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Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2023 nominees
Tuesday 27th June 2023
Big Boys, Derry Girls, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Everyone Else Burns, Extraordinary, Trying, Late Night Lycett, Taskmaster and The Graham Norton Show are amongst the nominees in the Edinburgh TV Awards 2023 shortlists.
The Horne Section TV Show returning to Channel 4 for Series 2
Sunday 25th June 2023
The Horne Section TV Show is returning for a second series on Channel 4. Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Ronni Ancona and US comedian and bandleader Reggie Watts are amongst those joining the cast. Tim Key, John Oliver and Desiree Burch will reprising their roles.
BBC Two orders comedy from disability activist Kyla Harris
Thursday 22nd June 2023
The BBC has ordered We Might Regret This, an autobiographical comedy from disability activist and filmmaker Kyla Harris, co-starring Sally Phillips and Darren Boyd, and co-written by Harris with her fellow Canadian Lee Getty.
Comedians Giving Lectures cancelled after three series
Thursday 22nd June 2023
Comedians Giving Lectures, the Dave format hosted by Sara Pascoe, has been cancelled after three series.
'Sorry, I Didn't Know' to return for Series 4
Wednesday 21st June 2023
Sorry, I Didn't Know, the ITV1 panel show focused on black history, is to return for a fourth series.
Stand-up comic starts legal action over Live At The Moth Club format
Tuesday 20th June 2023
Stand-up comedian Harry Deansway has started legal action against Baby Cow Productions, claiming their sitcom Live At The Moth Club is a copyright infringement on his 2013 web series Shambles.
Hold The Front Page returning for a second series
Tuesday 20th June 2023
Hold The Front Page is returning to Sky Max for a second series, with Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe once again toiling in the newsrooms of local newspapers.
We Are Not Alone will not return to Dave
Tuesday 20th June 2023
UKTV have said that Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond's alien invasion comedy We Are Not Alone will not return to Dave for any further episodes.
Netflix axed Hard Cell without telling me says Catherine Tate
Saturday 17th June 2023
Netflix axed Catherine Tate's prison comedy Hard Cell after one series without telling her, the comedian has revealed, leaving her to learn of its cancellation through "someone else's agent".
The Big Narstie Show cancelled
Friday 16th June 2023
Channel 4 has axed The Big Narstie Show after five series.