Thursday 27th April 2017
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of Lookalikes, the structured reality comedy series set around a lookalikes agency.
Series 16 of topical BBC Two comedy show Mock The Week will start on TV as polling booths close for the upcoming General Election.
Wednesday 26th April 2017
Frankie Boyle is to return to BBC Two with a new topical comedy show.
Tuesday 25th April 2017
BBC One is piloting a new sitcom called Mister Winner. The show will star Spencer Jones as a "hapless but loveable chap prone to accidents".
TV channel VICELAND has ordered Brexit Stage Left. It will see Jamali Maddix, Fern Brady, Alfie Brown and Sean McLoughlin performing stand-up in European countries.
The Fake News Show, a panel show hosted by Stephen Mangan that looks at false headlines, is to return to Channel 4.
Monday 24th April 2017
Filming has begun on a "darkly comic road trip tale" for E4 and Netflix. Based on a graphic novel, The End Of The F***ing World follows a psychopathic teenager and his female friend as they search for the father she has never met.
Stefan Golaszewski, the writer of BBC Two sitcom Mum, has won the BAFTA Craft award for Comedy Writing.
Comedians Susan Calman and Stephen K Amos are to present BBC Four documentary series Prejudice And Pride: The People's History Of LGBTQ Britain.
Saturday 22nd April 2017
American network HBO is reportedly set to make a new version of satirical puppet show Spitting Image.
