Latest British Comedy News
Don't Forget The Driver Series 2 cancelled because of Covid
Friday 14th May 2021
Toby Jones's comedy Don't Forget The Driver has been cancelled. BBC Two had ordered a second series of the show, but it has now been cancelled due to coronavirus.
Susannah Fielding joins The Cockfields
Friday 14th May 2021
Susannah Fielding has joined the cast of The Cockfields. She will play new girlfriend of Simon in the second series of Gold's sitcom. Gregor Fisher, Michele Dotrice and Greg McHugh also join the cast.
Simon Bird unveils debut stand-up special on All 4
Friday 14th May 2021
All 4 has published Debrief, the debut stand-up special of Inbetweeners star Simon Bird.
Lucy Pearman creates BBC pilot Please Help Me
Friday 14th May 2021
Lucy Pearman has written and stars in Please Help Me, a Comedy Threesome pilot coming to BBC iPlayer later this year.
Good Omens Series 2 rumoured
Thursday 13th May 2021
Good Omens, the comedy drama starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, is reportedly set to return for a second series.
The League Of Gentlemen to reunite on stage once again?
Wednesday 12th May 2021
The League Of Gentlemen will reunite for more live shows Steve Pemberton has predicted.
Chuckle Brothers to return via animated pilot
Tuesday 11th May 2021
The Chuckle Brothers characters are set to return in new animated pilot ChucklesWorld, if a crowdfunding drive is successful.
Alma's Not Normal series filming in Bolton
Monday 10th May 2021
Filming is underway on Alma's Not Normal, Sophie Willan's BBC Two sitcom about a Boltonian woman and her family of eccentric, unruly women.
Comedy Central reveals three new shows
Monday 10th May 2021
Comedy Central has commissioned three new shows: Yesterday, Today & The Day Before, The Complaints Department and Fact Off.
Dylan Moran creates new BBC sitcom
Friday 7th May 2021
Dylan Moran is preparing to shoot a new BBC sitcom. Believed to be focused on a psychiatrist and titled Dr Cosmos, he said in an interview "we film that whenever they give us the nod".
Anneka Rice writing sitcom about her fake agent
Friday 7th May 2021
Anneka Rice is writing a sitcom about her imaginary former agent. Clemmie Hart was the fictional representative she created to continue fielding work offers while she took time out from showbusiness to raise her children.
Home axed by Channel 4
Thursday 6th May 2021
Channel 4 has axed asylum seeker sitcom Home after two series, its creator, writer and star, Rufus Jones, has announced.
Cast revealed for UK version of 'Call My Agent!'
Thursday 6th May 2021
Lydia Leonard, Jack Davenport, Maggie Steed and Prasanna Puwanarajah are amongst the actors set to star in the UK re-make of French sitcom hit Call My Agent!. Filming starts in London next week.
Sindhu Vee pilots sitcom Winning for Channel 4
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Sindhu Vee is piloting a domestic sitcom for Channel 4. The loosely autobiographical Winning is focused on a mixed-race family with a domineering mother character.
CBBC announces period family comedy Dodger
Wednesday 5th May 2021
CBBC has confirmed the production of a new family comedy series, Dodger. Based on Charles Dickens's iconic characters, its stars include Christopher Eccleston as Fagin.
Comedy commissioner Shane Allen quits BBC to form Boffola Pictures
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Shane Allen, the BBC's comedy commissioning boss for the past nine years, is to leave the broadcaster and establish a new production company, Boffola Pictures, with Kate Daughton.
Victor Meldrew to return
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Victor Meldrew is being brought back from the dead, to suffer the indignities of the 21st century. Creator David Renwick has written a new novel called One Foot in the Grave and Counting.
Richard Ayoade to host Question Team on Dave
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Richard Ayoade is to host Question Team, a panel show series for Dave in which the panellists set the questions.
Fern Brady, Darren Harriott and Ivo Graham front British As Folk
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Fern Brady, Darren Harriott and Ivo Graham will host British As Folk, a factual entertainment travel series coming to channel Dave.
Tom Allen to host Dave show The Island
Wednesday 5th May 2021
Tom Allen will front channel Dave's new format The Island, which has been devised by comedians James Acaster, Ed Gamble, Lloyd Langford and John Robins.