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Victoria Wood's Secret List coming to BBC Two
Saturday 3rd October 2020
BBC Two is to broadcast Victoria Wood's Secret List, a two-part show featuring some of the comedian's favourite sketches, as detailed in one of her personal notebooks.
Cast details revealed for Iain Stirling's ITV sitcom Buffering
Friday 2nd October 2020
Jessie Cave is set to star alongside Iain Stirling in his new ITV2 sitcom Buffering.
Netflix in talks to reboot Maid Marian And Her Merry Men
Thursday 1st October 2020
Tony Robinson has revealed that he is in talks with Netflix to reboot 1990s kids TV classic Maid Marian And Her Merry Men.
People Just Do Nothing team take gym comedy to BBC
Wednesday 30th September 2020
The People Just Do Nothing team are piloting Peacock, a comedy set in a gym. Thomas Gray stars as the instructor training his selfie-obsessed clients.
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing to return for fourth series
Tuesday 29th September 2020
Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse are to return to BBC Two next year in a fourth series of their light-hearted angling comedy series, Gone Fishing.
Elizabeth Day writing TV comedy based on How To Fail
Monday 28th September 2020
Author, journalist and podcaster Elizabeth Day is adapting her memoir-manifesto How To Fail, itself based on a podcast, into a TV comedy.
Dave resumes work on Richard Ayoade pilot
Monday 28th September 2020
Dave is resuming work on piloting a new comedy hosted by Richard Ayoade, delayed by coronavirus.
David Walliams to make two more After Ever After specials
Monday 28th September 2020
David Walliams will star in two more episodes of After Ever After, his format looking at what happens after well-known fairy tales end. The next stories will focus on Jack & The Beanstalk and Hansel & Gretel.
Animated kids' comedy Scream Street gets Series 2
Thursday 24th September 2020
Stop-motion animated comedy Scream Street will return to CBBC for a second series, five years after the first aired.
Comedy Central orders Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson
Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Channel Hopping With Jon Richardson is coming to Comedy Central. The topical six-part series will see the comedian present a weekly digest of TV clips.