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BAFTA TV Awards 2015 comedy nominations
The shortlists for the 2015 BAFTA Television Awards have been announced. Detectorists, Harry & Paul, Moone Boy and The Wrong Mans are amongst the comedy nominees. Read |
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Channel 4 to broadcast topical political sitcom Ballot Monkeys
Channel 4 has announced Ballot Monkeys, a political sitcom from the team behind Drop The Dead Donkey which will be filmed close to transmission for topicality. Read |
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Blake Harrison takes the lead role in E4 comedy drama Tripped
E4 has announced that The Inbetweeners star Blake Harrison will take the lead role in Tripped, a comedy drama series set in parallel universes. Read |
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E4 orders new comedy drama Aliens
E4 has ordered Aliens, a comedy drama about a group of extra-terrestrials forced to live in a segregated community on Earth. Read |
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Sue Perkins to film BBC panel show pilot Insert Name Here
Sue Perkins will host the pilot episode of Insert Name Here, a comedy panel show for BBC Two about people who share the same name. Read |
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David Mitchell to star as Shakespeare in new BBC sitcom
David Mitchell has signed up to play William Shakespeare in Upstart Crow, a sitcom pilot for BBC Two overseen by Ben Elton. Read |
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Alan Davies returns with As Yet Untitled Series 3
Unscripted chat format Alan Davies As Yet Untitled is to return to Dave for a third series. Read |
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Gold to profile comedians in new series 'The Interviews'
Kenneth Williams, The Two Ronnies, Les Dawson, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore are amongst the comedians profiled in new Gold series The Interviews. Read |
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Terry Jones receives Bath Plug Award
Monty Python star Terry Jones has received Bath Comedy Festival's first ever 'Bath Plug Award', for his services to comedy. Read |
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No third series for Up The Women
Jessica Hynes's suffragette sitcom Up The Women will not return for a third series, the BBC has confirmed. Read |
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Also of interest... |
Here are some pages on other websites that you might also be interested in...
- Jeremy Clarkson has pulled out of hosting Have I Got News For You. The producers say: "We'll have Clarkson back on when he's ready": The Guardian
- Rebecca Humphries won the We Got Tickets Musical Comedy Awards 2015 final: Beyond The Joke
- With Rufus Hound and Doon Mackichan now on board too, Trev & Simon Kickstarter campaign to make the audio sitcom Strangers In Space has past £14,000: Kickstarter
- Bob Mortimer is taking over from the late Rik Mayall as the face of the Bombardier Beer adverts: Facebook picture
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Features |
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Kevin McHale interview
Kevin McHale talks about how he nearly said no to hosting Virtually Famous, and explains why you don't see the panel show format on American TV. Read |
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Max and Ivan introduce their Radio 4 show
We asked comedy double-act Max & Ivan to introduce their Radio 4 series The Casebook Of Max And Ivan to us... this is the funny results of that. Read |
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You, Me & Them interviews
Eve Myles, Anthony Head, Susie Blake, Jeff Rawle, Daisy Beaumont, Marcus Garvey and Honor Blackman talk about Series 2 of Gold sitcom You, Me & Them. Read |
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The 39 Steps - 4 actors, 139 roles!
The 39 Steps is one of the West End's longest-running and funniest plays. We take a look at the show here, and there's a chance for you to win free tickets. Read |
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Seann Walsh interview
A quick chat with Seann Walsh about his 2015 stand-up tour, and his role as a team captain on the E4 panel show Virtually Famous. Read |
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TV Listings |
Here is a guide to the new British comedy on TV this week...
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I Live With Models Monday, Comedy Central, 10pm
Comedy Central's USA-set sitcom concludes. With a 24-hour storm due to hit Miami, the models plan an epic house party. (This episode contains real-life fashion models!) Guide |
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Bluestone 42 Monday, BBC Three, 10pm
The last episode of the sitcom... maybe forever, as it observes as the army preparing to leave their Afghanistan base for good. Simon receives some devastating news too. Guide |
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Raised By Wolves Monday, Channel 4, 10pm
The sitcom set in Wolverhampton continues. This episode sees Della and the kids rescue a distraught Grampy in the aftermath of a family bereavement. Guide |
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Jack Dee's Election Helpdesk Monday, BBC Two, 10pm
The first of three episodes in which Jack Dee brings his hit stage format to TV. With the help of guests, he tries to answer some election-based questions from the audience. Guide |
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Virtually Famous Monday, E4, 10pm
Series 2 of the panel show looking at the best content on the internet. Kevin McHale, Seann Walsh and Chris Stark are joined by Made In Chelsea's Mark-Francis Vandelli, pop star Dappy, The Last Leg's Alex Brooker and comedian Ellie Taylor. Guide |
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Ross Noble Freewheeling Tuesday, Dave, 10pm
More random roadtrip adventures with the Geordie comic. This time Ross Noble brightens up a grandma's day, tries to unite the mods and rockers, and helps jobseekers in Sussex find work experience. Guide |
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Newzoids Wednesday, ITV, 9pm
A new topical satirical sketch show featuring puppets. Unsurprisingly it is being labelled a modern Spitting Image. There's some preview clips in our guide. Guide |
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The Delivery Man Wednesday, ITV, 9:30pm
