The comedy week ahead

The comedy week ahead...

Tonight

LIVE IN GLASGOW: The British-based half of The Bugle podcast, Andy Zaltzman, kicks off his Satirist For Hire tour at the Stand tonight, before heading to Newcastle tomorrow, London's Soho Theatre next week, then everywhere else until December 6. Dates.

LIVE IN CHELTENHAM: The week-long Cheltenham Comedy Festival kicks off today, with highlights including Mark Steel's local-based Back In Town tour, classy stand-up from Tom Stade and Andrew O'Neill's History Of Heavy Metal. And it all ends on Friday with a gala featuring Ardal O'Hanlon, Gary Delaney, Jarred Christmas, John Robins and Sara Pascoe. Website

Monday September 15

LIVE IN BRIGHTON: Simon Evans is to record his first DVD tonight. The comic, most recently heard on Radio 4's Simon Evans Goes To Market, will be taping a greatest hits show at the Theatre Royal, close to his Hove home.

LIVE IN LONDON: Brutal and controversial Swedish comic Magnus Betner makes a flying visit to the UK, with three nights at the Leicester Square Theatre starting tonight.

TV: In a special referendum version of Kevin Bridges What's The Story? the comic seeks the opinion of ordinary Scots, visiting an expat steelworker community in Northamptonshire, oil industry workers and even his mum and dad, who are divided on the issue. The show also features new stand-up footage of Bridges filmed at Theatre Royal in Glasgow earlier this year. BBC One, 10.45pm

TV: Jon Richardson tries to get to grips with the adult world in his new Channel 4 series, Jon Richardson Grows Up. He and his best mate, fellow comic Matt Forde went on a road trip around Britain meeting people who have unique views on what it means to be 'grown-up'. Interview. Channel 4, 10pm.

Tuesday September 16

TV: Jack Whitehall returns for a third and final series of Bad Education with an episode in which his character's dad - played by Harry Enfield - has been appointed as the new deputy head. BBC Three, 10pm

RADIO: Kevin Eldon Will See You Now - the sketch show from comedy's most in-demand actor - returns... Radio 4, 11pm

LIVE IN LONDON: A season of Edinburgh shows at the Museum Of Comedy kicks off with some pedantic multi-media piss-taking from David Trent. Review

Wednesday September 17

LIVE IN LONDON: There's a strong and varied bill at the Dry Humour benefit at the Leicester Square Theatre tonight, with Stewart Lee, Miles Jupp, Paul Tonkinson, Paul Sinha and more all doing their bit for Alcohol Concern.

LIVE IN GLASGOW: On #indyref eve, surely the last outing for Vladimir McTavish and Keir McAllister's political themed show, Aye Right? How No? The Comedy Countdown To The Referendum at the Stand.

RADIO Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation, part of the Radio 4 landscape for 21 years, is back for its tenth series of grouchy socialism. Radio 4, 6.30pm

Thursday September 18

LIVE IN EASTLEIGH: Shappi Khorsandi is one of the many acts acts on tour this autumn. Because I'm Shappi is billed as 'celebrating her haphazard, zigzag towards her dreams'. Dates

Friday September 19

LIVE IN GLASGOW: Back after six years, Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill and the rest of the Still Game cast will perform to a total live audience of 200,000 over a mighty 21 performances at the Hydro - starting the night after the referendum result, too. 'It feels like the beginning of a reunion for Scotland after the referendum divided the nation,' Hemphill has said.

LIVE IN BRISTOL: A strong double-act at the What The Frock! women-themed night, with the upbeat, positive and energetic stand-up of Luisa Omielan, and note-perfect musical comedy from Rachel Parris.

LIVE IN HEMEL HEMPSTEAD: The Screaming Blue Murder night in Hemel Hempstead's Old Town Hall features the dark-but-cheeky Carey Marx and the pacy guitar-led humour of Christian Reilly.

Published: 14 Sep 2014