Sean McLoughlin and animator Laurie Rowan are developing Pleasure Beach, an adult animated sitcom with Disney, described as "a surreal workplace comedy with a wicked wit and a bold animated imagination".
Al Murray is returning to Sky History for a new series, Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire?, accompanied by comedians from India, Jamaica, South Africa and Australia, including regular performers in the UK, Anuvab Pal and Loyiso Gola.
Channel Dave has confirmed a fourth series of Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable. Eight new episodes are being filmed, and this time co-host Lou Sanders will be "traversing the nation to seek confessions".
CBBC has ordered Pickle Storm, a children's fantasy comedy from the creators of Zapped, starring Kassidi Roberts in the title role, with Donna Preston as her mother Lystra, a battle-hardened warrior, and stand-up Inel Tomlinson as her father Hendrick, an eccentric wizard.
Series 18 of A League Of Their Own, coming to Sky Max in October, will feature Mo Gilligan as a regular panellist on the red team. Challenges in the new series will include an Old Trafford penalty shootout, a Peloton task and a cricket test.
