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Matt Lucas & Elis James to host Fantasy Football League series on Sky
Tuesday 17th May 2022
Sky has confirmed it is to bring back Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football League format as a 16 episode series, with new hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James.
Julie Walters returns to TV in Channel 4's darkly funny Truelove
Monday 16th May 2022
Julie Walters and Clarke Peters star in Channel 4's darkly funny end of life drama Truelove.
Meet The Richardsons returning for two more series
Thursday 12th May 2022
Meet The Richardsons is returning for two more series on Dave, with 20 new episodes ordered.
Gold orders second series of Murder, They Hope
Thursday 12th May 2022
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson are returning for a second series of comedy mysteries in Murder, They Hope.
Bad Education to return for new series and special
Wednesday 11th May 2022
Jack Whitehall's school sitcom Bad Education is to return. He will star in a one-off 10th anniversary special before a full new series, following newly qualified teachers and former Class K students Stephen (Layton Williams) and Mitchell (Charlie Wernham).
Feature-length Detectorists special commissioned
Wednesday 11th May 2022
Acclaimed comedy Detectorists is to return to screens for a feature-length special later in 2022.
Jerk to return for Series 3
Wednesday 11th May 2022
Jerk, the BBC Three sitcom starring Tim Renkow, is to return for a six-part third series.
Jack Carroll starring in short Mobility
Wednesday 11th May 2022
The BBC is making Mobility, a comedy short for BBC Three that follows three Huddersfield teenagers "with nothing in common except that they all have to catch the mobility bus to school". The comedy is co-written by and stars Jack Carroll.
Mawaan Rizwan's sitcom Juice gets full series
Wednesday 11th May 2022
The BBC has confirmed it has ordered a full series of Juice, a new sitcom starring Mawaan Rizwan, for BBC Three
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing returns
Wednesday 11th May 2022
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing has been recommissioned by BBC Two. A fifth series and Christmas special are believed to begin filming shortly.