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Lenny Henry to host Morecambe & Wise retrospective series
Friday 21st June 2019
Channel Gold will air Trust Morecambe & Wise, a four-part retrospective series hosted by Lenny Henry which features rarely seen footage of the comedy duo.
Cold Feet Series 9 confirmed
Thursday 20th June 2019
ITV has confirmed that its long-running hit comedy drama Cold Feet will return in 2020 for a ninth series.
David Walliams and Sian Gibson to star in Cinderella comedy
Thursday 20th June 2019
David Walliams, Sian Gibson, Celia Imrie and Tom Courtenay will star in Cinderella: After Ever After, a one-off Christmas comedy for Sky One.
ITV bans all-male comedy writers' rooms
Tuesday 18th June 2019
ITV has announced it will no longer commission comedy shows that have all-male writers' rooms.
The Trip To Greece to air on Sky One in 2020
Friday 14th June 2019
Sky One will broadcast the latest instalment of The Trip, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's comic travel series. The Trip To Greece will be shown in 2020.
Derry Girls and Would I Lie To You? win Televisual Awards
Friday 14th June 2019
Derry Girls and Would I Lie To You? were amongst the winners in the Televisual Bulldog Awards 2019.
BBC One commissions Tom Davis's King Gary
Thursday 13th June 2019
Piloted in December, Tom Davis sitcom King Gary has been commissioned for a full series on BBC One.
Cast revealed for Aisling Bea's comedy This Way Up
Thursday 13th June 2019
More details and a first look picture have been revealed for This Way Up, the new Channel 4 comedy written by and starring Aisling Bea.
Comedies in the running for Edinburgh TV Awards 2019
Wednesday 12th June 2019
Fleabag, Famalam, Derry Girls, Catastrophe, Stath Lets Flats and After Life are in the running for the Edinburgh TV Awards 2019.
BBC's Two Pints Of Lager to return
Tuesday 11th June 2019
A revival of hit sitcom Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps is in development by original writer Susan Nickson.