Limited edition vinyl albums from The Mighty Boosh and League of Gentlemen are to be released to mark Record Store Day 2019.
This year's annual event will take place on Saturday, April 13.
The records are being released by Demon Records.
1250 copies will be available of the recent reunion gig, The League of Gentlemen Live Again
After a positive reaction to last year’s programming, Rewind is rolling out their biggest comedy line-up yet with some of the best-loved names in the game, who will all be performing at the festival for the first time. These giants in stand-up will complement the world class artists on the main stage like Bryan Ferry, Foreigner, Michael Bolton, Four Tops, Thin Lizzy and Gloria Gaynor.
Jennifer Saunders is to narrate Hard to Please OAPs a new six-part ITV series that features eight seasoned celebrity OAPs grappling with the cutting edge gadgets and gizmos that are supposedly designed to make our lives easier.
After supporting Jason Manford and Michael McIntyre on their UK tours Andrew Bird is currently headlining his own Ha Ha Time tour.
Bird says: “I’m pretty excited about doing my own tour. I played to over half a million people supporting Michael McIntyre so everyone kept telling me to do my own tour. I’ve been working on loads of new material so it’s time to get out there, hope to see you along the way.”
The winners of this year's Chortle Awards for Best Venue and Best Club night have been revealed.
The winners are as follows
LONDON
Best venue: 99 Club Leicester Square
Best club night: Quantum Leopard at 2Northdown
SOUTH
Best venue: Brighton Komedia
Best club night: Goat Comedy Club, Brighton
NORTH
Best venue: Frog and Bucket,Manchester
Best club night: XS Malarkey, Manchester
MIDLANDS
Best venue: Birmignham Glee
Comedian Alex Lowe found life imitating art at a recent gig.
Lowe currently performs on the circuit as Clinton Baptiste, the hopeless, undiplomatic psychic he played in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights on C4. This is as well as recording his podcast (upcoming guests include Harry Shearer). Lowe also appears on Shaun Keaveny’s BBC6 Music Show as Clinton, doing ‘readings’ for listeners.
The first image has been released of the new cast of Dad's Army.
The Gold TV Channel is remaking three episodes from the 1960s that are no longer available, The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Walker, A Stripe for Frazer and Under Fire. The tapes were wiped but the original scripts by Jimmy Perry and David Croft still exist. The new episodes will be broadcast later this year.
Series three of the International Emmy Award nominated comedy series Urban Myths, returns to Sky Arts, the UK’s only TV channel dedicated to arts, music and culture. The series features eight raucous episodes fictionalising some of the most peculiar stories to have ever leaked out of Hollywood, the music i
Following a run at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, IT Crowd star Katherine Parkinson’s debut play Sitting will have its London première at the Arcola Theatre.
Luke, Cassandra and Mary are sitting. They sit weekly for their portraits and, in a series of revealing sessions, end up sharing their funny and moving tales of love, longing and loss.
It has been reported in Australia that performer Luke Nowell has died.
Impro Australia posted the news on their Facebook page, as follows:
"It is with great sadness and a sense of disbelief that we acknowledge the passing of a friend and fellow improviser.
Luke Nowell was cherished member of the impro and comedy festival community. It was always a delight to share the stage with him.
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