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Lee Mack to host Sky1 panel show pilot
Tuesday 27th November 2012
Not Going Out star Lee Mack will host the pilot episode of a new panel show, Duck Quacks Don't Echo, for Sky1.
Peter Kay announces new Channel 4 show
Friday 23rd November 2012
Peter Kay has announced he taking a break from stand-up to work on a new Channel 4 comedy show, a spoof of the Secret Millionaire format.
Third series of Fresh Meat ordered
Thursday 22nd November 2012
Channel 4 has ordered a third series of its hit university-set comedy drama Fresh Meat, Jack Whitehall has confirmed.
BBC Three announces assisted-suicide sitcom
Thursday 22nd November 2012
BBC Three has officially announced Way To Go, a sitcom series about an illegal assisted-suicide business.
PG Wodehouse, Simon Amstell and joke series in BBC Four line-up
Wednesday 21st November 2012
BBC Four has announced its winter comedy line-up. Shows include a drama about PG Wodehouse, stand-up from Simon Amstell, and a new sitcom.
Ofcom receives complaints about Full English
Wednesday 21st November 2012
TV regulator Ofcom has received complains about a scene featuring Jade Goody and Princess Diana during Channel 4's new animated comedy Full English.
Sky Living orders series of romance comedies
Friday 16th November 2012
Love Matters, a series of one-off romantic comedy stories, has been ordered by Sky Living.
David Walliams to host new BBC One panel show
Friday 16th November 2012
David Walliams, Frank Skinner and Micky Flanagan have signed up as host and team captains for brand new BBC One Saturday night panel show I Love My Country.
John Bishop writes and stars in ITV Christmas comedy
Monday 12th November 2012
John Bishop has written and is co-starring in Panto!, a one-off comedy drama for ITV this Christmas.
American version of Have I Got News For You piloted
Saturday 10th November 2012
Have I Got News For You could be set to become an American TV format too, as the USA's TBS network has filmed a trial episode in preparation for a possible series.