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Jeremy Clarkson still booked for Have I Got News For You
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Jeremy Clarkson, who is currently suspended from presenting Top Gear, is still booked to act as a guest presenter on Have I Got News For You.
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse plan live tour
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse are planning their first ever live tour together. The working title of the show is: Harry & Paul: Legends.
BBC orders another Professor Branestawm special
Tuesday 17th March 2015
Harry Hill will return as eccentric inventor Professor Branestawm for another one-off BBC TV special in December 2015.
Ben Miller and Romesh Ranganathan front Out Of This World
Monday 16th March 2015
Ben Miller, Romesh Ranganathan and Rachel Riley will host the pilot of Out Of This World, a new science-based entertainment show for ITV.
New topical comedy The Week That Wasn't to be piloted
Monday 16th March 2015
Jolyon Rubinstein and Heydon Prowse will host the pilot episode of The Week That Wasn't, a new topical TV comedy format involving edited clips.
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.