A new sitcom starring Darren Boyd as a policeman-turned-midwife. It's created by some of the team behind Green Wing. To find out more about the characters see our website. Guide |
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You, Me & Them Wednesday, Gold, 10pm
Ed's and Lauren's future looks threatened by his past when an ex shows up. Roles are reversed when a bandaged Emma has to place her trust (and home) in Clive's hands. Guide |
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Celebrity Juice
Thursday, ITV2, 10pm
The girls and boys are back for another week of outrageous games, single-entendre and fantastically crude quizzes. ITV haven't yet revealed who the guests joining Holly, Fearne, Gino and Keith will be, but we're sure their antics will delight and horrify in equal measure! Guide |
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Inside No. 9 Thursday, BBC Two, 10pm
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith deliver another episode with an interesting concept: in this one, set around a support line call centre, we see all the action unfold via other cameras - e.g. CCTV screens. Guide |
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Have I Got News For You Friday, BBC One, 9pm
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts, with Alun Cochrane and Lord Prescott as the guests. Has former MP Prescott really forgiven the show for all those fat jokes it used to make about him? Elephants never forget. Guide |
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man Friday, Channel 4, 10pm
Alan Carr is joined by flamboyant pop star Nicki Minaj who chats and performs her latest single The Night Is Still Young. Plus Mr Selfridge star Jeremy Piven, and Paddy McGuinness - plugging The Delivery Man and his latest stand-up tour. Guide |
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The Graham Norton Show Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm
The now-bearded Graham Norton continues his latest series. No word on who the guests are yet. Given last week's episode got almost 3 million viewers, it probably doesn't matter who he books, people will still tune in. Guide |
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Play To The Whistle Saturday, ITV, 9:15pm
The second episode of the new sports-based panel show. Holly Willoughby, Bradley Walsh and Frank Lampard are joined by Graeme Swann, Sean Lock, Alex Scott and Romesh Ranganathan. Guide |
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Celebrity Squares Sunday, ITV, 7:15pm
Warwick Davis returns for another series of the refreshed comedy game show. Paddy McGuinness, Rob Beckett, Anna Crilly and Katy Wix are amongst those appearing. Next week: Vic & Bob! Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule. |
New Products |
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Inside No. 9 - Series Two
PRE-ORDER. Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith follow up the award-winning Series 1 with another anthology of tales of the genuinely unexpected. Series 2 has been getting rave reviews, and Sheridan Smtih's performance in the pathos-laden second episode is surely a BAFTA-winner. Sadly no Blu-ray release is on the cards, but the DVD will be out on 4th May. Details |
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The Keith Lemon Sketch Show
PRE-ORDER. Keith Lemon's (aka Leigh Francis) mad, ratings-winning ITV2 sketch show comes to DVD in June. With a regular cast including Fearne Cotton and Paddy McGuinness, guests range from Christine Bleakley to Verne Troyer, Phillip Schofield and the one-and-only Carrie Fisher. Details |
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Faith In The Future - The Complete Series
OUT NOW. Lynda Bellingham reprises her role as divorcee Faith Greyshott in this hit sequel series to award-winning ITV sitcom Second Thoughts, adapted from the BBC Radio 4 series of the same name. Also starring Julia Sawalha and featuring an early role for Simon Pegg, Faith In The Future ran for three massively successful series and this complete set includes them all. Details |
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W1A - Series One & Two
PRE-ORDER. W1A returns to screens on Thursday next week with an hour-long opening episode (and really quite funny it is, too); like the first series, Series 2 will run for just four episodes, and this complete 2-disc set of both Series 1 and 2 will be released on Monday 18th May - just 5 weeks from now. Get your copy reserved today: Details |
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Hackney's Finest: Gangs Of London
OUT NOW. After a limited cinema release earlier in the month, this British film is now out on DVD and download. A gangster flick with a comic twist, it focuses on a small-time drug-dealer who gets into big trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies. (Yes, you read that right.) See the trailer, immediately below. Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon. |
Comedy Videos |
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Hackney's Finest
The trailer for this film, out now on DVD, which sees a small-time drug dealer in trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies. Watch |
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Luisa Omielan - Thigh gap?
London-based comedian Luisa Omielan's empowering stand-up video has clocked up over 9,000,000 views on Facebook in just two weeks: Watch |
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No Offence - Trailer
No Offence is a brand new crime comedy drama from the creator of Shameless, coming soon to Channel 4. Joanna Scanlan is amongst the stars. Watch |
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The Policy Song
Jake Yapp and Harry the Piano's indispensable musical guide to the five major political parties' policies in the run up to the General Election 2015. Well, sort-of. 'Cos this is online before they've even bothered to publish their manifestoes! Watch |
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Guide Spotlight |
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The Cracksman
A delightful comic crime caper from the early 1960s, The Cracksman stars physical comedy master Charlie Drake as Ernest Wright, an honest and upstanding but highly naiveĀ East-End locksmith who gets in way over his head when an unscrupulous gentleman thief spots a use for his considerable professional talents. Imprisoned, one of Wright's inmates is Yossle - played by Ronnie Barker, in a role that can only be described as proto-Norman Stanley Fletcher. Guide
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