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Quick CutsBBC Four has a great track record for launching sitcoms - Getting On, Lead Balloon and the multi award-winning The Thick Of It are amongst its creations. Its last sitcom, Up The Women, is already moving to BBC Two, so will this next one follow in those illustrious footsteps? It's a semi-improvised show in a hairdressing salon. Get, er, clipped (video clips) via our guide. BBC4, 10pm. Guide Also today: Strange Hill High; School Of Hard Sums; and Love And Marriage. Repeats include QI and the interesting documentary Michael Grade & The World's Oldest Joke. Schedule |
Absolutely ReunionThe Absolutely sketch team enjoyed this reunion so much they might re-form. Radio 4, 6:30pm. Video 
Live At The ApolloAndrew Maxwell, Mark Watson, Rich Hall, Sarah Millican, Steve Hughes, Russell Kane. BBC3, 9pm. Guide 
BBC Three comedy trailerA sneak peek at the four new series which will be on BBC Three this summer. Good or not? Watch 
An article looking back at 1994 - a year which saw the broadcast of top shows including The Fast Show, The Day Today and Alan Partridge's chat show. Read Advertisement
With news that Michael McIntyre is working on a new TV show (see left), it seems a good time to re-run this 2010 article in which our stand-up journalist Si Hawkins looked back at his early dealings with him, looking for that dedicated drive. Read |
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Latest Comedy News
GOLD commissions Two Ronnies documentary seriesGOLD has commissioned The Two Ronnies Spectacle, a three part documentary series about The Two Ronnies, featuring rare footage. 
Michael McIntyre working on new entertainment showMichael McIntyre is being lined-up to host a new comedy entertainment show featuring a mix of stand-up, celebrity guests and members of the public. 
New sitcom Mummy's Boys to be pilotedMummy's Boys, a new sitcom about two 20-something brothers who must look after their younger sibling when their mother dies, is to be piloted. 
David Baddiel developing new sitcomComedian and novelist David Baddiel is working on a new sitcom for Channel 4, his first major television project in eight years. 
ITV2 orders a second series of Fake ReactionITV2 has ordered ten more episodes of Fake Reaction, the comic challenge show hosted by Matt Edmondson. 
ITV orders new Birds Of A Feather seriesITV is reviving Birds Of A Feather, the BBC's hit 1990s sitcom. It has ordered 8 new episodes of the show. External Press Reviews & Features
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