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8 Out Of 10 Cats returns with new team captains
Wednesday 12th October 2016
8 Out Of 10 Cats is to premiere on More4, with new team captains Aisling Bea and Rob Beckett. Meanwhile the Countdown version gets its biggest series order yet.
Scottish sketch show Burnistoun to return to TV
Tuesday 11th October 2016
Burnistoun, the BBC Scotland sketch show starring Robert Florence and Iain Connell, is to return to television.
Alan Carr's Chatty Man looks set to end
Sunday 9th October 2016
Alan Carr has hinted that his Chatty Man show is probably coming to an end, with the programme struggling in the ratings.
Bill Bailey gets BBC wildlife park sitcom
Saturday 8th October 2016
Bill Bailey will write and star in a new sitcom pilot set in a wildlife park in the west of England.
BBC One orders Hospital People series
Friday 7th October 2016
Hospital People, a mockumentary format in which Tom Binns plays various characters, has been given a full series by BBC One.
ITV cancels comedy hypnotism show You're Back In The Room
Friday 7th October 2016
ITV has reportedly cancelled You're Back In The Room, the comedy hypnotism show hosted by Phillip Schofield.
BBC commissioner calls for more mainstream comedies
Thursday 6th October 2016
BBC commissioner Shane Allen has asked writers and producers to develop more "mainstream" comedy shows.
BBC One orders six more episodes of Porridge
Thursday 6th October 2016
BBC One has ordered a full series of the new version of Porridge, starring Kevin Bishop as Fletch's grandson.
BBC Two orders a full series of Motherland
Thursday 6th October 2016
BBC Two has ordered a full series of Motherland, the sitcom co-written by Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh.
CBBC to air CGI series starring Dennis The Menace
Tuesday 4th October 2016
CBBC is to air a new comedy series starring famous Beano character Dennis The Menace. Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed will see the character rendered in CGI for the first time.