© Paul Hampartsoumian/RTS Tue 19 March 2019
© Paul Hampartsoumian/RTS 
Words to the Ys
Comics confirmed for Y Not? festival
19/03/2019 … Phill Jupitus, Lost Voice Guy, Simon Evans and Shappi Khorsandi are to headline the comedy line-up for Derbyshire’s Y Not? Festival this summer.
James Corden to host the Tonys again
Comic will toast the best of Broadway
19/03/2019 … James Corden has been announced as host of this year's Tony Awards for Broadway theatre.
What was Captain Mainwaring's first name?
19/03/2019 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz, now in multiple choice format and- compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
The Stand's Kenny O'Brien wins Chortle's offstage contribution award
Tom Stade does the honours in Edinburgh
19/03/2019 … Kenny O'Brien – the departing general manager of The Stand comedy clubs – was presented with the 2019 Chortle Award for best offstage contribution last night.
Catherine Tate's Nan to become a movie star
Comic writes a script for her enduring creation
19/03/2019 … Catherine Tate is planning to make a film based upon her foul-mouthed Nan character.
© Channel 4 Sharon Horgan: We thought the potato famine would be ripe for laughs!
Catastrophe creator reveals her worst idea...
19/03/2019 … News that Channel 4 were developing a sitcom set during the Irish potato famine provoked outrage in some quarters when it leaked in 2015.
When Michael Keaton was a stand-up comedian in the 1980s
19/03/2019 … Hollywood star Michael Keaton has been speaking about his early career as a stand-up.