Tuesday 7th December 2021
The brand new National Comedy Awards, due to take place next week, has been postponed amidst coronavirus worries and the emergence of the omicron variant.
Channel Dave has commissioned four half-hour pilots off the back of its UKTV WriterSlam competition: Dead Canny, Holier Than Thou, Perfect and The Other Half.
Monday 6th December 2021
Luke Rollason has landed his first television role, starring in Disney+'s superhero comedy Extraordinary.
Friday 3rd December 2021
Alma's Not Normal, Dreaming Whilst Black, Ghosts, Ladybaby, Starstruck and We Are Lady Parts are amongst the nominees for the Broadcast Awards 2022.
Adrian Chiles, Claudia Winkleman, Jonnie Peacock, Lady Leshurr and Sayeeda Warsi will take part in the one-off Taskmaster's New Year Treat special.
Thursday 2nd December 2021
Netflix will launch a second end-of-year satire special, Death To 2021, from Charlie Brooker's production company, starring Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman, Alistair Green and Hollywood A-listers.
Monday 29th November 2021
The Black History special of Horrible Histories has won an international TV award. Meanwhile We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor picked up the Emerging Talent Award.
The BBC has confirmed details of The Outlaws Series 2, which has now completed filming and will be shown on TV in 2022.
Channel 4 is to air Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover, a one-off special in which Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are joined by Roisin Conaty, Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett.
Gold has ordered a new sitcom set in Nottinghamshire. Newark, Newark is inspired by comedian Nathan Foad's upbringing in the town.
