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Host The Week. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Channel 4 cancels Host The Week after first episode

Tuesday 27th June 2017

Channel 4 has axed improvised comedy format Host The Week after a single episode. The second episode, due to feature Jack Whitehall, will not be filmed.

Tom Allen

Tom Allen to host new show The Persuaders

Thursday 22nd June 2017

Tom Allen is to host The Persuaders, a new comedy show pilot in which guests argue over appealing or unappealing options.

Annie. Miranda Hart

Channel 4 signs up Miranda Hart

Thursday 22nd June 2017

Miranda Hart is to make a studio entertainment show for Channel 4.

The Remote Controller. Harry Hill. Copyright: Nit TV

Channel 4 picks up Harry Hill format The Remote Controller

Thursday 22nd June 2017

Channel 4 has picked up The Remote Controller, a comedy format devised by Harry Hill. The pilot will star Hill, with Alan Carr as the presenter.

Alan Carr's Happy Hour. Alan Carr

Alan Carr to present new show I Don't Like Mondays

Thursday 22nd June 2017

Alan Carr is to present I Don't Like Mondays, a new entertainment show on Channel 4 in which contestants can win a year's salary.

Saoirse-Monica Jackson

Channel 4 sitcom Derry Girls reveals plot and casting

Wednesday 21st June 2017

Saoirse Jackson, Tommy Tiernan and Ian McElhinney are amongst the stars of Derry Girls, a new Channel 4 sitcom set around The Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Tony Hawks

Tony Hawks to host Trust The Bucket comedy game show

Monday 19th June 2017

Comedian Tony Hawks is to front Trust The Bucket, an audience-led comedy game show format involving bric-a-brac items and general knowledge questions.

Whatever. Copyright: Open Mike Productions

New panel show 'Whatever' in development

Thursday 15th June 2017

A new panel show about "the questions that no one has ever asked before" is in development. It's being worked on by the production company behind The Last Leg.

Blackadder. Mr. Edmund Blackadder, Esquire (Rowan Atkinson)

Blackadder tops list of shows people would like to return

Thursday 15th June 2017

Blackadder, Only Fools And Horses, Spitting Image and Fawlty Towers have come out top of a poll that asked people which classic TV shows they'd like to return.

David Mitchell

David Mitchell to host new comedy show Bring It On

Thursday 15th June 2017

David Mitchell is to host the pilot episode of Bring It On, a comedy format based around items the audience bring along to the show.

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