To mark the centenary of the birth of Eric Sykes, ITVX is to make available the This Is Your Life episode featuring the comedian. It will also be making classic British comedy The Plank available.
Comedian Sooz Kempner has been signed up to be the face and voice of Doctor Who character Doom in Doom's Day, a multiplatform series which forms part of the sci-fi show's 60th anniversary celebrations.
Blind stand-up comic Chris McCausland is to take part in Scared Of The Dark, a Channel 4 reality show in which celebrities must spend eight days in a purpose-built living space designed to block out any light.
Armando Iannucci is writing a graphic novel for Marvel about blind crimefighter Daredevil and forging ahead with a US television show about the trials and tribulations of making a superhero film.
