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Comedy Central Live returning to television in 2025
Monday 23rd December 2024
Comedy Central Live is returning to linear television next year, with sets from Chris McCausland, Judi Love and Edinburgh Comedy Award-winner Amy Gledhill among others.
Mandy to return for Series 4
Sunday 22nd December 2024
Diane Morgan is reportedly set to film a fourth series of her sitcom Mandy.
Romesh Ranganthan shoots Sky Max travelogue Can't Knock The Hustle
Tuesday 17th December 2024
Romesh Ranganathan has shot a travelogue on his international tour, in which the constantly grafting, jet-setting comic explores how different cultures maintain a work-life balance. Airing on Sky Max next year, Can't Knock The Hustle follows him to India, South Korea, the US and Canada as he questions his stand-up material, "in a global exploration of our hustle-obsessed modern existence".
Rowan Atkinson to return to Netflix for Man Vs Baby
Monday 16th December 2024
Netflix has announced Man Vs Baby. A follow-up to 2022's Man Vs Bee, it'll see Rowan Atkinson return as hapless character Trevor Bingley.
Ludwig wins Best New Comedy in I Talk Telly Awards 2024
Sunday 8th December 2024
Ludwig, Brassic, Alma's Not Normal actor Siobhan Finneran and Mr. Bigstuff stars Danny Dyer & Ryan Sampson were the winners in the publicly-voted I Talk Telly Awards 2024.
Sweetpea to return for Series 2
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Dark comedy thriller Sweetpea is to return to Sky for a second series.
Taskmaster wins international Rose d'Or Award
Tuesday 3rd December 2024
Greg Davies and Alex Horne picked up the 2024 Rose d'Or Award for Comedy Entertainment for Taskmaster.
Male escort comedy series Honey Boys in development
Monday 2nd December 2024
A TV comedy series about a group of childhood friends who run an escort business in Cornwall is in development. Honey Boys is based on an existing Israeli format.
Matt Lucas pilots hidden camera prank show for ITV
Friday 29th November 2024
Matt Lucas is piloting a prank show for ITV with the working title Matt Lucas' The Joke's On You, a hidden camera comedy being developed for teatime audiences. He is also writing his second novel, for young adults, about rival productions of Les Misérables.
Jordan Brookes pilots dark, mixed-media sitcom Go Home Jordan Brookes
Thursday 28th November 2024
Jordan Brookes is piloting Go Home Jordan Brookes, an offbeat, loosely autobiographical sitcom, described as "the small town homecoming story of The Cockfields and Back To Life mixed with the surreal world of Twin Peaks". Co-starring Jan Ravens and Sunil Patel, the boomerang generation sitcom features an ambitious mix of animation, puppetry and deepfake technology, as well as home video footage of Brookes as a child.