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Mum, Fleabag and The Last Leg win at Broadcast Awards 2017
Wednesday 1st February 2017
BBC Two sitcom Mum, BBC Three's Fleabag and Channel 4's The Last Leg have won prizes at the Broadcast Awards 2017.
Katherine Ryan to co-host Comedy Central's Your Face Or Mine
Wednesday 1st February 2017
Katherine Ryan and Jimmy Carr will co-host the new Comedy Central version of cult TV game show Your Face Or Mine.
Still Game looks set to return to TV for Series 8
Tuesday 31st January 2017
Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, the creators of Still Game, have said they're "pretty positive" that the sitcom will return to BBC One for an eighth series.
Richard Herring films multiple universe sitcom pilot for Channel 4
Saturday 28th January 2017
Richard Herring is working on Everything Happens For No Reason, a sitcom about parallel universes. A taster pilot is being filmed for Channel 4, starring Noel Fielding, Jessica Knappett and Ben Bailey Smith.
BBC extends Mrs Brown's Boys and Graham Norton deals
Friday 27th January 2017
The BBC has signed deals to keep Mrs Brown's Boys and The Graham Norton Show on BBC One until at least 2020.
Guest stars revealed as filming starts on Upstart Crow Series 2
Friday 27th January 2017
Filming is under way on the second series of Upstart Crow, with Emma Thompson, Geoffrey Whitehead and Noel Fielding amongst the guest stars.
Guests announced for The Keith And Paddy Picture Show
Friday 27th January 2017
Anna Friel, Kimberley Wyatt and Stephen Tompkinson will be amongst the guests on The Keith And Paddy Picture Show, the new TV format starring Keith Lemon and Paddy McGuinness.
UKTV orders Series 2 of Unspun With Matt Forde
Wednesday 25th January 2017
Political comedy show Unspun With Matt Forde is to return to channel Dave for a second run. The six-part series starts in March.
W1A Series 3 set to start filming
Wednesday 25th January 2017
The BBC has confirmed in a comical press release that sitcom W1A is to return for a third series. Filming starts in February.
Raised By Wolves to be piloted in America
Saturday 21st January 2017
American TV network ABC is to pilot a remake of Raised By Wolves, the British sitcom that was cancelled by Channel 4.