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Katherine Ryan to pilot new comedy format
Monday 19th January 2015
Canadian comic Katherine Ryan is to host a pilot episode for her own series, The Katherine Ryan Show.
Stephen Mangan to play pregnant man in new Sky show
Monday 19th January 2015
Stephen Mangan is to play a pregnant man in Birthday, a comic drama for Sky Arts based on the sell-out 2012 Royal Court play.
Channel 4 confirm final series of Fresh Meat
Friday 16th January 2015
Channel 4 has confirmed it has ordered eight more episodes of university-based comedy drama Fresh Meat. Series 4 will be the final series though.
Chris Ramsey and Channel 4 developing new weekly comedy show
Tuesday 13th January 2015
Chris Ramsey is working on a comedy show for Channel 4 called Too Much Information, based around the endless stream of news and trends on the internet.
Vicar Of Dibley to return for Red Nose Day
Sunday 11th January 2015
Hit sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley is to be revived for Comic Relief's 2015 Red Nose Day, as Geraldine aims to become a bishop.
Sky1 commissions comedy thriller Apocalypse Slough
Thursday 8th January 2015
Sky has ordered a comedy drama about characters from Slough, faced with the end of the world as an 8-mile-wide comet hurtles toward Earth.
Jack Whitehall working on Bad Education film
Wednesday 7th January 2015
Jack Whitehall is working on a film version of Bad Education, according to his father.
Comedy Central to make new version of Impractical Jokers
Wednesday 7th January 2015
Comedy Central has commissioned a pilot episode for a new version of Impractical Jokers, the format in which comedians must set each other challenges.
Rowan Atkinson to star in Horrible Histories
Monday 5th January 2015
Blackadder and Mr Bean star Rowan Atkinson is to return to television comedy this year with a guest starring role in CBBC sketch show Horrible Histories.
BBC Wales sitcom High Hopes to return in 2015
Monday 22nd December 2014
High Hopes, the BBC Wales sitcom which ran for six series between 1999 and 2008, is to return for a new special.