British Comedy Guide 2015 news archive

Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2015.

Sunny D gets a full series
Monday 21st December 2015
Vicious to return for new special
Friday 18th December 2015
BBC Three orders another series of Josh
Wednesday 16th December 2015
Lee Mack confirms Not Going Out sequel plans
Wednesday 16th December 2015
Channel 4 to make spoof Royal Family soap opera
Wednesday 16th December 2015
New sketch show for Morgana Robinson
Tuesday 15th December 2015
Julia Davis creates new comedy series Robin's Test
Monday 14th December 2015
Stephen Fry receives special Rose d'Or Award
Wednesday 9th December 2015
David Mitchell to star as Shakespeare in new BBC comedy series
Monday 7th December 2015
ITV2 orders The Almost Impossible Game Show 2
Monday 7th December 2015
Uncle to return to BBC Three
Thursday 3rd December 2015
ITV orders Ann Summers comedy drama
Thursday 3rd December 2015
E4 orders Series 2 of Chewing Gum
Thursday 3rd December 2015
BBC Two orders Sue Perkins panel show Insert Name Here
Thursday 26th November 2015
John Cleese to oversee Fawlty Towers stage show in Australia
Wednesday 25th November 2015
Sky Arts to broadcast 12 Christmas specials
Wednesday 25th November 2015
Yuriko Kotani wins BBC New Comedy Award
Friday 20th November 2015
ITV confirms Cold Feet return
Thursday 19th November 2015
Broadcast Awards 2016 comedy nominees revealed
Wednesday 18th November 2015
ITV order Series 2 of Play To The Whistle
Wednesday 18th November 2015
John Finnemore leads BBC Audio Awards 2016 nominations
Tuesday 17th November 2015
BBC to revive sitcoms including Keeping Up Appearances
Monday 16th November 2015
BBC to produce new Porridge spin-off
Sunday 15th November 2015
Warren Mitchell dies aged 89
Saturday 14th November 2015
Drunk History returns for Series 2
Wednesday 11th November 2015
Hugh Dennis to front The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Tuesday 10th November 2015
ITV2 to air end of year show with impressionist Luke Kempner
Tuesday 10th November 2015
Michael McIntyre to host another BBC Christmas special
Tuesday 10th November 2015
Jimmy Carr announces Netflix special
Monday 9th November 2015
British comedy leads Rose d'Or 2015 nominations
Monday 9th November 2015
James Acaster launches Kickstarter campaign for online series
Monday 9th November 2015
Humble Quest For Universal Genius gets TV trial
Friday 6th November 2015
BBC Store launches with packed comedy catalogue
Thursday 5th November 2015
Comedy Central developing Wasteman sitcom
Wednesday 4th November 2015
YouTube impressionist Scheiffer Bates gets E4 pilot
Wednesday 4th November 2015
The Last Leg team go on an Australian road trip
Wednesday 4th November 2015
Kayvan Novak to star in 'Britain Today, Tonight'
Wednesday 4th November 2015
Channel 4 orders Men About The House script
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
BBC Three to record stand-up specials
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Forgotten Hancock script rediscovered
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Writer Dick Sharples dies aged 88
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
The Cloud gets full series on Channel 4
Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Carry On film franchise to return
Monday 2nd November 2015
Richard Briers blue plaque unveiled
Monday 2nd November 2015
Frank Skinner to present new BBC iPlayer chat show
Monday 26th October 2015
More Boomers for BBC One
Friday 23rd October 2015
Live At The Apollo moves to BBC Two
Wednesday 21st October 2015
British Comedy Awards 2015 to be delayed
Tuesday 20th October 2015
Andy Parsons quits Mock The Week
Monday 19th October 2015
New US comedy service launches with Fringe showcase
Friday 16th October 2015
Catherine Tate considering live tour
Friday 16th October 2015
Radio 2 unveils full line-up for its 2015 Comedy Showcase
Friday 16th October 2015
Outnumbered to return in 2016
Thursday 15th October 2015
Mitchell & Webb working on new Channel 4 sitcom
Wednesday 14th October 2015
Stephen Fry quits QI
Wednesday 14th October 2015
Series 2 for Murder In Successville
