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Him & Her's Kerry Howard & Russell Tovey reunite for dark Sky comedy
Monday 4th July 2022
Him & Her stars Kerry Howard and Russell Tovey have written and star in Both Sides Now for Sky.
Hapless to return for Series 2
Friday 1st July 2022
Hapless, the sitcom starring Tim Downie as an investigative journalist working at a Jewish publication, is to return for a second series. Eight new episodes have been filmed for streaming platform Viaplay.
Murder, They Hope Series 2 guest stars revealed
Thursday 30th June 2022
Murder, They Hope, the Gold comedy series starring Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson, will welcome guest stars including Hugh Dennis, Vicki Pepperdine, Sally Phillips, Isy Suttie and Sandi Toksvig.
Celebrity Juice ends after 14 years on air
Wednesday 29th June 2022
Leigh Francis has confirmed that his long-running panel show Celebrity Juice is to finish with two farewell highlights specials.
Ricky Gervais's Netflix special SuperNature smashes streaming records
Tuesday 28th June 2022
Ricky Gervais's special SuperNature was watched by more Netflix account holders in the UK in its opening week than have watched the most popular Netflix special of 2021, Jimmy Carr's His Dark Material.
Harry Enfield, Seann Walsh and Kevin Bishop piloting Man Cave sitcom
Tuesday 28th June 2022
Harry Enfield, Seann Walsh and Kevin Bishop are piloting a sitcom called Man Cave, one of several recent collaborations between the trio.
Mel Giedroyc to host The Really Really Rude Puppet Show
Friday 24th June 2022
Channel 4 has commissioned a new comedy entertainment series hosted by Mel Giedroyc in which celebrities read steamy fan fiction acted out by a cast of lookalike puppets.
Taskmaster Series 14 line-up revealed
Friday 24th June 2022
Dara O Briain, Fern Brady, John Kearns, Munya Chawawa and Sarah Millican will take part in Series 14 of Taskmaster.
Alan Partridge Live is coming to Amazon Prime
Thursday 23rd June 2022
Amazon Prime Video will stream Alan Partridge Live: Stratagem this winter.
BBC Scotland orders more The Farm and three more comedies
Wednesday 22nd June 2022
The BBC has ordered another 30 minute episode of The Farm for BBC One Scotland, plus another instalment of sketch show Stevens & McCarthy, and two new sitcoms, Islelanders and Stunners, for iPlayer.