Comedy News Round Up

Taskmaster is returning. We don’t know exactly when, but we do know now exactly who will be on it. The line-up for the 19th series is in and it includes an American star, which might go some way to explaining why the series launch was in New York earlier this month. Anyway, if you are good at faces the new line-up is pictured below. If you don’t recognise them all the details are here.

Ruth Jones (pictured below) from Gavin & Stacey, Jon Pointing from Big Boys and Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Amy Gledhill have been cast in the next Harlan Coben thriller, to be made for Netflix.

Harlan Coben’s Run Away also stars James Nesbitt, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch. More details here.

If you haven’t seen it yet the stage version of Fawlty Towers is coming back to London for another West End run. If you liked the TV version you should love this - needless to say it’s a younger cast. Details here. Picture by Hugo Glendenning.

Following the unexpected death of Tony Slattery a Crowdfunder campaign has been set up to help to pay for his funeral. Over £24,000 has been raised so far, which reflects how much Slattery was loved. You can still donate to the fund here.

Have you been watching The Masked Singer? Social media is convinced that a comedian is playing Kingfisher, but can’t agree on which comedian. Read about the prime suspects here.

And finally, if you have time for a long read, Steve Coogan talks about his latest role. He’s playing a TV interviewer again, but this one is very different to Alan Partridge. Read all about his role in upcoming C4 drama Brian and Maggie here.

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