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Tom Davis gets BBC One sitcom
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Murder In Successville star Tom Davis will star as a "working class wally" in new BBC One Comedy Playhouse sitcom pilot 'king Gary.
BBC to launch new sitcom set in Scarborough
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Derren Litten, the creator of Benidorm, has written a new sitcom series for BBC One called Scarborough.
Comedy Central commissions Amusical TV pilot
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
A pilot episode of live comedy format Amusical is to be filmed by Comedy Central. Hosted by Jayde Adams and Kiri Pritchard-McLean, the show sees comedians singing their favourite songs from stage and screen.
Mark Strong to star in Sky comedy thriller Temple
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Mark Strong will play a surgeon running an illegal underground clinic in Sky One's new darkly comic thriller Temple.
Channel 4 orders new series hosted by Mo Gilligan
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Channel 4 has ordered Mo's Show, a new comedy entertainment series hosted by stand-up comedian Mo Gilligan.
The Big Narstie Show Series 2 confirmed
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Channel 4 has commissioned a Christmas special and second series of The Big Narstie Show.
The End Of The F***ing World Series 2 confirmed
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Channel 4's hit comedy drama The End Of The F***ing World is to return for a second series.
Lee And Dean Series 2 confirmed
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Channel 4 has recommissioned Lee And Dean, the sitcom about two builders.
Sky confirms new comedy series Brassic
Tuesday 21st August 2018
Joe Gilgun, Damien Molony and Michelle Keegan will be amongst the cast for Brassic, an 'edgy' new comedy coming to Sky One in 2019.
Bob & Paul to go fishing again
Thursday 9th August 2018
BBC Two has ordered a second series of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, to broadcast in 2019.