Here's a list of brand new comedy shows currently being worked on. Note: these projects are still in development, so details might change before broadcast. See our list of pilots for shows still at the script stage.
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Spoof sci-fi magazine show set in a future in which Personal Time Machines have become the must have gadget. Written by Dan Tetsell.
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Sky Arts production that sees some of history's most famous women psychoanalysed. Stars Rebecca Front, Catherine Tate, Sharon Horgan & Katy Brand. Will be broadcast on 21st June.
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Sky Living comedy series set in a Hertfordshire spa that proudly boasts it can cure anyone; the fat, the thin and the lazy. Created by Derren Litten.
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Radio 2 pilot about a woman who finds herself n the middle of an alien invasion.
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The Kumars are back, but the recession has hit and this time things are a little bit different.
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New ITV comedy drama about four thirtysomething men who gather for a weekly night on the tiles in Stockport.
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New ITV sitcom about life at a West Midlands job centre. Stars Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland.
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Meera Syal presents a four-part radio series on BBC Asian Network, exploring the history and future of British Asian comedy.
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Radio 4 sitcom about love, marriage and tolerating each other. Written by and starring Jack Docherty.
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New sitcom starring Sarah Alexander as a modern woman balancing boyfriends, admirers, parenthood and an ex-husband.
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New comedy entertainment show in which Jack Dee guides a group of comics into the lives of his studio audience. Launches in the autumn.
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Biopic comedy drama about the life of comedian Kenny Everett, as told with the help of his famous characters such as Sid Snot and Cupid Stunt.
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A one-off special from 2011 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Adam Riches.
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Greg Davies stars as the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
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Tim Brooke-Taylor hosts this new studio-based family comedy show featuring amusing animal-based clips, packaged and presented as news stories.
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Sitcom about North East family life, based on the experiences of stand-up Jason Cook.
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TV adaptation of the kids' book written by David Walliams. The story is about a tramp... who stinks.
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Three part TV series about a Scottish by-election, based around the popular BBC Radio Scotland character Bob Servant.
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Comedy pilot starring hit online musical comedy duo The Rubberbandits.
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A half hour comedy show about the Olympics Games, presented by stand-up Paul Sinha.
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Television adpatation of PG Wodehouse's Blandings stories, starring Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders.
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Spoof Radio 4 documentary which sheds light on the often surprising jobs done by the world's best known writers.
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New comedy written by and starring Julia Davis. Set in the 1800s, it focuses on a shipwreck survivor washed ashore near a small English village. Will be broadcast this autumn.
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Brand new hidden camera sketch show starring Trigger Happy TV star Dom Joly. Starts in October.
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New panel show hosted by Griff Rhys Jones which makes use of TV archive footage. With team captains Marcus Brigstocke & Charlie Baker. Due to be broadcast this summer.
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Comedy drama set around a haulage company in the Midlands.
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Romantic comedy series about would-be childhood sweethearts who are reunited after 60 years. Stars Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid.
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New Sky sitcom about a married couple with two teenage kids who are forced to move into their parents' home. Due to be broadcast in May.
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Third new St Trinian's film, now expected to be released in 2013.
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Semi-autobiographical sitcom written by Chris O'Dowd about a boy growing up in Ireland. Due for broadcast in May 2012.
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Spoof telenovela style melodrama written by Bain & Armstrong, and starring Olivia Colman, Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan.
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Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein take on celebrities, bankers, politicians and others in a new prank series.
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Comedy series about the type of girls usually seen on worrying documentaries about inner-city teeenagers.
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School-based comedy written by and starring Jack Whitehall as Alfie, the worst teacher to ever (dis)grace a British education institution.
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Radio sketch show starring Kevin Eldon, loosely based on his 2010 Edinburgh Fringe show.
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Sitcom about a seemingly unremarkable maintenance man who, in fact, conceals an exceptional talent to mimic voices.
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Sitcom focussing on Mr Khan - self appointed community leader and future President of the Sparkhill Pakistani Business Association.
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 The Revolting World Of Stanley Brown
Science-based kids' sitcom.
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Comic UK-based chat show hosted by American performers Jessica Chaffin and Jamie Denbo in character as Jewish mothers.
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High-octane comedy pilot about a feuding couple who, despite splitting up, refuse to leave the house they've bought together.
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A live sketch act showcase featuring established and up-and-coming sketch groups performing in front of a live studio audience. Starts 26th June.
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A studio sitcom set in a pub function room which observes the pub regulars who've booked the room for different events.
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Animated kids' comedy-mystery series set in a school where the secretive, strange and mysterious is the norm. Expected to begin in October or November.
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Comic series about Kathy Burke's childhood, written by the star following the success of her 2010 Little Crackers short.
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A TV broadcast of the hit online video series in which Steve Coogan reprises his role as hapless DJ Alan Partridge.
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A single-camera comedy about a British bomb disposal detachment.
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BBC Three comedy drama pilot about life on a teenage cancer ward.
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New British animated sitcom aiming to 'rival the great, long-running American animated series'.
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Sitcom set in Broadmarsh Prison, featuring a murder mystery element. Starring Sharon Horgan and Jennifer Saunders. Expected to be broadcast in June.
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New comedy about a group of night security guards at The Whittington shopping centre.
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The Wrong Mans
New sitcom starring James Corden as a hero mailroom boy.
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Sitcom pilot for BBC Three described as 'a female version of The Inbetweeners'.
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E4 sitcom pilot set it a chip shop. The show is being dubbed as a possible female-centred companion to The Inbetweeners.
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Sketch show pilot in which Jason Lewis mixes the star's take on famous people and his own character creations.
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Animated sitcom pilot by Richard Pinto and Anil Gupta about a team of airline employees.
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Radio Spiritworld is the only station broadcasting from the afterlife to the living world. Created by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz.
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New six-part series of the hit political 1980s sitcom updated to a modern day setting.
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Sky sitcom about parental rivalries on the school run. Sue Johnston, Joanna Page and tom Ellis star. Due to broadcast in August.
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Due to be broadcast soon
The following new series are due to be broadcast soon. See our coming soon list
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Mark Steel presents a comic take on the history of the French Revolution.
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Radio sequel to the classic murderous comedy. Unity Holland kills her way to earldom by dispatching members of the Gascoyne family.
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David Nobbs takes a comical look back at his impressive and varied career.
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Radio 4 comedy drama set in the 1970s about a child-hating PE teacher on a school trip from hell.
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Sitcom set in a Local Authority Register Office where the staff deal with the three greatest events in anybody's life.
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New series celebrating 60 years of gay comedians, throughout the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Russell Kane hosts a showcase of up-and-coming comic talent. The show will feature a mix of stand-up, sketch acts and musical comedy.
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Panel show that looks at fun news stories, events and TV clips from around the world. With Paddy McGuinness, Rufus Hound & Rhys Darby. Broadcast start date delayed by schedulers.
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Spoof crime drama created by Charlie Brooker. Stars John Hannah and Suranne Jones. Due to be broadcast in May.
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E4 comedy show from musical YouTube stars The Midnight Beast. Due to start on E4 in May.
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ITV sport-satire in which impressionist Alistair McGowan finds the funny in the world of sport.
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Hidden camera prank show for Sky1 based around an 'ordinary family'.
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