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Never Mind The Buzzcocks. Rhod Gilbert. Copyright: TalkbackThames / BBC

Rhod Gilbert is new Never Mind The Buzzcocks host

Wednesday 9th July 2014

Rhod Gilbert has been named as the new permanent host of music-based panel show Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Almost Royal. Image shows from L to R: Georgie Carlton (Ed Gamble), Poppy Carlton (Amy Hoggart). Copyright: Burning Bright Productions

E4 to screen Almost Royal series

Monday 7th July 2014

E4 is to show Almost Royal, the BBC America comedy series in which two actors travel around the US pretending to be distant descendants of the Royal Family.

Mrs. Brown's Boys. Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll). Copyright: BBC / BocPix

BBC wants Mrs Brown's Boys chat show

Sunday 6th July 2014

The BBC is reportedly looking into the possibility of a chat show hosted by Brendan O'Carroll in the guise of Mrs Brown.

Horrible Histories. Image shows from L to R: Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Mathew Baynton. Copyright: Lion Television / Citrus Television

Horrible Histories Series 6 in planning

Friday 4th July 2014

Hit, multi-award winning childrens' sketch series Horrible Histories may return to screens for a sixth series. But not with the same cast.

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Comedy Central to pilot I Live With Models

Friday 4th July 2014

Comedy Central is to pilot a new show called I Live With Models - the sitcom focuses on a chubby hand model who lives with three good looking flatmates.

Danny Baker. Copyright: Alan Peebles / BBC

Danny Baker gets 8-part BBC comedy drama

Wednesday 2nd July 2014

The BBC is reportedly working on Cradle To Grave, an eight-part comedy drama based on the early life of broadcaster Danny Baker.

Crackanory. David Mitchell. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Crackanory Series 2 line-up revealed

Tuesday 1st July 2014

David Mitchell is amongst the stars reading stories for Series 2 of Crackanory. An episode featuring Rik Mayall may also be screened.

You, Me & Them. Image shows from L to R: Ed Walker (Anthony Head), Lauren Grey (Eve Myles). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions

GOLD orders more You, Me & Them

Tuesday 1st July 2014

You, Me & Them, the GOLD sitcom starring Anthony Head and Eve Myles as a couple with a 26-year age gap, has been awarded a second series.

Alan Partridge. Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan). Copyright: Baby Cow Productions

Filming underway on Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters 2

Tuesday 1st July 2014

The second series of Alan Partridge's Mid Morning Matters is now being filmed. It'll be shown on Sky Atlantic alongside a new 'hard-hitting documentary special'.

Yonderland. Image shows from L to R: Ben Willbond, Mathew Baynton, Debbie Maddox (Martha Howe-Douglas), Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard. Copyright: Working Title Films

Yonderland to return for a second series

Monday 30th June 2014

Sky1's hit fantasy comedy series Yonderland, written by and starring the cast of Horrible Histories, is to return for a second series.

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