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Mel B joins Celebrity Juice as team captain
Sunday 1st September 2019
Mel B is joining the new, 22nd series of panel show Celebrity Juice as Holly Willoughby's opposing team captain.
Sky to air Sarah Kendall comedy
Friday 23rd August 2019
Australian stand-up Sarah Kendall has filmed a new comedy series for Sky One, airing from the end of September.
Brenda Blethyn in new Hamilton & Jenkin ITV sitcom
Friday 23rd August 2019
Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola will star in a new ITV sitcom from the writers of Drop The Dead Donkey.
Lucy Montgomery & Rhys Thomas get Comedy Playhouse pilot
Thursday 22nd August 2019
Husband and wife comedians Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas have written a new sitcom for the next season of Comedy Playhouse pilots. Bumps stars Amanda Redman.
Jennifer Saunders & Tom Allen join There's Something About Movies
Thursday 22nd August 2019
Jennifer Saunders and Tom Allen are joining the second series of There's Something About Movies as team captain and regular guest player, respectively.
Sky orders Brassic Series 2
Thursday 22nd August 2019
Sky One has commissioned a second series of new northern comedy drama Brassic, ahead of today's debut of Series 1.
Limmy's Homemade Show gets series
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Scottish comedian Limmy has been commissioned to make a series of Limmy's Homemade Show, his one-man sketch show.
Sophie Willan sitcom joins 2019 New On Two
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Sophie Willan is to pilot her own BBC sitcom, Alma's Not Normal.
Sara Pascoe gets BBC Two sitcom
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Sara Pascoe has had her own BBC Two sitcom commissioned, to be produced with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
Channel 4 commissions female Muslim sitcom Lady Parts
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Channel 4 has ordered a musical comedy series about an all-female Muslim punk band called Lady Parts.