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Stewart Lee discusses Alternative Comedy Experience axe
Thursday 12th March 2015
Stewart Lee has discussed various subjects in a wide-ranging new interview, including the axing of his Comedy Central show The Alternative Comedy Experience.
ITV3 plans Easter Carry On weekend with new documentary
Thursday 12th March 2015
ITV3 will broadcast Carry On films back-to-back over April's Easter weekend, focused around a brand new 3-part documentary, Carry On Forever.
Birds Of A Feather to return for Series 12
Thursday 12th March 2015
Hit sitcom Birds Of A Feather will return for a 12th series, its third since a highly successful revival by ITV.
Comic Relief 'No Direction' band line-up revealed
Wednesday 11th March 2015
Boy band One Direction have revealed the comics who will be impersonating them as spoof group No Direction for Comic Relief on Friday.
The Keith Lemon Sketch Show gets 2nd series
Wednesday 11th March 2015
ITV2 has ordered a second series of The Keith Lemon Sketch Show, the latest TV comedy vehicle for Leigh Francis's comic alter ego.
Filming starts on new BBC comedy The Kennedys
Monday 9th March 2015
Katherine Parkinson and Dan Skinner star in The Kennedys, the new BBC One comedy based on the memoirs of Emma Kennedy.
Dapper Laughs films sitcom pilot
Sunday 8th March 2015
Daniel O'Reilly - aka controversial comedy character Dapper Laughs - has posted a new sitcom pilot on his YouTube channel.
Peter Kay to star as Danny Baker's father in Cradle To Grave
Saturday 7th March 2015
Peter Kay will play Danny Baker's father in a new comedy series based on his autobiography, Cradle To Grave.
Michael McIntyre to host BBC One Easter special
Friday 6th March 2015
Stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre will host a one-off Easter special for BBC One.
Kerry Howard to star in new sitcom Witless
Wednesday 4th March 2015
BBC Three has commissioned a sitcom starring Him & Her's Kerry Howard, about two flatmates who go into witness protection.