British Comedy Guide 2015 News Archive
Here is a list of all the news stories we published in 2015.
December 2015
- Sunny D gets a full series
Monday 21st December 2015 - Vicious to return for new special
Friday 18th December 2015 - BBC Three orders another series of Josh
Wednesday 16th December 2015 - Lee Mack confirms Not Going Out sequel plans
Wednesday 16th December 2015 - Channel 4 to make spoof Royal Family soap opera
Wednesday 16th December 2015 - New sketch show for Morgana Robinson
Tuesday 15th December 2015 - Julia Davis creates new comedy series Robin's Test
Monday 14th December 2015 - Stephen Fry receives special Rose d'Or Award
Wednesday 9th December 2015 - David Mitchell to star as Shakespeare in new BBC comedy series
Monday 7th December 2015 - ITV2 orders The Almost Impossible Game Show 2
Monday 7th December 2015 - Uncle to return to BBC Three
Thursday 3rd December 2015 - ITV orders Ann Summers comedy drama
Thursday 3rd December 2015 - E4 orders Series 2 of Chewing Gum
Thursday 3rd December 2015
November 2015
- BBC Two orders Sue Perkins panel show Insert Name Here
Thursday 26th November 2015 - John Cleese to oversee Fawlty Towers stage show in Australia
Wednesday 25th November 2015 - Sky Arts to broadcast 12 Christmas specials
Wednesday 25th November 2015 - Yuriko Kotani wins BBC New Comedy Award
Friday 20th November 2015 - ITV confirms Cold Feet return
Thursday 19th November 2015 - Broadcast Awards 2016 comedy nominees revealed
Wednesday 18th November 2015 - ITV order Series 2 of Play To The Whistle
Wednesday 18th November 2015 - John Finnemore leads BBC Audio Awards 2016 nominations
Tuesday 17th November 2015 - BBC to revive sitcoms including Keeping Up Appearances
Monday 16th November 2015 - BBC to produce new Porridge spin-off
Sunday 15th November 2015 - Warren Mitchell dies aged 89
Saturday 14th November 2015 - Drunk History returns for Series 2
Wednesday 11th November 2015 - Hugh Dennis to front The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
Tuesday 10th November 2015 - ITV2 to air end of year show with impressionist Luke Kempner
Tuesday 10th November 2015 - Michael McIntyre to host another BBC Christmas special
Tuesday 10th November 2015 - Jimmy Carr announces Netflix special
Monday 9th November 2015 - British comedy leads Rose d'Or 2015 nominations
Monday 9th November 2015 - James Acaster launches Kickstarter campaign for online series
Monday 9th November 2015 - Humble Quest For Universal Genius gets TV trial
Friday 6th November 2015 - BBC Store launches with packed comedy catalogue
Thursday 5th November 2015 - Comedy Central developing Wasteman sitcom
Wednesday 4th November 2015 - YouTube impressionist Scheiffer Bates gets E4 pilot
Wednesday 4th November 2015 - The Last Leg team go on an Australian road trip
Wednesday 4th November 2015 - Kayvan Novak to star in 'Britain Today, Tonight'
Wednesday 4th November 2015 - Channel 4 orders Men About The House script
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - BBC Three to record stand-up specials
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - Forgotten Hancock script rediscovered
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - Writer Dick Sharples dies aged 88
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - The Cloud gets full series on Channel 4
Tuesday 3rd November 2015 - Carry On film franchise to return
Monday 2nd November 2015 - Richard Briers blue plaque unveiled
Monday 2nd November 2015
October 2015
- Frank Skinner to present new BBC iPlayer chat show
Monday 26th October 2015 - More Boomers for BBC One
Friday 23rd October 2015 - Live At The Apollo moves to BBC Two
Wednesday 21st October 2015 - British Comedy Awards 2015 to be delayed
Tuesday 20th October 2015 - Andy Parsons quits Mock The Week
Monday 19th October 2015 - New US comedy service launches with Fringe showcase
Friday 16th October 2015 - Catherine Tate considering live tour
Friday 16th October 2015 - Radio 2 unveils full line-up for its 2015 Comedy Showcase
Friday 16th October 2015 - Outnumbered to return in 2016
Thursday 15th October 2015 - Mitchell & Webb working on new Channel 4 sitcom
Wednesday 14th October 2015 - Stephen Fry quits QI
Wednesday 14th October 2015 - Series 2 for Murder In Successville
