Andy Parsons quits Mock The Week
'Maybe now they'll make a female comedian a regular'
19/10/2015 … Andy Parsons is quitting Mock The Week after ten years – saying he hopes to be replaced by a female regular.
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Mon 19 October 2015
© Trinity Mirror / Mirrorpix / Alamy From key punk venue to comedy club
Laughterhouse takes over Eric's in Liverpool
19/10/2015 … One of Liverpool's most important music venues has been converted into a purpose-built comedy club.
Sun 18 October 2015
David Morgan heads to I'm A Celeb jungle
18/10/2015 … Stand-up David Morgan is to join the hosting team on reality TV spin-off series I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here Now! He replaces fellow comic Rob Beckett…
© BBC/Balloon Entertainment/Colin Hutton Fri 16 October 2015
Catherine Tate: I'm planning to tour
16/10/2015 … Catherine Tate is considering her first live tour, possibly as early as this spring.
Graham Chapman's blue plaque 'stolen'
Palin slams 'stupid and selfish' act
16/10/2015 … Thieves are thought to have stolen a blue plaque celebrating Monty Python's Graham Chapman.
Stanhope skewers cut-and-paste journalism
16/10/2015 … •'I can't imagine anyone going to a John Oliver show is going to be a prick.
Manford and Jupitus join Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Comics tour with musical next year
16/10/2015 … Jason Manford and Phill Jupitus are to star in the 2016 UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.