Lenny Henry is to front It's Alive, a new TV comedy pilot. Filmed in front of an audience, the format "digests the world around us and spits it back out in a feast of sketches, songs, monologues, and chat."
Dave Gorman has said that, after five series of his TV series Modern Life Is Goodish, he has decided to call time on the format as he is having to work over 100 hours a week to make the show.
American TV network NBC is to pilot a remake of The IT Crowd. It will be the third attempt to bring Graham Linehan's sitcom to the USA, but this time the creator is involved in the process.
Work on The B'Stard Legacy, the spin-off from Rik Mayall sitcom The New Statesman, has stalled. Writers Marks & Gran say they are struggling to find a lead actor, plus get a TV channel that would be willing to broadcast the show's "scurrilous filth".
