Wednesday 11th August 2021
Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe are piloting a Sky comedy show about local news. Hold The Front Page will see the pair championing the role that local newspapers play in the communities they serve.
Monday 9th August 2021
Nominees in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2021 include Brassic, Famalam, Meet The Richardsons, Scot Squad, The Emily Atack Show, The Young Offenders, Dating No Filter, Don't Hate The Playaz, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Rob And Romesh Vs, A League Of Their Own, Don't Hate The Playaz, Celebrity Juice and There's Something About Movies.
Thursday 5th August 2021
Bloods - the sitcom starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks - is returning to Sky for a second series.
Will Mars's hit live comedy format Joke Thieves is being piloted for television for a second time. Comedy Central are to trial an episode hosted by American comic Ron Funches.
Monday 2nd August 2021
Rob Beckett and Jason Manford are to host two new Comedy Central shows: Rob Beckett's Undeniable and The Complaints Department.
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.
