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People Just Do Nothing gets a second series
Thursday 13th November 2014
People Just Do Nothing, the BBC Three sitcom set around a pirate radio station, has been given a second series.
Julia Davis gets new Channel 4 sitcom
Tuesday 11th November 2014
Julia Davis's latest sitcom project, Morning Has Broken, has been commissioned for a full series by Channel 4.
ITV ends Dapper Laughs show after 'sexist' claims
Monday 10th November 2014
ITV has confirmed that it will not order a second series of comedy-dating show Dapper Laughs: On The Pull, following accusations of sexism.
Filming begins on new BBC sitcom series Woody
Monday 10th November 2014
Bradley Walsh and Kayvan Novak are now filming Woody, a new BBC One sitcom about an undercover reporter on a Spanish island.
British Comedy Awards 2014 nominees
Monday 10th November 2014
The nominees for the British Comedy Awards 2014 have been revealed. See the shortlist for all 16 categories here. Toast Of London leads the list.
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.