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Miranda nominated for BAFTA Audience Award
Tuesday 19th April 2011
Hit BBC Two sitcom Miranda has been nominated for the BAFTA YouTube Audience Award 2011.
New joke archive series for BBC One
Monday 18th April 2011
BBC One has commissioned a new factual comedy archive programme, in which comedians will discuss their favourite joke.
Olympics mockumentary Twenty Twelve to return
Friday 15th April 2011
BBC Four has ordered a second series of Twenty Twelve, the mockumentary about the team organising the London Olympics.
Benidorm recommissioned for fifth series
Thursday 14th April 2011
ITV1 has confirmed the commissioning of a fifth series of its hit holiday-based sitcom Benidorm.
Sky1 commissions supermarket sitcom Trollied
Thursday 14th April 2011
Sky1 has commissioned a new sitcom set in a budget supermarket, starring Jane Horrocks and Mark Addy.
Comedy Central UK commissions its first narrative comedy series
Thursday 14th April 2011
Comedy Central has commissioned a sitcom called Threesome, which will become the channel's first home-grown narrative comedy series.
David Jason to star in new BBC comedy
Wednesday 13th April 2011
David Jason is to star in a brand new BBC One comedy called The Royal Bodyguard - his first major comedy role for many years.
Claudia Winkleman to host new Channel 4 comedy series
Tuesday 12th April 2011
Channel 4 have announced a six-part series for 'King Of...', a new comedy format hosted by Claudia Winkleman.
Misfits star Robert Sheehan to leave show
Sunday 10th April 2011
Robert Sheehan, one of the main stars of hit E4 supernatural comedy drama Misfits, is leaving the show.
The Ricky Gervais Show gets a third series
Friday 8th April 2011
Channel 4 has confirmed that The Ricky Gervais Show, the animated TV series based on Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington's hit podcast series, will return for a third series next year.