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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.
Doon Mackichan returns to Two Doors Down
Friday 16th June 2023
Doon Mackichan is returning to Two Doors Down for its forthcoming seventh series.
The Golden Cobra returning to BBC Wales
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Animated comedy The Golden Cobra is returning to BBC Wales for a full series.
Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza to return for Series 2
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Rosie Jones's Disability Comedy Extravaganza will return to UKTV Play this August for a second series.
Hypothetical cancelled after four series
Tuesday 13th June 2023
UKTV has confirmed that Hypothetical, the Dave panel show hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, has come to an end after four series.
Deep Heat axed by ITV2, but Max & Ivan preparing big West End show
Monday 12th June 2023
Wrestling sitcom Deep Heat has been cancelled by ITV but creators Max & Ivan are open to taking the comedy to another channel. Currently preparing their latest Edinburgh Fringe show, Life, Choices, the double act are also developing a "riotous" farce for London's West End with award-winning production company Wessex Grove.