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Ghosts Series 5 starts on Friday 6th October
The final series of Ghosts will premiere on BBC One on Friday 6th October at 8:30pm.
British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2023Black Ops Series 2 ordered by BBC
The BBC has commissioned a second series of undercover police sitcom Black Ops.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023Writer Simon Carlyle dies aged 48
Simon Carlyle, co-writer of Two Doors Down and Changing Ends, has died suddenly aged 48.
British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2023BBC Two orders comedy from disability activist Kyla Harris
The BBC has ordered We Might Regret This, an autobiographical comedy from disability activist and filmmaker Kyla Harris, co-starring Sally Phillips and Darren Boyd, and co-written by Harris with her fellow Canadian Shannon 'Lee' Getty.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd June 2023BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 open for entries
Entry is now open for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023. The deadline to apply is Sunday 9th July.
British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2023BBC announces raft of comedy shorts
The BBC has formally unveiled a line-up of new comedy pilots, being released as individual short films on iPlayer this Friday.
British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023Gym comedy Peacock returns to BBC Three for a full series
BBC Three has recommissioned the gym comedy Peacock for six new episodes following a mini-series last year. Allan "Seapa" Mustafa will return as personal trainer Andy Peacock, struggling to adjust to a woke world of selfies and Instagram.
British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023BBC unveils 2023 TV comedy commissions
The BBC has unveiled a number of new TV comedies, as well as announcing the recommission of several popular shows, at the opening of the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff.
British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023Filming underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls
Filming is underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls, in which she stars alongside her real-life sister Lizzie Davidson and Louise Brealey. Simon Bird directs the loosely autobiographical comedy about a dysfunctional family trying to piece their lives back together after their father walks out on them.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2023Ashley Storrie's autism comedy drama Dinosaur picked up for BBC series
Dinosaur, the BBC comedy drama starring Ashley Storrie as an autistic woman negotiating the world has been picked up for a series. Written by Matilda Curtis, it focuses on Nina's life being turned upside down when her sister Evie gets engaged after just six weeks' dating.
British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2023