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Eamonn Holmes to host Channel 5 panel show
Friday 29th April 2016
Eamonn Holmes is to host It's Not Me, It's You, a new comedy panel show based around relationships.
BBC Two orders No Such Thing As The News from QI team
Friday 29th April 2016
BBC Two will show No Such Thing As The News, a new series from the team behind QI spin-off podcast No Such Thing As A Fish.
Mitchell & Webb to star in pub sitcom
Friday 29th April 2016
More details have been revealed about Back, the new sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It's based around a dysfunctional family running a pub.
Courteney Cox working on ITV sitcom pilot
Thursday 28th April 2016
Friends star Courteney Cox has signed up to Truthing, an ITV sitcom pilot set in a healing retreat.
BBC orders Michael McIntyre's Big Show Series 2
Saturday 23rd April 2016
The BBC has already ordered a second series of Michael McIntyre's Big Show, it has emerged.
Getting On stars create new American sitcom This Land Is Ours
Friday 22nd April 2016
Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan have written This Land Is Ours, a new sitcom for the American network IFC.
Mitchell & Webb film new sitcom pilot
Thursday 21st April 2016
David Mitchell and Robert Webb have begun shooting Back, a new sitcom pilot for Channel 4.
Two Doors Down gets a second series
Thursday 21st April 2016
BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down is to return for a second series. The programme has been recommissioned whilst Series 1 is still on air.
Dawn French to star in new comedy drama Delicious
Wednesday 20th April 2016
Dawn French is to take on a major new acting role. She will take the lead in new Sky1 comedy drama Delicious.
BBC Three orders Fleabag series
Wednesday 20th April 2016
BBC Three has ordered Fleabag, a six-part comedy series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator of Channel 4's Crashing.