Chortle Digest: Revealed - the one insult the BBC censored from The Thick Of It

No 779
May 12, 2017

Lots of book news this week:

• Simon Amstell has written his first book, Help
• Robin Ince and Professor Brian Cox are writing an Infinite Monkey Cage book
• And The No Such Thing As A Fish podcast team are to publish their first book

Revealed: The one line the BBC censored from The Thick Of It

BBC Three has launched a new series featuring ‘Lost Voice Guy’ comic Lee Ridley.

Dying Laughing, a documentary about stand-up featuring Jerry Seinfeld, Stewart Lee, Billy Connolly and more is to get a UK release

Richard Herring is to be reunited with his former podcast partner Andrew Collins for the first time in six years

BBC Two has ordered more Philomena Cunk specials, it has been reported.

Comedy Central has commissioned a third series of Stand Up Central – with Chris Ramsey taking over from Russell Howard.

Benidorm has come under fire over an insult directed at a character with a cleft palate.

The BBC has commissioned a six-part comedy series based on hit Irish film The Young Offenders.

Irish police launched – and then dropped – an investigation into supposedly blasphemous remarks made by Stephen Fry

TV comedy writer Lucien Young has written a political spoof of Alice In Wonderland, based around Brexit.

The BBC is developing a new sitcom about scaffolders.

And meet the finalists in the Chortle Student Comedy Award.

Chris Rock confirms his first UK tour in 10 years. See him LIVE across the UK with all new material in January 2018. Book now!

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Graham Linehan on the return of Count Arthur Strong

Behind-the-scenes secrets of Brass Eye revealed.

Writer Jon Brown on his new C4 comedy Loaded

.... and try this week's comedy trivia quiz

Win 3,270 minutes of QI as series A-G are released as box sets

And the Norman Wisdom film There Was A Crooked Man, unseen for 50 years.

Sonia Aste tries a new approach to winning comedy competitions

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Joel Dommett Live

John Cleese Presents on Radio 4

Loaded on Channel 4

From the Brighton Fringe:
Lachlan Werner: Belly Talk (A Language of Love)
James Bennison: How To Be A Winner
Horace: Default Friends
Intimate Strangers: Mister Bond

Big Field take on Let It Shine and This Time next year, stand-up from Ahir Shah and The Onion tells you why you're wrong about everything, among many others

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