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Judges named for Comedy Women In Print : Other news 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide


As entries open for this year's prizes
The judges have been announced for this year’s Comedy Women in Print prizes, as entries open today.
There will be two prizes, for published and unpublished novel.
In the first category Chocolat author Joanne Harris will chair the panel that also includes Maureen Lipman, Steph McGovern,Susan Wokoma and writer Cathy Rentzenbrink.   
Journalist Sarah Shaffi chairs the judging panel for the unpublished novels, alongside Martha Ashby, editorial director at HarperFiction, broadcasters Faye Brann and Gloria Hunniford, stand-up Thanyia Moore, and Dr Jennifer Young, head of writing and journalism at Falmouth University.
The Comedy Women in Print prizes, were created by  comedian Helen Lederer, and are now in their third year.

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Best of the Melbourne fest 2021 : Other news 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide


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The award for best show was previously called the Barry Award in  honour of Barry Humphries, but renamed in 2019 following comments the Dame Edna made about transgender people, and a growing sense that the award’s name should be more inclusive.
The 2019 award went to James Acaster for his show Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999.
Winners will be announced on Saturday, alongside the recipients of the People’s Choice Award, the Directors’ Choice Award and the Piece of Wood, given to the comedians’ comedian.
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Motorhoming with Paul Merton... : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide


Comic and wife Suki Webster to tour the UK for Channel 5
Paul Merton and his wife Suki Webster are to travel the UK in a motor home for a new Channel 5 series.
Six hour-long episodes of the programme – provisionally if unoriginally titled  Motorhoming With Merton & Webster – have been commissioned.
The news comes after industry bodies reported up to 70 per cent increase in motorhome and campervan registrations last summer.
As well as touring the UK later this year, the couple will be reviewing the latest models and gadgets.
They will also meet motorhome fans who will share their secrets such as how to make your caravan warmer, which loo is the comfiest, how to choose the best spot in a caravan park… and how to park it.

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Harry Hill writes his autobiography : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide


Harry Hill writes his autobiography
Based on the things that *didn't* go right...
Harry Hill is publishing his autobiography.
Fight!: Thirty Years Not Quite At The Top, which will be published in November, is described as ‘ an honest and hilarious look back at his life and career through the lens of what didn't go right.’
Publishers Hodder Studio say: "We join him on the journey in childhood, and his starring role in the cub panto, through a short-lived career as a hospital doctor - where he was reprimanded for daydreaming during a life-saving operation - to slogging it out on the comedy circuit in the 90s alongside comics like Bill Bailey and Jo Brand - to becoming a national TV teatime favourite.

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Bridget Christie returns to Radio 4 : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide


The week's best comedy on TV and radio
The week’s best comedy on TV and radio…
Monday April 12
HAVE I GOT A BIT MORE NEWS FOR YOU: Dropped from Friday’s schedules to make way for deferential tributes to the Duke Of Edinburgh, this episode features David Tennant in the chair and Jack Dee and Helen Lewis as the guests.
BBC Two, 10pm
Tuesday April 13
BRIDGET CHRISTIE: MORTAL: If you are mortal, then this is the show for you, says the comedian as she mulls the big questions of birth, life, death and the afterlife. The show is a collection of ‘informative, personal and absurd recordings’ with guest appearances from her dad, her sister and her friend, all recorded in Bridget’s house and local park.

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