Wednesday 14th October 2015 - Cradle To Grave Series 2 planned
Tuesday 13th October 2015 - BBC planning new series of W1A
Tuesday 13th October 2015 - Chastity Butterworth TV chat show in development
Tuesday 13th October 2015 - Radio 2 pilot for Barbara Nice
Monday 12th October 2015 - Only Fools And Horses named Britain's best sitcom in C4 poll
Saturday 10th October 2015 - Richard Osman hosts new comedy quiz pilot
Friday 9th October 2015 - BBC commissions two series of People Just Do Nothing
Friday 9th October 2015 - BBC Two keen for more Boy Meets Girl
Thursday 8th October 2015 - Let's Play Darts to return for Sport Relief
Thursday 8th October 2015 - Joel Dommett joins new Sky 1 music panel show Bring The Noise
Thursday 8th October 2015 - Inside No. 9 to return for Series 3
Wednesday 7th October 2015 - Danger Mouse film in development
Wednesday 7th October 2015 - Harry Hill begins filming another Professor Branestawm
Tuesday 6th October 2015 - Jocelyn Jee Esien working on new Radio 4 show
Tuesday 6th October 2015 - Elis James and Katy Wix to star in Radio 2 sitcom
Tuesday 6th October 2015 - Terry Mynott and Robert Webb to star in Radio 2 pilot
Monday 5th October 2015 - Simon Farnaby creates new golf sitcom for Radio 2
Monday 5th October 2015 - Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em could return in 2016
Sunday 4th October 2015 - Bridget Jones's Baby begins filming
Friday 2nd October 2015 - Cast announced for David Walliams's Billionaire Boy
Friday 2nd October 2015 - Friends star David Schwimmer joins Julia Davis sitcom
Thursday 1st October 2015 - Man Down to return for a third series
Thursday 1st October 2015 - E4 orders new sitcom Wasted
Thursday 1st October 2015 - Roisin Conaty gets full series of sitcom GameFace
Thursday 1st October 2015
September 2015
- Black Mirror to return on Netflix
Friday 25th September 2015 - Comedy snooker film The Rack Pack coming to iPlayer
Friday 25th September 2015 - Taskmaster to return for two new series
Thursday 24th September 2015 - Jon Richardson and Matt Forde to present talkSPORT football show
Wednesday 23rd September 2015 - Matt Lucas to star in BBC's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wednesday 23rd September 2015 - Filming starts on new Ben Miller sitcom I Want My Wife Back
Wednesday 23rd September 2015 - BBC One to celebrate Peter Kay in new documentary
Wednesday 23rd September 2015 - BBC One to broadcast a live episode of Mrs Brown's Boys
Wednesday 23rd September 2015 - BBC One unveils Landmark Sitcom Season
Wednesday 23rd September 2015 - Yonderland set to return for a third series
Friday 18th September 2015 - Richard Wilson to play Victor Meldrew again
Thursday 17th September 2015 - Paul Zerdin wins America's Got Talent
Thursday 17th September 2015 - At Last The 1948 Show episodes rediscovered
Wednesday 16th September 2015 - Ryan Sampson to star in new sketch-prank show Glitchy
Tuesday 15th September 2015 - Still Open All Hours gets a second series
Saturday 12th September 2015 - Jack Whitehall's Backchat to return
Friday 11th September 2015 - Jack Dee to host The Apprentice You're Fired
Friday 11th September 2015 - Citizen Smith unlikely to return despite rumours
Friday 11th September 2015 - Cast confirmed for David Walliams's new BBC sketch show
Thursday 10th September 2015 - Tim Vine to pilot chat show on Radio 4
Wednesday 9th September 2015 - Gold commissions new Comic Strip special
Monday 7th September 2015 - Sky to launch new music panel show Bring The Noise
Thursday 3rd September 2015 - E4 announces cast for new comedy drama Aliens
Wednesday 2nd September 2015
August 2015
- New Al Murray Pub Landlord sitcom in development
Sunday 30th August 2015 - Sam Simmons wins Edinburgh Comedy Award 2015
Saturday 29th August 2015 - BBC Two working on The Making Of Dad's Army drama
Friday 28th August 2015 - Frank Skinner to co-present history of light entertainment show
Thursday 27th August 2015 - Justin Edwards, Mel Giedroyc and Jim Howick team up for Radio 4
Thursday 27th August 2015 - ITV2 orders 4 comedies to sit alongside MOBO Awards coverage
Wednesday 26th August 2015 - Channel 4 commissions Olivia Colman sitcom Flowers
Wednesday 26th August 2015 - ITV to bring back Cold Feet?
