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New company for Bain, Armstrong & Clarke
Friday 10th February 2017
Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong are teaming up with Channel 4 Head of Comedy Phil Clarke to launch their own production company, as the broadcaster shakes up its comedy department.
Damned to return to Channel 4
Friday 10th February 2017
Social work sitcom Damned is coming back to Channel 4 for a second series, starring Jo Brand, Alan Davies and Isy Suttie.
Film comedies could move to TV
Thursday 9th February 2017
Distributors Lionsgate are looking through their catalogue of British films for potential TV adaptation projects.
Sky 1 commissions Jack Whitehall's Bounty Hunters
Thursday 9th February 2017
Sky 1 has ordered a brand new action adventure comedy starring Jack Whitehall and Oscar-nominee Rosie Perez.
Fleabag stage play coming to TV
Tuesday 7th February 2017
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's original one-woman play, upon which sitcom Fleabag was based, could be filmed for television, according to reports.
Filming starts on Murder In Successville Series 3
Thursday 2nd February 2017
BBC Three has ordered a third series of Murder In Successville, the unique comedy format starring Tom Davis. Guest stars in the new series include Professor Green, Richard Osman and Reggie Yates.
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.