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Battle In The Box. Jimmy Carr TV

Battle In The Box 'shelved' after one series

Tuesday 25th March 2025

Battle In The Box, the U&Dave comedy show format fronted by Jimmy Carr, is reportedly being "rested".

Emma Moran TV

Darkly comedic Cold War thriller Honey in production for BBC One

Tuesday 25th March 2025

BBC One has commissioned Honey, a "tender and flirty, slick and dangerous darkly comedic Cold War thriller". The series by Extraordinary creator Emma Moran focuses on a 24 year-old MI6 agent in East Berlin in 1982 who is drawn into a deadly and dysfunctional love triangle.

Iain Stirling. Credit: David Venni TV

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet comes to Comedy Central

Tuesday 25th March 2025

Iain Stirling is to host a new Comedy Central show about the worst things online, with Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet finding the stand-up and Twitch streamer joined by three famous guests to mock some of the most dreadful web content that they're allowed to legally discuss on broadcast television.

Smoggie Queens. Image shows left to right: Stewart (Elijah Young), Mam (Mark Benton), Dickie (Phil Dunning), Lucinda (Alexandra Mardell), Sal (Patsy Lowe) TV

Smoggie Queens to return for Series 2

Monday 24th March 2025

BBC Three has ordered a second series of Smoggie Queens, the Middlesbrough-based sitcom written by and starring Phil Dunning.

Mount Pleasant. Lisa Johnson (Sally Lindsay). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions TV

Sally Lindsay to host TV panel show

Friday 21st March 2025

Sally Lindsay's Quiz Night, which is being recorded soon, will see the comic actor fronting shows themed around the 1970s, 1980s and Christmas.

Myra DuBois: Cosmic Empath. Image shows left to right: Lucy Frederick, Gareth Joyner Live

Myra DuBois to tour Cosmic Empath show

Thursday 20th March 2025

Comedy show Myra DuBois: Cosmic Empath will tour between September and November 2025.

FING. Image shows left to right: David Walliams, Iona Bell Film

David Walliams' children's book FING becomes Sky film

Wednesday 19th March 2025

Sky are in production on FING, a film adaptation of the 2019 children's book by David Walliams. The cast list includes Taika Waititi, Penelope Wilton and Blake Harrison.

Emmanuel Sonubi Live

Emmanuel Sonubi discusses surviving heart failure in new tour

Tuesday 18th March 2025

Emmanuel Sonubi: Life After Near Death, a stand-up show in which the comic talks about his rollercoaster ride to recovery after surviving heart failure, will tour between September and November 2025.

Ben Elton Shop

Ben Elton pens his autobiography, 'What Have I Done?'

Tuesday 18th March 2025

Ben Elton has written his autobiography, with What Have I Done? pledging to reveal the true stories behind his iconic sitcoms such as Blackadder, The Young Ones and Upstart Crow, while taking a "deep dive" into his private and public life.

Chortle Awards News

Chortle Awards 2025 results

Monday 17th March 2025

Rob Copland, Jin Hao Li, Emma Sidi, Flo & Joan, Michael Odewale, Phil Ellis and Sam Campbell are amongst the winners of the Chortle Awards 2025.

High Hoops. Image shows left to right: Mr Holt (Robert Webb), Brid O'Neill (Isy Suttie) TV

High Hoops to return to CBBC for Series 2

Monday 17th March 2025

High Hoops, CBBC's new basketball-based comedy starring Robert Webb and Isy Suttie, has been commissioned for a second series.

Two Doors Down. Image shows left to right: Michelle (Joy McAvoy), Alan (Graeme Stevely), Christine (Elaine C. Smith), Colin (Jonathan Watson), Beth (Arabella Weir), Cathy (Doon Mackichan), Eric (Alex Norton), Gordon (Kieran Hodgson), Ian (Jamie Quinn) TV

Two Doors Down Christmas special ordered

Friday 14th March 2025

Two Doors Down is to return to screens for a one-off Christmas episode, two years after the death of co-creator Simon Carlyle.

Daniel Sloss People

Daniel Sloss received death threats for calling out Russell Brand

Thursday 13th March 2025

Daniel Sloss received death threats for speaking out about Russell Brand and is going to make his next show about the reaction to his testimony, he has told fellow comic Russell Howard on his podcast.

Katie Price Film

Katie Price amongst cast list for comedy film Jackie The Stripper

Wednesday 12th March 2025

Jackie The Stripper, a film about a team of female assassins taking on an organisation formed by Jack The Ripper, features a cast list including Charlotte Kirk, Jamie Lomas and Katie Price.

Alma's Not Normal. Alma Nuthall (Sophie Willan) TV

Royal Television Society Awards 2025 nominations

Tuesday 11th March 2025

Gavin & Stacey, Things You Should Have Done, We Are Lady Parts, Alma's Not Normal, Boarders and Ludwig are amongst the nominees for the Royal Television Society Awards 2025.

Christmas Carol Goes Wrong Live

Play That Goes Wrong team to launch Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Friday 7th March 2025

The creative team behind hit show The Play That Goes Wrong are to launch Christmas Carol Goes Wrong in November. It'll tour the UK and appear in London's West End.

Adrian Edmondson Radio

Adrian Edmondson's Waiting For Waiting For Godot arrives on Radio 4

Thursday 6th March 2025

Adrian Edmondson is returning to Waiting For Godot, writing and starring in a comic reinterpretation of the play for Radio 4 set at the start of the coronavirus lockdown, co-starring Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Simon Callow, Christopher Hall and Madeleine Paulson.

Cally Beaton. Credit: Natasha Pszenicki Live

Cally Beaton announces 2025 tour

Thursday 6th March 2025

Stand-up show Cally Beaton: Namaste Motherf*ckers will tour between September and December 2025.

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. Image shows left to right: Lou Sanders, Mel Giedroyc TV

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable cancelled

Thursday 6th March 2025

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable has been cancelled, following four series on the Dave channel between 2021 and last year.

Amandaland. Image shows left to right: Anne (Philippa Dunne), Amanda (Lucy Punch), Felicity (Joanna Lumley) TV

Amandaland Series 2 confirmed by BBC

Thursday 6th March 2025

The BBC has now officially confirmed it has ordered a second series of Amandaland. The new sitcom has been watched by over 6 million viewers to date.

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