Tuesday 25th August 2015 - BBC axes Vic & Bob's House Of Fools
Tuesday 25th August 2015 - New Blackadder revival rumours
Sunday 23rd August 2015 - Andrew Lawrence gets Radio 4 sitcom
Saturday 22nd August 2015 - Catherine Tate to star in new hotel comedy Do Not Disturb
Thursday 20th August 2015 - On The Buses star Stephen Lewis dies aged 88
Thursday 13th August 2015 - David Nobbs dies aged 80
Sunday 9th August 2015 - Dave commissions two more series from Dave Gorman
Friday 7th August 2015 - Gordon the Gopher returns in BBC pilot
Thursday 6th August 2015 - George Cole dies aged 90
Thursday 6th August 2015
July 2015
- Rob Brydon to host Tom Jones comedy special for Children In Need
Friday 31st July 2015 - Christopher Lloyd joins Crackanory Series 3
Saturday 25th July 2015 - Robert Lindsay to star in antiques shop sitcom Bull
Thursday 23rd July 2015 - Henry Winkler to return in third series of Hank Zipzer
Wednesday 22nd July 2015 - You're Back In The Room recommissioned
Tuesday 21st July 2015 - Spitting Image to return?
Sunday 19th July 2015 - Bluestone 42 ends
Wednesday 15th July 2015 - Sketch group Absolutely to return to Radio 4
Wednesday 15th July 2015 - Big School ends, as David Walliams makes BBC sketch show
Monday 13th July 2015 - Sue Johnston to star in new Sky1 football sitcom Rovers
Thursday 9th July 2015 - Sky orders 8 more Agatha Raisin episodes
Thursday 9th July 2015 - Very British Problems get Channel 4 series
Thursday 9th July 2015 - The Brittas Empire looks set to return to TV
Wednesday 8th July 2015 - Channel 4 orders hypnotic prank show pilot Look Into My Eyes
Tuesday 7th July 2015 - Marc Wootton to bring back Shirley Ghostman for live shows
Monday 6th July 2015 - Audible creates 5 sitcom pilots
Monday 6th July 2015
June 2015
- Brian Pern to return for Series 3
Tuesday 30th June 2015 - John Finnemore creates new Radio 4 series
Tuesday 30th June 2015 - Miles Jupp is the new host of The News Quiz
Monday 29th June 2015 - Joanna Lumley developing new comedy show for Sky
Monday 29th June 2015 - The Missing Hancocks to return to Radio 4
Monday 29th June 2015 - David Walliams working on TV talent show sitcom
Monday 29th June 2015 - John Thomson to present Gold archive stand-up series
Thursday 25th June 2015 - Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe set to become a global hit
Friday 19th June 2015 - British Comedy Awards move to a new TV channel
Wednesday 17th June 2015 - BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2015 open for applications
Tuesday 16th June 2015 - Morwenna Banks and Rebecca Front to star in Radio 4 library sitcom
Thursday 11th June 2015 - Professor Brian Cox to host new BBC Two panel show pilot
Thursday 11th June 2015 - Episodes to return for Series 5
Wednesday 10th June 2015 - CBeebies orders new comedy series Go Jetters and Spot Bots
Tuesday 9th June 2015 - E4 gives Drifters the green light for Series 3
Tuesday 9th June 2015 - Raised By Wolves gets second series
Monday 8th June 2015 - Angela Barnes gets Radio 4 stand-up series
Monday 8th June 2015 - ITV2 commissions Safeword with Rick Edwards and Katherine Ryan
Thursday 4th June 2015 - Jeremy Clarkson returns to BBC TV with QI appearance
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 - Doc Martin set for US remake by Friends creator
Tuesday 2nd June 2015
May 2015
- UKTV Gold orders studio audience sitcom Bull
Thursday 28th May 2015 - UKTV Gold orders new sitcom Marley's Ghosts
