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Code 404 set to return for Series 3
Wednesday 1st September 2021
Work has begun on a third series of Code 404. Further episodes of the hit Sky Comedy cop sitcom, which stars Daniel Mays as a detective brought back to life as an AI experiment, and Stephen Graham as his long-suffering partner, have already been written BCG understands.
Backstage With Katherine Ryan guests revealed
Thursday 26th August 2021
A host of top-name stand-ups have been announced as the guest performers taking part in new Amazon comedy series Backstage With Katherine Ryan.
Tom Davis and PJDN team begin filming Channel 4 heist comedy The Curse
Thursday 26th August 2021
Tom Davis, Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp and Hugo Chegwin write and star in Channel 4's 1980s crime caper The Curse.
Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon star in Comedy Playhouse pilot Gaynor & Ray
Wednesday 25th August 2021
BBC One has confirmed the details of Gaynor & Ray, a Comedy Playhouse pilot featuring Gavin & Stacey stars Ruth Jones and Rob Brydon.
Gbemisola Ikumelo brings undercover cop comedy Black Ops to BBC
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Black Ops, a comedy thriller series about black undercover cops, is coming to BBC One. The show has been created by Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen, Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf.
Face It monologues to be released on BBC iPlayer
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Face It, two comedy drama monologues written by Miranda Walker about how women feel about their faces, are to be released on BBC iPlayer on Thursday 2nd September.
Friday Night Dinner's Robert Popper creates I Hate You for Channel 4
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Robert Popper, the creator of Friday Night Dinner, has written a new sitcom for Channel 4 called I Hate You.
Queenie coming to Channel 4
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Candice Carty-Williams is adapting her critically acclaimed novel to become a Channel 4 comedy drama series. Queenie is described as "a story about a young Black woman's value and the unrelenting trials and tribulations of life."
Charlie Brooker and Rob Lowe take aim at movie clichés for Netflix
Tuesday 24th August 2021
Charlie Brooker has made a new special for Netflix looking at film tropes. Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés!, hosted by Rob Lowe and featuring a range of A-List talent, will be published on 28th September
Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker front Channel 4's 'One Night In...'
Tuesday 24th August 2021
Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker have landed a series for Channel 4. One Night In... will see them joined by fellow comedians to spend the night alone in some of the UK's most popular tourist attractions.