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BBC releases full details on Landmark Sitcom Season
Thursday 10th March 2016
The BBC has confirmed details of its Landmark Sitcom Season, with new episodes of Porridge, Keeping Up Appearances and Up Pompeii! confirmed alongside pilots, documentaries and panel shows.
BBC Four orders Getting On spin-off Going Forward
Wednesday 9th March 2016
BBC Four has commissioned Going Forward, a new sitcom spin-off from Getting On, starring Jo Brand as nurse Kim Wilde.
BBC Four to revive Steptoe & Son, Hancock and Alf Garnett
Wednesday 9th March 2016
BBC Four is producing studio show The Lost Sitcoms, in which new casts will recreate 'lost' episodes of Steptoe And Son, Hancock's Half Hour and Till Death Us Do Part.
BBC Two orders new comedy Quacks
Tuesday 8th March 2016
BBC Two has ordered a new comedy series called Quacks. Set in the Victorian era, it follows the adventures of three medical pioneers.
BBC Two to make Evelyn Waugh's Decline And Fall
Tuesday 8th March 2016
BBC Two has commissioned a three part series of Decline And Fall, Evelyn Waugh's "first, most perfect novel".
BBC confirms Series 2 of Tracey Ullman's Show
Saturday 5th March 2016
Tracey Ullman's Show is to return to BBC One for a second series, the corporation has officially confirmed.
Catastrophe, Car Share and Chewing Gum lead RTS Awards 2016
Thursday 3rd March 2016
Catastrophe, Car Share and Chewing Gum lead the comedy titles in the nominations for the 2016 Royal Television Society Awards.
ITV2 orders new topical comedy show @elevenish
Wednesday 2nd March 2016
ITV2 is to launch @elevenish, a new topical comedy series written and performed by up-and-coming comic talent.
ITV3 to air Rising Damp Forever
Tuesday 1st March 2016
Rising Damp will take over ITV3 on Easter weekend, including a new 'definitive' two-part documentary series, Rising Damp Forever.
John Bishop to host new interview show
Tuesday 1st March 2016
John Bishop is to host John Bishop: In Conversation With..., a 10 part interview series for channel W.