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ITV's winter schedule to feature Billy Connolly and Mr Bean
Wednesday 11th November 2020
ITV's festive schedule will feature documentaries about Billy Connolly and Mr Bean. It's also revealed a number of other shows and comedy Christmas specials.
Paul Sinha's TV Showdown coming to ITV
Wednesday 11th November 2020
Paul Sinha is to host a new panel show in which the questions are about television. Paul Sinha's TV Showdown will start on ITV this winter.
BBC Scotland sketch show 'Only An Excuse?' to end after 27 years
Tuesday 10th November 2020
Only An Excuse?, the sketch show which has formed part of BBC One Scotland's festive schedule since the 1990s, is to end this December.
Age Of Outrage sketch show series commissioned for BBC Wales
Sunday 8th November 2020
Sketch show Age Of Outrage is to return to BBC One Wales for a full series, following the success of a pilot episode. Sketches will be filmed remotely using new technology.
The Tuckers to return for two more series
Sunday 8th November 2020
BBC One Wales has ordered two more series of The Tuckers, its sitcom about a working-class family written by and starring Steve Speirs.
I Talk Telly Awards 2020 nominations
Sunday 8th November 2020
After Life, Friday Night Dinner, Gavin & Stacey, Ghosts, Home, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees for the I Talk Telly Awards 2020.
Jennifer Saunders to present ITV talk show in a car
Friday 6th November 2020
Jennifer Saunders is to present Memory Lane, an ITV talk show in which she drives a guest around in a 1960s E-Type Jaguar.
Rosie Jones developing BBC sitcom
Friday 6th November 2020
Comedian Rosie Jones is developing a sitcom for the BBC, imagining her life without cerebral palsy.
CBBC orders gaming comedy drama, and renews other shows
Thursday 5th November 2020
CBBC is making Lagging, a comedy drama about a group of computer gamers. The BBC has also confirmed Class Dismissed, The Dog Ate My Homework, Justin's House and GiggleQuiz will all return.
ITV to air Bobby Ball tribute
Wednesday 4th November 2020
ITV is to broadcast Rock On, Tommy: The Bobby Ball Story, a documentary narrated by the late comedians double-act partner, Tommy Cannon.