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Daisy May Cooper to star in BBC comedy drama Cash Carraway
Wednesday 19th May 2021
Daisy May Cooper will star as a young working class single mum in new BBC comedy drama Cash Carraway. The network is also making Everything I Know About Love, a comedy drama based on journalist Dolly Alderton's memoir.
Don't Forget The Driver Series 2 cancelled because of Covid
Friday 14th May 2021
Toby Jones's comedy Don't Forget The Driver has been axed. BBC Two had ordered a second series of the show, but it has now been cancelled due to coronavirus.
Susannah Fielding joins The Cockfields
Friday 14th May 2021
Susannah Fielding has joined the cast of The Cockfields. She will play Simon's new girlfriend in the second series of Gold's sitcom. Gregor Fisher, Michele Dotrice and Greg McHugh also join the cast.
Alma's Not Normal series filming in Bolton
Monday 10th May 2021
Filming is underway on Alma's Not Normal, Sophie Willan's BBC Two sitcom about a Boltonian woman and her family of eccentric, unruly women.
Comedy Central reveals three new shows
Monday 10th May 2021
Comedy Central has commissioned three new shows: Yesterday, Today & The Day Before, The Complaints Department and Fact Off.
Dylan Moran creates new BBC sitcom
Friday 7th May 2021
Dylan Moran is preparing to shoot a new BBC sitcom. Believed to be focused on a psychiatrist and titled Dr Cosmos, he said in an interview "we film that whenever they give us the nod".
Home axed by Channel 4
Thursday 6th May 2021
Channel 4 has axed asylum seeker sitcom Home after two series, its creator, writer and star, Rufus Jones, has announced.
Cast revealed for UK version of 'Call My Agent!'
Thursday 6th May 2021
Lydia Leonard, Jack Davenport, Maggie Steed and Prasanna Puwanarajah are amongst the actors set to star in the UK re-make of French sitcom hit Call My Agent!. Filming starts in London next week.
Sindhu Vee pilots sitcom Winning for Channel 4
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Sindhu Vee is piloting a domestic sitcom for Channel 4. The loosely autobiographical Winning is focused on a mixed-race family with a domineering mother character.
CBBC announces period family comedy Dodger
Wednesday 5th May 2021
CBBC has confirmed the production of a new family comedy series, Dodger. Based on Charles Dickens's iconic characters, its stars include Christopher Eccleston as Fagin.