Ben Elton is to host a revival of Friday Night Live, the alternative comedy show that aired on Channel 4 in the 1980s. One-off special The Return Of Friday Night Live will "unite the hottest new wave stand-ups and character comedians alongside some original show legends".
A first look teaser image for the upcoming, revived fourth series of BBC Three sitcom Bad Education has been released, along with more details about the series' return and its new cast.
Transgender comedian Jordan Gray is writing and starring in Transaction, an ITV sitcom about a supermarket worker in which she appears alongside Nick Frost and Thomas Gray. The stand-up is also making a Radio 4 series that imagines what would have happened if she'd continued her singing career after appearing on The Voice in 2016.
Leigh Francis is piloting a sketch show in the guise of his celebrity stalker character Avid Merrion, more than 12 years after the character last appeared on television.
