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BAFTA TV Awards 2022 nominations
Wednesday 30th March 2022
Alma's Not Normal, Motherland, Stath Lets Flats and We Are Lady Parts have gained BAFTA nominations. Meanwhile Aimee Lou Wood, Aisling Bea, Anjana Vasan, Natasia Demetriou, Rose Matafeo, Jamie Demetriou, Joe Gilgun, Ncuti Gatwa, Samson Kayo, Steve Coogan and Tim Renkow are up for acting awards.
In My Skin and We Are Lady Parts lead RTS Programme Awards
Wednesday 30th March 2022
The Royal Television Society Programme Awards winners for 2022 were revealed at a ceremony last night. We Are Lady Parts and In My Skin lead the comedy victors, each picking up multiple prizes.
Goddesses, the book about an activist stand-up, to become TV series
Tuesday 29th March 2022
Goddesses, the darkly comic debut novel from Nina Millns, is to become a TV series.
Tamsyn Kelly developing Cornish C4 sitcom and making R4 sketch show
Tuesday 29th March 2022
Stand-up Tamsyn Kelly is developing a sitcom for Channel 4, inspired by her youth on a council estate in Cornwall, and is part of a team producing a Cornish-set magazine-format spoof sketch show for Radio 4.
Richard Ayoade's Question Team returning to Dave for second series
Monday 28th March 2022
Richard Ayoade's quirky panel show Question Team is returning to Dave for a second series.
The Full Monty cast reunite for TV series
Monday 28th March 2022
The cast of 1997 film The Full Monty are to reunite for an eight-part comedy drama on Disney+.
ITV announce 5 new comedies for ITVX
Thursday 24th March 2022
ITV has commissioned five new comedy series, debuting on its soon-to-launch new premium streaming platform ITVX, before later television broadcast.
Helen Bauer pilots Small Doses sitcom for BBC
Thursday 24th March 2022
Stand-up Helen Bauer is piloting a BBC Three sitcom, inspired by her own background having lived in Germany for a time before returning to the UK.
Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan star in Sky's Romantic Getaway
Thursday 24th March 2022
Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan are making Romantic Getaway, a six-part comedy drama series for Sky.
GB News to pilot panel show The Ministry Of Offence
Wednesday 23rd March 2022
The Ministry Of Offence, a panel show hosted by Steve N Allen, is to be piloted by GB News. A team of left-leaning comedians captained by Diane Spencer take on a team lead by right-leaning Leo Kearse.