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New ITV comedies attract nearly 6 million viewers
Tuesday 30th April 2013
New ITV sitcoms Vicious and The Job Lot achieved high viewing figures for their premiere episodes last night.
Writers and cast for topical CBBC comedy announced
Tuesday 30th April 2013
CBBC has revealed the key cast and roster of writers for its new topical comedy series, DNN.
Final series of Him & Her commissioned
Monday 29th April 2013
Him & Her is to return to BBC Three for a fourth series, set during a wedding, which will also be its last.
People Just Do Nothing mockumentary goes to series
Monday 29th April 2013
People Just Do Nothing, a mockumentary about pirate radio station which was piloted online last year, has been given a four-part series by BBC Three.
BBC Three picks up Nick Helm's Channel 4 pilot, Uncle
Monday 29th April 2013
BBC Three has ordered a series of Nick Helm sitcom Uncle, piloted in 2012 by Channel 4.
Pramface to return for a third series
Saturday 27th April 2013
BBC Three sitcom Pramface has been given another six episodes. It will return for Series 3 in 2014.
BBC One to adapt David Walliams book Gangsta Granny
Friday 26th April 2013
BBC One is to film a version of Gangsta Granny, the popular children's story written by David Walliams.
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon comedy The Trip to return
Friday 26th April 2013
It has been confirmed that a second series of The Trip, the BBC comedy starring Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, will be filmed in Italy.
BBC Two orders a full series of Vic & Bob's new sitcom
Friday 26th April 2013
BBC Two has ordered a full series of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's studio sitcom House Of Fools. It will be on TV in 2014.
Bluestone 42 gets a second series
Tuesday 23rd April 2013
BBC Three has commissioned a second series of Bluestone 42, its comedy about a bomb disposal unit operating in Afghanistan.