Here is a list of the comedies that will be returning for more later. Note: the commissioning process is quite a secretive affair, so there may well be other comedies coming back which we don't have listed yet.
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'Bittersweet comedy drama' written by and starring Ricky Gervais as a worker in a retirement home.
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Hidden camera prank show in which disabled performers prank able-bodied members of the public. Aims to highlight the public's attitude.
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Elis James explores historic Welsh figures through sketch and stand-up.
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TV series in which Sarah Millican delivers stand-up comedy inspired by what she has seen on television, and interviews her favourite presenters.
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Comedy drama about Neil and Kim, a couple who have a different argument every week. Starring Frank Skinner and Katherine Parkinson.
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Comedy Lab sketch show pilot starring Anna Crilly and Katy Wix.
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Gentle sitcom set in and around a Weston-super-Mare cafe which acts as the social hub of the seaside town.
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BBC Three comedy series, set in Edinburgh, about two young teenagers who are having a baby together.
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Comedy drama following six mis-matched students who are starting university in Manchester and sharing the same house together. Series 2 expected in September.
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A studio based comedy entertainment show written by and starring Dan Skinner as his comic character Angelos Epithemiou. Series starts in the summer.
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Three stand-alone dark sci-fi fantasy comedy dramas about our collective unease about our modern world. Created by Charlie Brooker.
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Rebecca Front and her brother Jeremy star in a series of spoof documentaries looking at the lives of different women.
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Sky sitcom about a man accidentally recruited as a trainee spy for MI5. Stars Darren Boyd and Robert Lindsay. Series 2 filming from June.
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Sitcom about three inseparable friends who end up raising a baby together.
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New Sky1 sitcom set in a north-west budget supermarket. Stars Jane Horrocks and Mark Addy. Two 13-episode series ordered. Next series will be on in August.
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Sketch show pilot written by and starring Alice Lowe, set in Wunderland, the Poundland of magical realms.
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Comedy drama about a woman in the affluent north, and her friends, family and relationships. 10 part second series starts in August.
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Simon Day showcases the various characters he plays in six half-hour comedies set around a fictional small provincial theatre.
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Prime-time ITV1 chat show hosted by Jonathan Ross, featuring light-hearted interviews with A-list talent.
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Comedy drama written by and starring Ruth Jones as Stella, a single mother struggling in the Welsh valleys. Series 2 expected in January 2013.
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Sitcom about two middle-aged men who, after being made redundant, decide to live on a beach. Series 1 repeated in March, Series 2 follows in the autumn.
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Sitcom pilot written by and starring Simon Bird, Joe Thomas and Jonny Sweet, set in a sleepy English village during World War I. Six-part series ordered by Sky1 for 2013.
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New family sitcom starring Will Mellor, Niky Wardley and Warren Clarke.
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Mockumentary about the team organising the London Olympics. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Olivia Colman. Three further episodes due before the Games.
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Stand-up comedy from London's famous club, The Comedy Store.
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Sitcom adaptation of the popular live stage show starring Brendan O'Carroll as aged housewife Agnes Brown.
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Mockumentary comedy series set in a busy airport, from 'Little Britain' stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams. Second series planned, but not for a while.
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Radio 2 sketch show written by and starring acclaimed stand-up comedians Diane Morgan and Joe Wilkinson.
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New E4 comedy drama following three British university graduates who have landed jobs at an American summer camp.
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Surreal comedy set on a fictional island inhabited by a range of oddball characters. Created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb. New series commissioned for 2013.
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Sketch show for BBC Two with female comedy duo Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver.
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Channel 4 sitcom starring Simon Bird and Tamsin Greig. Adam and Jonny go round to their parents' house for Friday night dinner.
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Radio sitcom by Christopher Douglas and Nicola Sanderson. Jocelyn Jee Esien stars as an upbeat carer of the nation's elderly.
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Comic chat show in which an individual from the world of entertainment selects someone that they would like to interview.
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Pam Ayres presents sketches, poetry and anecdotes. With Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead.
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A relationship-driven comedy drama about a pair of police detectives.
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E4 comedy drama in which five young outsiders on community service get caught in a strange storm and develop supernatural abilities.
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Sitcom set in a mobile phone shop with a strong sales culture and big sales targets. Written and created by Phil Bowker.
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Comedians read their own short stories in front of a packed audience at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Affectionate and frank insights into the lives of comedy legends Eric Morecambe, Spike Milligan and Frankie Howerd. Frankie Howerd episode expected at Christmas.
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The multi award winning National Theatre of Brent (Desmond Olivier Dingle and Raymond Box) pay tribute to some Iconic Icons.
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Sitcom about a US executive who finds himself out of his depth when he is mistakenly sent to run his company's new UK arm. Series 2 due later in 2012.