Wednesday 14th October 2015
Cradle To Grave Series 2 planned
Tuesday 13th October 2015
BBC planning new series of W1A
Tuesday 13th October 2015
Chastity Butterworth TV chat show in development
Tuesday 13th October 2015
Radio 2 pilot for Barbara Nice
Monday 12th October 2015
Only Fools And Horses named Britain's best sitcom in C4 poll
Saturday 10th October 2015
Richard Osman hosts new comedy quiz pilot
Friday 9th October 2015
BBC commissions two series of People Just Do Nothing
Friday 9th October 2015
BBC Two keen for more Boy Meets Girl
Thursday 8th October 2015
Let's Play Darts to return for Sport Relief
Thursday 8th October 2015
Joel Dommett joins new Sky 1 music panel show Bring The Noise
Thursday 8th October 2015
Inside No. 9 to return for Series 3
Wednesday 7th October 2015
Danger Mouse film in development
Wednesday 7th October 2015
Harry Hill begins filming another Professor Branestawm
Tuesday 6th October 2015
Jocelyn Jee Esien working on new Radio 4 show
Tuesday 6th October 2015
Elis James and Katy Wix to star in Radio 2 sitcom
Tuesday 6th October 2015
Terry Mynott and Robert Webb to star in Radio 2 pilot
Monday 5th October 2015
Simon Farnaby creates new golf sitcom for Radio 2
Monday 5th October 2015
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em could return in 2016
Sunday 4th October 2015
Bridget Jones's Baby begins filming
Friday 2nd October 2015
Cast announced for David Walliams's Billionaire Boy
Friday 2nd October 2015
Friends star David Schwimmer joins Julia Davis sitcom
Thursday 1st October 2015
Man Down to return for a third series
Thursday 1st October 2015
E4 orders new sitcom Wasted
Thursday 1st October 2015
Roisin Conaty gets full series of sitcom GameFace
Thursday 1st October 2015
Black Mirror to return on Netflix
Friday 25th September 2015
Comedy snooker film The Rack Pack coming to iPlayer
Friday 25th September 2015
Taskmaster to return for two new series
Thursday 24th September 2015
Jon Richardson and Matt Forde to present talkSPORT football show
Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Matt Lucas to star in BBC's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Filming starts on new Ben Miller sitcom I Want My Wife Back
Wednesday 23rd September 2015
BBC One to celebrate Peter Kay in new documentary
Wednesday 23rd September 2015
BBC One to broadcast a live episode of Mrs Brown's Boys
Wednesday 23rd September 2015
BBC One unveils Landmark Sitcom Season
Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Yonderland set to return for a third series
Friday 18th September 2015
Richard Wilson to play Victor Meldrew again
Thursday 17th September 2015
Paul Zerdin wins America's Got Talent
Thursday 17th September 2015
At Last The 1948 Show episodes rediscovered
Wednesday 16th September 2015
Ryan Sampson to star in new sketch-prank show Glitchy
Tuesday 15th September 2015
Still Open All Hours gets a second series
Saturday 12th September 2015
Jack Whitehall's Backchat to return
Friday 11th September 2015
Jack Dee to host The Apprentice You're Fired
Friday 11th September 2015
Citizen Smith unlikely to return despite rumours
Friday 11th September 2015
Cast confirmed for David Walliams's new BBC sketch show
Thursday 10th September 2015
Tim Vine to pilot chat show on Radio 4
Wednesday 9th September 2015
Gold commissions new Comic Strip special
Monday 7th September 2015
Sky to launch new music panel show Bring The Noise
Thursday 3rd September 2015
E4 announces cast for new comedy drama Aliens
Wednesday 2nd September 2015
New Al Murray Pub Landlord sitcom in development
Sunday 30th August 2015
Sam Simmons wins Edinburgh Comedy Award 2015
Saturday 29th August 2015
BBC Two working on The Making Of Dad's Army drama
Friday 28th August 2015
Frank Skinner to co-present history of light entertainment show
Thursday 27th August 2015
Justin Edwards, Mel Giedroyc and Jim Howick team up for Radio 4
Thursday 27th August 2015
ITV2 orders 4 comedies to sit alongside MOBO Awards coverage
Wednesday 26th August 2015
Channel 4 commissions Olivia Colman sitcom Flowers
Wednesday 26th August 2015
ITV to bring back Cold Feet?