Thursday 28th May 2015 - Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais to make Henry IX for Gold
Thursday 28th May 2015 - BBC Two axes Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Tuesday 26th May 2015 - Channel 4 in talks with Dom Joly to bring back Trigger Happy TV
Tuesday 26th May 2015 - BBC One orders 3rd series of Count Arthur Strong
Friday 22nd May 2015 - Ben Miller's Horrible Science coming to CITV
Thursday 21st May 2015 - Sketchorama Series 4 line-up revealed
Wednesday 20th May 2015 - Catherine Tate's Nan to return for new TV specials
Monday 18th May 2015 - Cast announced for BBC comedy thriller Stag
Monday 18th May 2015 - Aborted Morecambe & Wise sitcom by Roy Clarke uncovered
Friday 15th May 2015 - Tom Rosenthal and Naz Osmanoglu's Flat TV gets BBC Three series
Friday 15th May 2015 - Cuckoo returns for Series 3
Friday 15th May 2015 - BBC Comedy Feeds 2015 revealed
Thursday 14th May 2015 - Trollied to return for fifth series
Monday 11th May 2015 - 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' to return as live stage show
Monday 11th May 2015 - BAFTA TV Awards winners announced
Sunday 10th May 2015 - Not Going Out to return for Christmas Special
Friday 8th May 2015 - Crims dropped by BBC Three
Friday 8th May 2015 - Al Murray comes sixth in South Thanet election
Friday 8th May 2015 - Nick Park working on caveman football film Early Man
Wednesday 6th May 2015 - Red Dwarf to return to Dave for two new series
Saturday 2nd May 2015
April 2015
- UKIP reports Have I Got News For You to the police
Thursday 30th April 2015 - Peter Kay's Car Share streamed 2.8m times on iPlayer
Wednesday 29th April 2015 - Marc Wootton and Kayvan Novak to voice Counterfeit Cat
Wednesday 29th April 2015 - Channel Dave orders Series 2 of Hoff The Record
Tuesday 28th April 2015 - Kayvan Novak to make The Celebrity Voicemail Show
Tuesday 28th April 2015 - Ventriloquist Keith Harris dies aged 67
Tuesday 28th April 2015 - Sandi Toksvig to quit The News Quiz
Tuesday 28th April 2015 - Jonathan Ross to present cookery panel show pilot
Friday 24th April 2015 - BBC One orders The John Bishop Show
Thursday 23rd April 2015 - Channel 5 returns to making British comedy
Thursday 23rd April 2015 - BBC Salford Sitcom Showcase 2015 programme revealed
Wednesday 22nd April 2015 - Jim Howick to star in BBC Two's Stag
Tuesday 21st April 2015 - Lesley Manville to star in new BBC Two sitcom 'Mum'
Tuesday 21st April 2015 - Sky Arts to make a series of slapstick comedies
Tuesday 21st April 2015 - David Mitchell and Jeremy Paxman to host C4's Election Night 2015
Monday 20th April 2015 - Channel 4 orders Series 4 of Friday Night Dinner
Friday 17th April 2015 - Channel Dave to broadcast The Pub Landlord's election battle
Thursday 16th April 2015 - Zig and Zag to return in animated CBBC series
Wednesday 15th April 2015 - BAFTA TV Awards 2015 comedy nominations
Wednesday 8th April 2015 - Channel 4 to broadcast topical political sitcom Ballot Monkeys
Wednesday 8th April 2015 - Blake Harrison takes the lead role in E4 comedy drama Tripped
Tuesday 7th April 2015 - E4 orders new comedy drama Aliens
Tuesday 7th April 2015 - Sue Perkins to film BBC panel show pilot Insert Name Here
Friday 3rd April 2015 - David Mitchell to star as Shakespeare in new BBC sitcom
Thursday 2nd April 2015 - Alan Davies returns with As Yet Untitled Series 3
Thursday 2nd April 2015 - Gold to profile comedians in new series 'The Interviews'
Wednesday 1st April 2015
