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Paul Sinha's TV Showdown to return for Series 2
Friday 30th April 2021
Paul Sinha's TV Showdown is returning for a second series. Rob Beckett and Fay Ripley are also attached to reprise their roles as team captains on the television trivia quiz.
Widowhood comedy Wife After Death in development
Thursday 29th April 2021
Peep Show producers Objective Fiction are developing Wife After Death, a comedy about a young widow based on author Lucie Brownlee's memoir Life After You.
Jon Richardson's Channel Hopping returns for Series 2
Thursday 29th April 2021
Jon Richardson is to return to Comedy Central for a second series of his TV clip show Channel Hopping, co-hosted by Judi Love.
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains gets second series
Thursday 29th April 2021
Comedy Central has commissioned a second series of teenage embarrassment show Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains.
BAFTA TV Awards 2021 nominations
Wednesday 28th April 2021
Ghosts, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees in the BAFTA TV Awards 2021.
Spencer Jones's The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk to return
Tuesday 27th April 2021
Spencer Jones's The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk is returning for a second series. Filming on five new episodes of the absurdist BBC Two comedy shorts will begin this summer.
Sandylands Series 2 in production
Monday 26th April 2021
Production has started on the second series of Sandylands. The regular cast are joined by Tracy-Ann Oberman for three new episodes.
Bradley Walsh to return with more Blankety Blank
Friday 23rd April 2021
Bradley Walsh is to host Blankety Blank again. Producers are preparing to film the iconic game show this summer.
BBC Wales reveals new TV comedy pilots
Thursday 22nd April 2021
BBC Wales is piloting a series of comedy shorts. They include a television adaptation of the BBC Radio Wales police sitcom Bravo Two Charlies, Beena And Amrit starring Meera Syal, and Mammoth from stand-up Mike Bubbins.
BBC pilots PE teacher sitcom from Mike Bubbins
Thursday 22nd April 2021
Mike Bubbins is piloting Mammoth, a BBC sitcom about a swaggeringly macho 1970s PE teacher.