Tuesday 19th June 2018
To mark his 60th birthday, Sir Lenny Henry is to be at the centre a BBC One special which will take a light-hearted look back over his career.
David Tennant and Jessica Hynes are to take the lead roles in a new comedy drama about a family with a severely learning-disabled daughter.
The BBC has now officially confirmed that Motherland is due to return for a second series.
BBC One has announced a new sitcom about a group of ghosts, created, written by and starring the original Horrible Histories group of leads, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond.
Ahead of the fifth series of Inside No. 9, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton will film a special Halloween episode of their show, to be broadcast 'live' on BBC Two in October.
Wednesday 13th June 2018
Roast Battle is to return to Comedy Central for a second series, with Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan (but not Russell Brand). Carr and Ryan have also signed up to a Netflix panel show.
Tuesday 12th June 2018
Dad's Army's golden anniversary is to be marked next month with a new blue plaque in Thetford, Norfolk, where location filming for the sitcom took place. The sitcom's vicar, Frank Williams, will unveil it on 21st July.
Following the success of a non-broadcast pilot, Channel 4 has ordered a full series of "consumer justice" comedy show Joe Lycett's Got Your Back.
Friday 8th June 2018
Channel 4 has confirmed that Damned, the sitcom about social workers starring Jo Brand and Alan Davies, has ended after two series.
Roisin Conaty's self-penned sitcom GameFace is to return for a second series. Six more episodes will be made in 2019, to be broadcast on Channel 4.