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BBC Three sitcom set around a lazy working-class couple in their mid-20s, and following the minutiae of their relationship and lives.
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Satirical sketch show hosted by Justin Edwards. The programme has an 'open door' policy allowing anyone to submit material.
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Radio 4 series in which comedians read embarrassing extracts from their teenage diaries. Hosted by Rufus Hound.
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Stand-up comedy show, punctuated with sketches. Stewart Lee tackle a different topic each week in his own inimitable fashion. Two new series commissioned. Next in 2014.
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Comedy drama which follows the daily lives of nurses as they go about their routine tasks in an NHS hospital.
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Stand-up show in which Micky Flanagan examines how his life has changed decade by decade.
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Internet sensation Limmy makes the jump to television in a sketch comedy series for BBC Scotland.
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Robert Florence and Iain Connell write and star in this BBC Scotland sketch show based around the residents of a fictional town.
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A sitcom/sketch show for Children's BBC starring Dani Harmer. Dani is left at home to look after her annoying younger brother Max.
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Panel show in which comedians are asked to speak for and against various issues. Sean Lock, Seann Walsh and Robert Webb are the current regulars. Second half of the new series to follow later in 2012.
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TV adaption of Miranda Hart's radio sitcom. Miranda is desperate to fit into society, but can't. She runs a joke shop with childhood friend Stevie. Series 3 expected autumn 2012.
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Topical ITV2 panel show hosted by Leigh Francis (in character as Keith Lemon) with regulars Fearne Cotton, Holly Willoughby and Rufus Hound. Returns in September.
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Radio sitcom starring Lenny Henry and Larrington Walker. Three generations of music-loving men collide in a Birmingham record shop. Returns in the autumn.
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Radio comedy following the adventures of Pip Bin as he struggles against the cruel plotting of his evil guardian Mr Gently Benevolent. Series 5 (final series) planned to record in early 2012.
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Radio sitcom set on HMS Goliath, a nuclear submarine - manned by idiots. Written by and starring Jim Field Smith and Ben Willbond.
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David Mitchell hosts the Radio 4 panel game built on truth and lies. Created by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.
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Comedians, entertainers and other personalities moan about many of the aspects of modern life which really get on their nerves.
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Radio 4 comedy about a proud Scottish shopkeeper and his tireless quest to please an ungrateful public.
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Sitcom starring Greg McHugh as Gary McLintoch, a soldier who returns home from Iraq to the barracks and offers unique insights into both worlds.
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Extremely popular radio comedy. ISIHAC is a self-styled antidote to panel games, in which players are given silly things to do.
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Comedy drama set in a fictional housing estate in Manchester which follows the dysfunctional Gallagher family and their neighbours. Returns later in the year for the 2nd part of the 9th series.
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Channel 4's annual topical end-of-year panel show. Hosted by Jimmy Carr and featuring a host of well-known comedians as panellists. C4 30th Anniversary special later in the year.
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Comedy starring sketch show veterans Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse as a variety of characters.
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Panel game based on the world of rock and pop music, featuring comedians and musicians.
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Hugely popular and sometimes controversial topical panel show which takes a satirical look at the week's news. Next series is in mid-June.
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Panel game hosted by Stephen Fry and featuring Alan Davies. It contains lots of difficult questions and a large amount of quite interesting facts.
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Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a mix of stand-up, sketches and songs in this popular topical comedy show for Radio 4.
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Stand-up comedy performances from the biggest acts on the circuit. The first two series were hosted by Jack Dee.
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Radio sitcom based around a one-plane charter airline. No job is too small, but many jobs are too difficult for pilots Douglas and Martin.
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A semi-improvised sitcom based around a young family in London, starring Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner.
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An ensemble sitcom which focuses on the adventures of a group of British holiday makers staying at The Solana holiday resort in Spain.
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Entertainment show fronted by Rob Brydon. Features stand-up from the host and a guest comedian.
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Periodic series of satires and spoofs that helped bring alternative comedy to the mainstream and forge a comedy reputation for then-new Channel 4. New episode in production.
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Satirical political sitcom. Number 10's foul-mouthed policy enforcer Malcolm Tucker rules the Government's PR team with an iron fist. 8-part fourth series commissioned.
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Sitcom set in a computer support department. The staff are IT geeks Roy and Moss, and their boss Jen, who knows nothing about computers. Final special episode in planning.
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Sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb as a pair of socially dysfunctional flatmates with little else in common. Series 8 expected to broadcast in late 2012.
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The Royles are a family of couch potatoes who watch television in their dirty living room whilst chatting, arguing, and drinking copious amounts of tea and alcohol. New Christmas special in production for 2012.
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Science fiction sitcom based in space. The crew aboard the damaged mining spaceship Red Dwarf are doomed to drift in space for the rest of eternity. 10th series commissioned by channel Dave for autumn 2012.
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