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James Acaster's Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 to air on Sky
Tuesday 21st November 2023
Sky Comedy is to broadcast three stand-up specials this December: James Acaster: Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999, Alan Carr: Regional Trinket and Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!.
Green Wing team create police training sitcom Piglets
Monday 20th November 2023
ITVX has ordered Piglets, a sitcom set in a fictional police training college, created by the writing team behind Green Wing.
Alan Carr's sitcom Changing Ends to return for Series 2
Friday 17th November 2023
ITV has confirmed that Changing Ends, the autobiographical comedy starring Alan Carr, is to return for a second series.
Hugh Bonneville & Karen Gillan lead ITVX comedy from Steven Moffat
Friday 17th November 2023
Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan are to star in Douglas Is Cancelled, a new comedy drama for ITVX written by Steven Moffat, his first television comedy in the two decades since Coupling.
Amanda Craig novel The Three Graces to be developed for TV
Thursday 9th November 2023
Monumental Television, the producers of Ghosts, are working to bring novel The Three Graces to television. Amanda Craig's comic story follows three octogenarians who become involved in a Tuscany crime.
Aimee Lou Wood stars in BBC comedy Daddy Issues from Danielle Ward
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Aimee Lou Wood and Susan Lynch are reuniting for Daddy Issues, a BBC comedy drama written by Danielle Ward and directed by The Inbetweeners' Damon Beesley.
Bridget Christie writing a second series of The Change for Channel 4
Tuesday 7th November 2023
Bridget Christie has begun writing a second series of her acclaimed Channel 4 comedy drama The Change, though she says the broadcaster has only commissioned scripts for three more episodes and has yet to confirm a full recommission.
British shows leads comedy entertainment category in Rose d'Or Awards
Monday 6th November 2023
A Whole Lifetime With Jamie Demetriou, Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat, Hold The Front Page, Prince Andrew: The Musical and Taskmaster are nominated for best comedy entertainment show in the international Rose d'Or Awards.
Spike Milligan's Badjelly The Witch being made into animated TV series
Friday 3rd November 2023
Spike Milligan's children's story Badjelly The Witch: A Fairy Story is being turned into an animated television series 50 years after he wrote it. An all-star comedy cast is led by Miriam Margolyes and also features Rhys Darby, Julian Barratt, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Roisin Conaty, Katherine Parkinson and Joe Wilkinson.
Bradley Walsh unveils his Legends Of Comedy for Channel 5
Thursday 2nd November 2023
Bradley Walsh is to present a personal appreciation of his comedy heroes from the last 50 years in the three-part Channel 5 series Bradley Walsh: Legends Of Comedy.