March 2015
- Russell Tovey amongst cast for Radio 4 sitcom Cardboard Heart
Tuesday 31st March 2015 - No third series for Up The Women
Monday 30th March 2015 - Holly Willoughby to host new ITV panel show
Thursday 26th March 2015 - ITV2 to show Keith Lemon's Back To The Future Tribute
Wednesday 25th March 2015 - Comedy Central reveal Russell Howard's new show
Tuesday 24th March 2015 - BBC Two orders Charlie Brooker election special
Tuesday 24th March 2015 - Filming starts on Series 7 of Doc Martin
Monday 23rd March 2015 - Frankie Boyle to return to iPlayer with post-election special
Monday 23rd March 2015 - ITV2 orders Plebs Series 3
Friday 20th March 2015 - BBC Two orders Jack Dee's Help Desk
Thursday 19th March 2015 - Michael McIntyre developing two series for BBC One
Thursday 19th March 2015 - Harry and Paul win at Royal Television Society Awards
Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Jeremy Clarkson still booked for Have I Got News For You
Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Rik Mayall honoured at Leicester Comedy Festival Awards
Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse plan live tour
Tuesday 17th March 2015 - BBC orders another Professor Branestawm special
Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Chortle Awards 2015 winners revealed
Tuesday 17th March 2015 - Ben Miller and Romesh Ranganathan front Out Of This World
Monday 16th March 2015 - New topical comedy The Week That Wasn't to be piloted
Monday 16th March 2015 - Stewart Lee discusses Alternative Comedy Experience axe
Thursday 12th March 2015 - Birds Of A Feather to return for Series 12
Thursday 12th March 2015 - ITV3 plans Easter Carry On weekend with new documentary
Thursday 12th March 2015 - Comic Relief 'No Direction' band line-up revealed
Wednesday 11th March 2015 - Russell Brand returns to XFM radio
Wednesday 11th March 2015 - The Keith Lemon Sketch Show gets 2nd series
Wednesday 11th March 2015 - Filming starts on new BBC comedy The Kennedys
Monday 9th March 2015 - Dapper Laughs films sitcom pilot
Sunday 8th March 2015 - Peter Kay to star as Danny Baker's father in Cradle To Grave
Saturday 7th March 2015 - Michael McIntyre to host BBC One Easter special
Friday 6th March 2015 - BBC announces annual Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture
Wednesday 4th March 2015 - Kerry Howard to star in new sitcom Witless
Wednesday 4th March 2015 - Rory Bremner will return with post-election satire
Wednesday 4th March 2015 - BBC Two confirms Harry & Paul retrospective
Wednesday 4th March 2015 - Morgana Robinson gets her own BBC Two pilot
Wednesday 4th March 2015 - US star Tracey Ullman returns to the BBC
Wednesday 4th March 2015 - New Ben Miller sitcom from Worst Week Of My Life writers
Wednesday 4th March 2015 - More Bad Education Movie details revealed
Monday 2nd March 2015 - Vic & Bob confirm 25th anniversary live tour
Monday 2nd March 2015 - Channel 4 announces 6th annual O2 Comedy Gala
Monday 2nd March 2015
February 2015
- Jack Whitehall confirms Bad Education Movie
Friday 27th February 2015 - BBC Three to pilot hit live comedy format Funz And Gamez
Thursday 26th February 2015 - BBC Scotland announces multiple comedy commissions
Thursday 26th February 2015 - Harry and Paul lead RTS Awards nominations
Wednesday 25th February 2015 - Filming starts on new BBC Three sitcom Top Coppers
Wednesday 25th February 2015 - BBC confirm 10 more episodes of Would I Lie To You?
