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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.
ITV orders new Birds Of A Feather series
Tuesday 18th June 2013
ITV is reviving Birds Of A Feather, the BBC's hit 1990s sitcom. It has ordered 8 new episodes of the show.
Smack The Pony to return?
Tuesday 11th June 2013
The stars of female-led sketch show Smack The Pony are to pitch the idea of the format returning, 10 years after it last aired on Channel 4.
ITV2 orders second series of Plebs
Tuesday 11th June 2013
ITV2 has ordered a second series of Plebs, the sitcom set in Ancient Rome starring Tom Rosenthal, Joel Fry and Ryan Sampson.