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I Talk Telly Award nominations published
Nominees for TV blog I Talk Telly's 2018 awards have been revealed, with the final series of ITV's Benidorm amongst those leading the running.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd November 2018Channel Dave orders pizza delivery sitcom Sliced
Channel Dave has ordered Sliced, a sitcom about two pizza delivery drivers in South London. Samson Kayo and Theo Barklem-Biggs star.
British Comedy Guide, 30th October 2018Sky Comedy Shorts 2018 launched
Alex Brooker, Jonny Pelham, Kris Marshall, Lee Ridley, Samson Kayo, Sindhu Vee and Susan Wokoma star in Sky's 2018 Comedy Shorts.
British Comedy Guide, 24th September 2018Timewasters returns to the 1950s
ITV2's hit comedy Timewasters is to return to screens in 2019 with the black London jazz quartet transported to the 1950s.
British Comedy Guide, 8th August 2018Famalam (BBC3): a sublime achievement of satire
Sean O'Grady enjoys another great BBC3 comedy.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 14th April 2018BAFTA TV Award nominees 2018
Catastrophe, Chewing Gum, This Country and Timewasters are amongst the BAFTA TV Awards 2018 nominees. Stars including Adam Hills, Graham Norton, Michael McIntyre and Sandi Toksvig have also been nominated.
British Comedy Guide, 4th April 2018Famalam interview
'We've a licence to talk about things other sketch shows don't because we've an all-black cast'.
Jay Richardson, i Newspaper, 3rd April 2018Hailmakers review
Chinese Burn might be this year's BBC Three 'Comedy Slice' that's got the most press attention, given its focus on an under-represented ethnic group, but Hailmakers is the funniest.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 4th December 2017Timewasters is no waste of time
Daniel Lawrence Taylor's sitcom about a time-travelling jazz band is well worth your time.
The Velvet Onion, 25th October 2017TV preview: New On Two - Famalam, BBC2
After a lot of fairly trad sitcoms the latest pilot in the BBC's current raft of newbies is a sketch show. And although it is new Famalam feels like it has been around for a while. In both a good and bad way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th September 2017