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Way To Go scrapped by BBC Three
Monday 1st July 2013
BBC Three sitcom Way To Go has been scrapped by the channel, and will not return for a second series.
BBC Three orders Impractical Jokers Series 2
Friday 28th June 2013
BBC Three has ordered a second series of Impractical Jokers, the hidden camera show in which four comedians set each other embarrassing challenges.
E4 orders more Youngers
Thursday 27th June 2013
E4 has ordered eight more episodes of its South London-based comedy drama, Youngers.
Comedy Central announces big studio sitcom ambitions
Thursday 20th June 2013
Digital broadcaster Comedy Central has announced plans to produce four or five new studio sitcom series every year.
ITV orders Margate bed and breakfast comedy drama
Thursday 20th June 2013
ITV has ordered a comedy drama from the creator of CBBC's Sadie J, set around a bed and breakfast guest house in Margate.
GOLD commissions Two Ronnies documentary series
Wednesday 19th June 2013
GOLD has commissioned The Two Ronnies Spectacle, a three part documentary series about The Two Ronnies, featuring rare footage.
Michael McIntyre working on new entertainment show
Tuesday 18th June 2013
Michael McIntyre is being lined-up to host a new comedy entertainment show featuring a mix of stand-up, celebrity guests and members of the public.
New sitcom Mummy's Boys to be piloted
Tuesday 18th June 2013
Mummy's Boys, a new sitcom about two 20-something brothers who must look after their younger sibling when their mother dies, is to be piloted.
David Baddiel developing new sitcom
Tuesday 18th June 2013
Comedian and novelist David Baddiel is working on a new sitcom for Channel 4, his first major television project in eight years.
ITV2 orders a second series of Fake Reaction
Tuesday 18th June 2013
ITV2 has ordered ten more episodes of Fake Reaction, the comic challenge show hosted by Matt Edmondson.