Thursday 29th July 2021
American comedian Ellyn Daniels has made The Show, a dark television comedy drama about performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
BBC Two has ordered a second series of Mandy, the comedy created by and starring Diane Morgan. Filming is underway, with guest stars set to include Anna Maxwell Martin, Nick Mohammed, Sir Tom Courtenay, Alexei Sayle and Nigel Planer.
Outnumbered creators Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin are writing a comedy about next year's World Cup - featuring little plastic footballers.
Wednesday 28th July 2021
Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong began writing a female version of the Channel 4 sitcom, Isy Suttie has confirmed.
Channel Dave is reviving The Mash Report. Eight hour-long episodes of Late Night Mash, with Nish Kumar hosting, will be broadcast this autumn.
Saturday 24th July 2021
Rob Rouse is piloting a sitcom about a committee combatting yobbish behaviour in pubs, with fellow comics Mick Ferry, Stephen Bailey, Hannah Platt and Pete Selwood, who also wrote the script.
Friday 23rd July 2021
Harry Enfield is working on a spoof history of the BBC for its centenary next year.
Big Age, a sitcom pilot about four young black British friends, will air on Channel 4 on Friday 10th September as part of the channel's Black To Front day.
Thursday 22nd July 2021
Gemma Arterton has been lined up to star in Sky's adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel Funny Girl.
Lewis Gribben, Rory Keenan, Lisa McGrillis and Samuel Bottomley will star in Channel 4's dark comedy drama The Birth Of Daniel F Harris.
