Friday 20th May 2016
Sir Tony Robinson is returning to comedy acting, with a regular role in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down.
Thursday 12th May 2016
Hit Scottish sitcom Still Game is to return to TV for a new series. Creators Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill are working on six new episodes for BBC One.
Actor Richard E. Grant is to present a three-part documentary series on Gold about the celebrated film comedies of Ealing Studios.
Monday 9th May 2016
E4 has ordered Crazy Face, a new comedy horror show written by Misfits creator Howard Overman. The series will star Cara Theobold and Susan Wokoma.
The team behind Channel 4's hit election sitcom Ballot Monkeys are to return with a new six-part series with a similar premise called Power Monkeys.
BBC Two has commissioned three new episodes of Jack Dee's HelpDesk to coincide with the EU Referendum this June.
ITV's topical animated satirical sketch show Newzoids is to return for a second series.
Sunday 8th May 2016
Michaela Coel, Peter Kay, Leigh Francis, Have I Got News For You and Car Share have won at the BAFTA Television Awards 2016. Meanwhile Galton & Simpson and Lenny Henry picked up special prizes.
Friday 6th May 2016
Stewart Lee has revealed that the BBC won't be making a fifth series of his BBC Two stand-up series, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle.
Thursday 5th May 2016
The cast has been announced for Tom Basden's E4 backpacker comedy drama Foreign Bodies. Tim Key is amongst the stars, playing a 38-year-old in denial about his life.
