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Comedians feature in Channel 4's festive schedule
Wednesday 21st October 2020
Channel 4's 2020 Christmas TV offerings will include comedians staying overnight in a toy shop, David Walliams creating a new version of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car, and episodes of Big Fat Quiz Of The Year and The Last Leg.
Spitting Image special to be shown on ITV
Wednesday 21st October 2020
BritBox has announced a two-part US election special of revived satirical sketch show Spitting Image, with one episode also set to air on ITV.
Stath Lets Flats returning for Series 3
Wednesday 21st October 2020
Hit sitcom Stath Lets Flats is to return to Channel 4 for a third series.
Channel 4 orders retro crime comedy from People Just Do Nothing team
Tuesday 20th October 2020
Channel 4 has ordered a series of The Curse, a crime-based comedy drama from the team behind People Just Do Nothing.
CBBC orders new comedy Monster Court
Monday 5th October 2020
Monster Court, a new comedy entertainment series focused around a puppet-based judge, is coming to CBBC.
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.