Tuesday 25th August 2015
BBC axes Vic & Bob's House Of Fools
Tuesday 25th August 2015
New Blackadder revival rumours
Sunday 23rd August 2015
Andrew Lawrence gets Radio 4 sitcom
Saturday 22nd August 2015
Catherine Tate to star in new hotel comedy Do Not Disturb
Thursday 20th August 2015
On The Buses star Stephen Lewis dies aged 88
Thursday 13th August 2015
David Nobbs dies aged 80
Sunday 9th August 2015
Dave commissions two more series from Dave Gorman
Friday 7th August 2015
Gordon the Gopher returns in BBC pilot
Thursday 6th August 2015
George Cole dies aged 90
Thursday 6th August 2015
Rob Brydon to host Tom Jones comedy special for Children In Need
Friday 31st July 2015
Christopher Lloyd joins Crackanory Series 3
Saturday 25th July 2015
Robert Lindsay to star in antiques shop sitcom Bull
Thursday 23rd July 2015
Henry Winkler to return in third series of Hank Zipzer
Wednesday 22nd July 2015
You're Back In The Room recommissioned
Tuesday 21st July 2015
Spitting Image to return?
Sunday 19th July 2015
Bluestone 42 ends
Wednesday 15th July 2015
Sketch group Absolutely to return to Radio 4
Wednesday 15th July 2015
Big School ends, as David Walliams makes BBC sketch show
Monday 13th July 2015
Sue Johnston to star in new Sky1 football sitcom Rovers
Thursday 9th July 2015
Sky orders 8 more Agatha Raisin episodes
Thursday 9th July 2015
Very British Problems get Channel 4 series
Thursday 9th July 2015
The Brittas Empire looks set to return to TV
Wednesday 8th July 2015
Channel 4 orders hypnotic prank show pilot Look Into My Eyes
Tuesday 7th July 2015
Marc Wootton to bring back Shirley Ghostman for live shows
Monday 6th July 2015
Audible creates 5 sitcom pilots
Monday 6th July 2015
Brian Pern to return for Series 3
Tuesday 30th June 2015
John Finnemore creates new Radio 4 series
Tuesday 30th June 2015
Miles Jupp is the new host of The News Quiz
Monday 29th June 2015
Joanna Lumley developing new comedy show for Sky
Monday 29th June 2015
The Missing Hancocks to return to Radio 4
Monday 29th June 2015
David Walliams working on TV talent show sitcom
Monday 29th June 2015
John Thomson to present Gold archive stand-up series
Thursday 25th June 2015
Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe set to become a global hit
Friday 19th June 2015
British Comedy Awards move to a new TV channel
Wednesday 17th June 2015
BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2015 open for applications
Tuesday 16th June 2015
Morwenna Banks and Rebecca Front to star in Radio 4 library sitcom
Thursday 11th June 2015
Professor Brian Cox to host new BBC Two panel show pilot
Thursday 11th June 2015
Episodes to return for Series 5
Wednesday 10th June 2015
CBeebies orders new comedy series Go Jetters and Spot Bots
Tuesday 9th June 2015
E4 gives Drifters the green light for Series 3
Tuesday 9th June 2015
Raised By Wolves gets second series
Monday 8th June 2015
Angela Barnes gets Radio 4 stand-up series
Monday 8th June 2015
ITV2 commissions Safeword with Rick Edwards and Katherine Ryan
Thursday 4th June 2015
Jeremy Clarkson returns to BBC TV with QI appearance
Wednesday 3rd June 2015
Doc Martin set for US remake by Friends creator
Tuesday 2nd June 2015
UKTV Gold orders studio audience sitcom Bull
Thursday 28th May 2015
UKTV Gold orders new sitcom Marley's Ghosts
Thursday 28th May 2015
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to make Henry IX for Gold
