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Rob Beckett's Playing For Time. Rob Beckett. Copyright: Rumpus Media

Channel 4 orders computer game show with Rob Beckett

Monday 12th February 2018

Rob Beckett and Kerry Godliman will front a new series about computer games since the 1980s.

This Time With Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Alan Partridge returns to BBC One in magazine show

Monday 12th February 2018

Filming begins today on a new BBC One series, This Time With Alan Partridge.

A League Of Their Own. Image shows from L to R: Jack Whitehall, Romesh Ranganathan. Copyright: CPL Productions

Romesh Ranganathan replaces Jack Whitehall on A League Of Their Own

Friday 9th February 2018

Jack Whitehall is leaving Sky's sports-based panels show A League Of Their Own. He is set to be replaced by Romesh Ranganathan.

Camping. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Rufus Jones), Fay (Julia Davis), Archie (Oaklee Pendergast), Robin (Steve Pemberton), Fiona (Vicki Pepperdine), Adam (Jonathan Cake), Kerry (Elizabeth Berrington), Davey (Shaun Aylward). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Julia Davis comedy Camping to be remade in USA

Friday 9th February 2018

Girls creators Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner are making a series for HBO based on Camping, the 2016 sitcom by Julia Davis. The new version will star Jennifer Garner.

Jimmy Carr

Channel 4 developing chat show with Jimmy Carr

Thursday 8th February 2018

Channel 4 is working on a new chat show format to be fronted by Jimmy Carr. The untitled programme, if made, would see audience members asking the questions.

Catastrophe. Image shows from L to R: Rob (Rob Delaney), Sharon (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: Avalon Television

Catastrophe, Taskmaster & Horrible Histories win at Broadcast Awards

Wednesday 7th February 2018

The results of the 2018 Broadcast Awards have been announced, with Catastrophe, Taskmaster and Horrible Histories the comedy-related winners.

Denim. Image shows from L to R: Shirley Du Naughty (Hugh Wyld), Electra Cute (Guy Woolf), Glamrou La Denim (Amrou Al-Kadhi), Crystal Rasmussen OBE (Tom Rasmussen), Aphrodite Greene (Charlie Parham). Copyright: Red Planet Pictures

Drag queen band Denim developing TV comedy drama

Wednesday 7th February 2018

Denim, the drag queen band who "infuse pop with LGBT politics", have signed a deal to turn their fictional "uplifting life story" into a mockumentary for TV.

Inside No. 9. Image shows from L to R: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton. Copyright: BBC

Inside No. 9 Series 5 commissioned

Tuesday 6th February 2018

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton's Inside No. 9 will return to BBC Two in 2019 for a fifth series.

Alistair McGowan

Sky orders impressionist satire Re-Dub!

Thursday 1st February 2018

Alistair McGowan is to feature in a new satirical impressions show for Sky One.

Joel & Nish Vs The World. Image shows from L to R: Nish Kumar, Joel Dommett. Copyright: Rumpus Media

Comedy Central to film Joel & Nish Vs The World Series 2

Friday 26th January 2018

Joel & Nish Vs The World, the comic travel programme in which Joel Dommett and Nish Kumar test their 'brains and brawn', will return to Comedy Central for a second series.

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