Tuesday 24th February 2015 - Russell Brand to launch new podcast
Monday 23rd February 2015 - Radio 4 Extra to broadcast Rik Mayall snowman series
Friday 20th February 2015 - Chortle Awards 2015 nominees announced
Tuesday 17th February 2015 - Mark Steel's In Town Series 6 locations announced
Tuesday 17th February 2015 - Basil Brush stars in his own online sketch show
Monday 16th February 2015 - Julia Davis comedy Hunderby to return to Sky Atlantic
Monday 16th February 2015 - ITV2 orders Job Lot Series 3
Monday 16th February 2015 - Jack Docherty sitcom Stop/Start to be piloted on TV
Friday 13th February 2015 - Leo Kearse crowned UK Pun Champion 2015
Friday 13th February 2015 - Bad Robots to return for Series 2
Thursday 12th February 2015 - E4 orders Phoebe Waller-Bridge comedy Crashing
Thursday 12th February 2015 - Detectorists leads Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2015 nominations
Thursday 12th February 2015 - Goodness Gracious Me to return for another special
Thursday 12th February 2015 - ITV to launch new topical puppet show Newzoids
Wednesday 11th February 2015 - Vic and Bob planning live comedy tour
Tuesday 10th February 2015 - Rich Hall to present new comedy pilot Search History
Tuesday 10th February 2015 - Adam Buxton and Graham Linehan writing new sitcom The Cloud
Tuesday 10th February 2015 - Line-up revealed for new Greg Davies show Taskmaster
Tuesday 10th February 2015 - Comic Relief unveils Donation Statues
Monday 9th February 2015 - Nish Kumar named as the new host of Newsjack
Friday 6th February 2015 - ITV orders Benidorm Series 8
Friday 6th February 2015 - Mark Watson prepares for 27 hour Comic Relief gig
Friday 6th February 2015 - Rick Edwards to host ITV2 panel show pilot Safe Word
Thursday 5th February 2015 - The Office voted best TV show of the past 20 years
Wednesday 4th February 2015 - Stewart Lee complains about 'ticket touts'
Wednesday 4th February 2015 - Revolution Will Be Televised to deliver political special
Wednesday 4th February 2015 - Transgender sitcom Boy Meets Girl begins filming
Monday 2nd February 2015 - Murder In Successville commissioned to full series
Monday 2nd February 2015 - Ted Robbins collapses on Phoenix Nights Live stage
Sunday 1st February 2015
January 2015
- QI to be broadcast in America
Friday 30th January 2015 - Radio 4 developing comedy panel show about religion
Thursday 29th January 2015 - Catastrophe Series 2 ordered by Channel 4
Wednesday 28th January 2015 - BBC preparing special to mark 25 years of Harry & Paul
Tuesday 27th January 2015 - Still Open All Hours ends with 8 million viewers
Monday 26th January 2015 - Comedy.co.uk Awards 2014 results announced
Monday 26th January 2015 - Reality TV panel show coming to ITV2
Friday 23rd January 2015 - BBC announces iPlayer Valentine's comedies
Friday 23rd January 2015 - Sky unveils Moone Boy Series 3 guest stars
Thursday 22nd January 2015 - BBC axes new sitcom The Walshes
Wednesday 21st January 2015 - Rich Fulcher to pilot sitcom about an adult shop
Tuesday 20th January 2015 - Mr Bean to return for Comic Relief 2015
Tuesday 20th January 2015 - Katherine Ryan to pilot new comedy format
Monday 19th January 2015 - Stephen Mangan to play pregnant man in new Sky show
Monday 19th January 2015 - Channel 4 confirm final series of Fresh Meat
Friday 16th January 2015 - Al Murray's Pub Landlord to stand for Parliament against Nigel Farage
Wednesday 14th January 2015 - Chris Ramsey and Channel 4 developing new weekly comedy show
Tuesday 13th January 2015 - Vicar Of Dibley to return for Red Nose Day
Sunday 11th January 2015 - Sky1 commissions comedy thriller Apocalypse Slough
Thursday 8th January 2015 - Jack Whitehall working on Bad Education film
Wednesday 7th January 2015 - Comedy Central to make new version of Impractical Jokers
Wednesday 7th January 2015 - Rowan Atkinson to star in Horrible Histories
Monday 5th January 2015