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Fresh Meat writers confirm work on Series 4
Friday 7th November 2014
Fresh Meat writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong have confirmed that they are working on a fourth series of the university-set comedy-drama.
BBC Four's Detectorists to return for Series 2
Thursday 6th November 2014
Mackenzie Crook's BBC Four sitcom Detectorists will return for a second series in 2015, it has been confirmed.
Boy band Blue fooled in new prank show
Thursday 6th November 2014
Boy band Blue are the unwitting fools of a new prank show, in which they attempt to run a beach-front bar in Ibiza staffed by comic actors.
New quiz show pilot for Robert Webb
Thursday 30th October 2014
Robert Webb will host the pilot episode for a new quiz show, it has been announced.
Tom Rosenthal to host new social-media comedy pilot
Thursday 30th October 2014
Friday Night Dinner star Tom Rosenthal is to host a comedy pilot focusing on social media and our online behaviour.
Miranda Hart confirms an end to her hit sitcom
Thursday 23rd October 2014
Miranda Hart has confirmed that the upcoming two Christmas specials of her hit sitcom, Miranda, will be the show's finale.
Missing 'At Last The 1948 Show' episodes found
Thursday 23rd October 2014
Two previously missing episodes of pre-Monty Python sketch series At Last The 1948 Show have been discovered in the personal collection of Sir David Frost.
Still Game Live to get TV broadcast
Wednesday 22nd October 2014
The hit stage show Still Game Live, based on the BBC Scotland sitcom, will be broadcast on television next month.
Filming starts on new Comedy Central sitcom Brotherhood
Tuesday 21st October 2014
Series production has commenced on Brotherhood, Comedy Central UK's first studio audience sitcom. Johnny Flynn and Ben Ashenden star.
Cast announced for David Walliams's Boy In The Dress
Tuesday 21st October 2014
Jennifer Saunders, Tim McInnerny, Meera Syal and Steve Spiers are amongst the cast for David Walliams's festive comedy The Boy In The Dress.