Friday 1st April 2016
Barry Humphries, the actor behind the character Dame Edna Everage, is to present a Channel 4 series called An OAP's Guide To Britain.
Thursday 31st March 2016
Steve Coogan is to return to the character of Alan Partridge in a new one-off comic documentary, Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle.
Kevin Bishop has been confirmed as the lead actor in the new version of Porridge. The cast list also includes Mark Bonnar, Ralph Ineson and Dave Hill.
Wednesday 30th March 2016
Car Share leads the comedy related nominations in the 2016 BAFTA Television Awards shortlists. Other nominations include Chewing Gum, Peep Show and People Just Do Nothing.
Tuesday 29th March 2016
BBC Four has announced the casting for The Lost Sitcoms. Jeff Rawle and Ed Coleman will star in Steptoe And Son, whilst Simon Day will play Alf Garnett.
Thursday 24th March 2016
Lee Mack's hit sitcom Not Going Out is to return for an eighth series.
Wednesday 23rd March 2016
The sitcom Scrotal Recall is to return for a second series... but it will move from Channel 4 to Netflix.
Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe, and Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel, both won in two categories at the Royal Television Society awards.
Comedy Central is to make a second series of I Live With Models, the American-set sitcom that is written and filmed in the UK.
Monday 21st March 2016
Channel Dave has ordered Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit, a computer games based entertainment TV series based on a hit live comedy show format.
