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Channel 4 orders another series of Home
Wednesday 21st August 2019
Home, the sitcom by Rufus Jones about a Syrian immigrant living with a family in Dorking, is to return to Channel 4 for a second series.
There She Goes moved to BBC Two for new series
Wednesday 21st August 2019
David Tennant and Jessica Hynes will return for a second series of comedy drama There She Goes, now moving to BBC Two.
Channel 4 orders flesh-eating comedy drama horror
Monday 19th August 2019
Channel 4 has ordered Generation Z, a comedy drama from Ben Wheatley featuring "pitch-black humour".
Tom Allen gets Channel 4 pilot
Thursday 15th August 2019
Tom Allen will host a new Channel 4 pilot visiting and celebrating towns across Britain.
Channel 4 orders more Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
Thursday 15th August 2019
Joe Lycett is to return to Channel 4 with a second series of his consumer-rights comedy series Joe Lycett's Got Your Back.
'Werewolf: Live' signs TV development deal
Wednesday 31st July 2019
Werewolf: Live, the stage comedy show hosted by Jon Gracey in which comedians verbally battle for survival, is being developed for TV.
Comedy actors to voice The Tiger Who Came To Tea
Monday 29th July 2019
The voice cast for Channel 4's animated special The Tiger Who Came To Tea will include Tamsin Greig, David Walliams and Paul Whitehouse.
Titania McGrath TV show in development
Thursday 25th July 2019
Production company Whizz Kid Entertainment has announced it has secured TV rights to Andrew Doyle's woke millennial character Titania McGrath.
Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy to be re-made in America
Thursday 25th July 2019
A new TV version of Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is in the works. It's being made for American streaming service Hulu.
BBC Comedy Shorts 2019 revealed
Tuesday 23rd July 2019
The BBC will present the shows Brain In Gear, Lazy Susan, Mandy and Sorry as its 2019 Comedy Shorts.