Thursday 28th May 2015
BBC Two axes Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Tuesday 26th May 2015
Channel 4 in talks with Dom Joly to bring back Trigger Happy TV
Tuesday 26th May 2015
BBC One orders 3rd series of Count Arthur Strong
Friday 22nd May 2015
Ben Miller's Horrible Science coming to CITV
Thursday 21st May 2015
Sketchorama Series 4 line-up revealed
Wednesday 20th May 2015
Catherine Tate's Nan to return for new TV specials
Monday 18th May 2015
Cast announced for BBC comedy thriller Stag
Monday 18th May 2015
Aborted Morecambe & Wise sitcom by Roy Clarke uncovered
Friday 15th May 2015
Tom Rosenthal and Naz Osmanoglu's Flat TV gets BBC Three series
Friday 15th May 2015
Cuckoo returns for Series 3
Friday 15th May 2015
BBC Comedy Feeds 2015 revealed
Thursday 14th May 2015
Trollied to return for fifth series
Monday 11th May 2015
'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' to return as live stage show
Monday 11th May 2015
BAFTA TV Awards winners announced
Sunday 10th May 2015
Not Going Out to return for Christmas Special
Friday 8th May 2015
Crims dropped by BBC Three
Friday 8th May 2015
Al Murray comes sixth in South Thanet election
Friday 8th May 2015
Nick Park working on caveman football film Early Man
Wednesday 6th May 2015
Red Dwarf to return to Dave for two new series
Saturday 2nd May 2015
UKIP reports Have I Got News For You to the police
Thursday 30th April 2015
Peter Kay's Car Share streamed 2.8m times on iPlayer
Wednesday 29th April 2015
Marc Wootton and Kayvan Novak to voice Counterfeit Cat
Wednesday 29th April 2015
Channel Dave orders Series 2 of Hoff The Record
Tuesday 28th April 2015
Kayvan Novak to make The Celebrity Voicemail Show
Tuesday 28th April 2015
Ventriloquist Keith Harris dies aged 67
Tuesday 28th April 2015
Sandi Toksvig to quit The News Quiz
Tuesday 28th April 2015
Jonathan Ross to present cookery panel show pilot
Friday 24th April 2015
BBC One orders The John Bishop Show
Thursday 23rd April 2015
Channel 5 returns to making British comedy
Thursday 23rd April 2015
BBC Salford Sitcom Showcase 2015 programme revealed
Wednesday 22nd April 2015
Jim Howick to star in BBC Two's Stag
Tuesday 21st April 2015
Lesley Manville to star in new BBC Two sitcom 'Mum'
Tuesday 21st April 2015
Sky Arts to make a series of slapstick comedies
Tuesday 21st April 2015
David Mitchell and Jeremy Paxman to host C4's Election Night 2015
Monday 20th April 2015
Channel 4 orders Series 4 of Friday Night Dinner
Friday 17th April 2015
Channel Dave to broadcast The Pub Landlord's election battle
Thursday 16th April 2015
Zig and Zag to return in animated CBBC series
Wednesday 15th April 2015
BAFTA TV Awards 2015 comedy nominations
Wednesday 8th April 2015
Channel 4 to broadcast topical political sitcom Ballot Monkeys
Wednesday 8th April 2015
Blake Harrison takes the lead role in E4 comedy drama Tripped
Tuesday 7th April 2015
E4 orders new comedy drama Aliens
Tuesday 7th April 2015
Sue Perkins to film BBC panel show pilot Insert Name Here
Friday 3rd April 2015
David Mitchell to star as Shakespeare in new BBC sitcom
Thursday 2nd April 2015
Alan Davies returns with As Yet Untitled Series 3
Thursday 2nd April 2015
Gold to profile comedians in new series 'The Interviews'
Wednesday 1st April 2015
Russell Tovey amongst cast for Radio 4 sitcom Cardboard Heart
