothers the Melbourne comedy festival and many more. Click here for all the videos we've featured this week. Bob Slayer on Gilded Balloon's take on the 'pay what you want' model at the Edinburgh Fringe. Click here to find out how to contribute. Copyright © 2016 Chortle, All rights reserved. unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences