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ITV orders comic thriller Passenger for new streaming platform
Thursday 17th March 2022
ITV has ordered a "darkly comic thriller" from actor Andrew Buchan, to premiere on its new streaming platform ITVX.
Ben Elton to record TV special
Monday 14th March 2022
Ben Elton is set to record his recent stand-up show for television. The writer and comedian will "return to the London stage to explore the modern age".
Bridget Christie lands Channel 4 menopause comedy The Change
Monday 14th March 2022
Bridget Christie is making The Change, a Channel 4 comedy drama about the menopause described as "Shirley Valentine meets Deliverance. With pigs."
Jimmy Carr show I Literally Just Told You to return for Series 2
Wednesday 9th March 2022
I Literally Just Told You, the comic game show hosted by Jimmy Carr, is to return to Channel 4 for a second series.
Comic Relief 2022 highlights to include return of Rock Profile
Tuesday 8th March 2022
Matt Lucas & David Walliams, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, the stars of Ghosts, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry and the QI team will be amongst those starring in the BBC One Red Nose Day broadcast on Friday 18th March.
Rosie Jones to star in multiple new Channel 4 shows
Monday 7th March 2022
Channel 4 has confirmed a second series of Trip Hazard, plus a documentary, and cooking-based web series, all featuring Rosie Jones.
BBC Four to air comedy 'western' Hung Out To Dry
Saturday 5th March 2022
Phoebe Frances Brown, an actor with incurable brain cancer, is bringing comedy "western" Hung Out To Dry to BBC Four and iPlayer this Sunday night (6th March).
Young cast revealed for Dave sex & spirituality pilot Holier Than Thou
Friday 4th March 2022
Newcomers Princess Khumalo, Tomi Ogbaro and Jordan Williams will star in Holier Than Thou, a new Dave sitcom pilot about three young adults struggling to reconcile their awakening sexuality with their Christian beliefs.
Denise Welch to star in Dave sitcom pilot about a "suspect" psychic
Friday 4th March 2022
Denise Welch co-stars in Dead Canny, a new Dave sitcom pilot about a so-called psychic caught up in a murder investigation.
Vahid Gold stars in Dave sitcom pilot The Other Half
Friday 4th March 2022
Vahid Gold is to star in The Other Half, a new sitcom pilot for Dave about a closeted, mixed heritage 20-something called Navid.