Tuesday 31st March 2015
No third series for Up The Women
Monday 30th March 2015
Holly Willoughby to host new ITV panel show
Thursday 26th March 2015
ITV2 to show Keith Lemon's Back To The Future Tribute
Wednesday 25th March 2015
Comedy Central reveal Russell Howard's new show
Tuesday 24th March 2015
BBC Two orders Charlie Brooker election special
Tuesday 24th March 2015
Filming starts on Series 7 of Doc Martin
Monday 23rd March 2015
Frankie Boyle to return to iPlayer with post-election special
Monday 23rd March 2015
ITV2 orders Plebs Series 3
Friday 20th March 2015
BBC Two orders Jack Dee's Help Desk
Thursday 19th March 2015
Michael McIntyre developing two series for BBC One
Thursday 19th March 2015
Harry and Paul win at Royal Television Society Awards
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Jeremy Clarkson still booked for Have I Got News For You
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Rik Mayall honoured at Leicester Comedy Festival Awards
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse plan live tour
Tuesday 17th March 2015
BBC orders another Professor Branestawm special
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Chortle Awards 2015 winners revealed
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Ben Miller and Romesh Ranganathan front Out Of This World
Monday 16th March 2015
New topical comedy The Week That Wasn't to be piloted
Monday 16th March 2015
Stewart Lee discusses Alternative Comedy Experience axe
Thursday 12th March 2015
ITV3 plans Easter Carry On weekend with new documentary
Thursday 12th March 2015
Birds Of A Feather to return for Series 12
Thursday 12th March 2015
Comic Relief 'No Direction' band line-up revealed
Wednesday 11th March 2015
Russell Brand returns to XFM radio
Wednesday 11th March 2015
The Keith Lemon Sketch Show gets 2nd series
Wednesday 11th March 2015
Filming starts on new BBC comedy The Kennedys
Monday 9th March 2015
Dapper Laughs films sitcom pilot
Sunday 8th March 2015
Peter Kay to star as Danny Baker's father in Cradle To Grave
Saturday 7th March 2015
Michael McIntyre to host BBC One Easter special
Friday 6th March 2015
Kerry Howard to star in new sitcom Witless
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Rory Bremner will return with post-election satire
Wednesday 4th March 2015
BBC Two confirms Harry & Paul retrospective
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Morgana Robinson gets her own BBC Two pilot
Wednesday 4th March 2015
US star Tracey Ullman returns to the BBC
Wednesday 4th March 2015
New Ben Miller sitcom from Worst Week Of My Life writers
Wednesday 4th March 2015
BBC announces annual Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture
Wednesday 4th March 2015
More Bad Education Movie details revealed
Monday 2nd March 2015
Vic & Bob confirm 25th anniversary live tour
Monday 2nd March 2015
Channel 4 announces 6th annual O2 Comedy Gala
Monday 2nd March 2015
Jack Whitehall confirms Bad Education Movie
Friday 27th February 2015
BBC Three to pilot hit live comedy format Funz And Gamez
Thursday 26th February 2015
BBC Scotland announces multiple comedy commissions
Thursday 26th February 2015
Harry and Paul lead RTS Awards nominations
Wednesday 25th February 2015
Filming starts on new BBC Three sitcom Top Coppers
Wednesday 25th February 2015
BBC confirm 10 more episodes of Would I Lie To You?
