Television
TV comedy news Page 216
Rory Bremner will return with post-election satire
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Rory Bremner will follow up his Coalition Report programme with an Election Report special after May's General Election.
BBC Two confirms Harry & Paul retrospective
Wednesday 4th March 2015
BBC Two has confirmed it has commissioned a one-off programme celebrating the 25-year working partnership of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.
Morgana Robinson gets her own BBC Two pilot
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Morgana Robinson has been awarded her own sketch show pilot for BBC Two. Morgana & Friends will explore the world of celebrity both on and off camera.
US star Tracey Ullman returns to the BBC
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Comedian Tracey Ullman, whose 1980s US series gave birth to The Simpsons, is to make a brand new series for the BBC, more than 30 years since last working for the corporation.
New Ben Miller sitcom from Worst Week Of My Life writers
Wednesday 4th March 2015
Ben Miller will be reunited with the writers of The Worst Week Of My Life, Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni, for new BBC One sitcom I Want My Wife Back.
BBC announces annual Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture
Wednesday 4th March 2015
The BBC has announced the creation of an annual Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture, named in honour of the late writer and actor, and intended to address key current themes in British comedy.
Channel 4 announces 6th annual O2 Comedy Gala
Monday 2nd March 2015
Channel 4 has confirmed a sixth year of its Comedy Gala fundraiser in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
BBC Three to pilot hit live comedy format Funz And Gamez
Thursday 26th February 2015
Funz And Gamez, the award-winning live comedy show hosted by Phil Ellis, is to be piloted as a TV show by the BBC.
Harry and Paul lead RTS Awards nominations
Wednesday 25th February 2015
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse lead the comedy-based nominations in the Royal Television Society Awards.
Filming starts on new BBC Three sitcom Top Coppers
Wednesday 25th February 2015
Production is under way on Top Coppers, a new BBC Three comedy series starring John Kearns and Steen Raskopoulos as two weird detectives.