Tuesday 24th February 2015
Russell Brand to launch new podcast
Monday 23rd February 2015
Radio 4 Extra to broadcast Rik Mayall snowman series
Friday 20th February 2015
Chortle Awards 2015 nominees announced
Tuesday 17th February 2015
Mark Steel's In Town Series 6 locations announced
Tuesday 17th February 2015
Basil Brush stars in his own online sketch show
Monday 16th February 2015
Julia Davis comedy Hunderby to return to Sky Atlantic
Monday 16th February 2015
ITV2 orders Job Lot Series 3
Monday 16th February 2015
Jack Docherty sitcom Stop/Start to be piloted on TV
Friday 13th February 2015
Leo Kearse crowned UK Pun Champion 2015
Friday 13th February 2015
Bad Robots to return for Series 2
Thursday 12th February 2015
E4 orders Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy Crashing
Thursday 12th February 2015
Detectorists leads Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2015 nominations
Thursday 12th February 2015
Goodness Gracious Me to return for another special
Thursday 12th February 2015
ITV to launch new topical puppet show Newzoids
Wednesday 11th February 2015
Vic and Bob planning live comedy tour
Tuesday 10th February 2015
Rich Hall to present new comedy pilot Search History
Tuesday 10th February 2015
Adam Buxton and Graham Linehan writing new sitcom The Cloud
Tuesday 10th February 2015
Line-up revealed for new Greg Davies show Taskmaster
Tuesday 10th February 2015
Comic Relief unveils Donation Statues
Monday 9th February 2015
Nish Kumar named as the new host of Newsjack
Friday 6th February 2015
ITV orders Benidorm Series 8
Friday 6th February 2015
Mark Watson prepares for 27 hour Comic Relief gig
Friday 6th February 2015
Rick Edwards to host ITV2 panel show pilot Safe Word
Thursday 5th February 2015
The Office voted best TV show of the past 20 years
Wednesday 4th February 2015
Stewart Lee complains about 'ticket touts'
Wednesday 4th February 2015
Revolution Will Be Televised to deliver political special
Wednesday 4th February 2015
Transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl begins filming
Monday 2nd February 2015
Murder In Successville commissioned to full series
Monday 2nd February 2015
Ted Robbins collapses on Phoenix Nights Live stage
Sunday 1st February 2015
QI to be broadcast in America
Friday 30th January 2015
Radio 4 developing comedy panel show about religion
Thursday 29th January 2015
Catastrophe Series 2 ordered by Channel 4
Wednesday 28th January 2015
BBC preparing special to mark 25 years of Harry & Paul
Tuesday 27th January 2015
Still Open All Hours ends with 8 million viewers
Monday 26th January 2015
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2014 results announced
Monday 26th January 2015
Reality TV panel show coming to ITV2
Friday 23rd January 2015
BBC announces iPlayer Valentine's comedies
Friday 23rd January 2015
Sky unveils Moone Boy Series 3 guest stars
Thursday 22nd January 2015
BBC axes new sitcom The Walshes
Wednesday 21st January 2015
Rich Fulcher to pilot sitcom about an adult shop
Tuesday 20th January 2015
Mr Bean to return for Comic Relief 2015
Tuesday 20th January 2015
Katherine Ryan to pilot new comedy format
Monday 19th January 2015
Stephen Mangan to play pregnant man in new Sky show
Monday 19th January 2015
Channel 4 confirm final series of Fresh Meat
Friday 16th January 2015
Al Murray's Pub Landlord to stand for Parliament against Nigel Farage
Wednesday 14th January 2015
Chris Ramsey and Channel 4 developing new weekly comedy show
Tuesday 13th January 2015
Vicar Of Dibley to return for Red Nose Day
Sunday 11th January 2015
Sky1 commissions comedy thriller Apocalypse Slough
Thursday 8th January 2015
Jack Whitehall working on Bad Education film
Wednesday 7th January 2015
Comedy Central to make new version of Impractical Jokers
Wednesday 7th January 2015
Rowan Atkinson to star in Horrible Histories
Monday 5th January 2015