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Starstruck cast confirmed
Monday 15th March 2021
The cast has been confirmed for Starstruck, the new sitcom starring Rose Matafeo. Nikesh Patel co-stars as the famous film star the lead character sleeps with, and the cast list also includes actors including Emma Sidi, Sindhu Vee and Jon Pointing.
Flatmates to return to BBC iPlayer for Series 2
Friday 12th March 2021
BBC teen comedy Flatmates is returning for a second series. Eight new episodes of the Manchester-based coming-of-age comedy drama will land on iPlayer in April.
Jack Whitehall's Travels With My Father gets Series 5
Thursday 11th March 2021
Travels With My Father, the comedy travelogue fronted by Jack and Michael Whitehall, is to return to Netflix later this year for a fifth series.
Ashley Storrie starring in BBC autism comedy Dinosaur
Monday 8th March 2021
Comedian Ashley Storrie has filmed the pilot episode for a new BBC Three comedy drama about a young, undiagnosed autistic woman.
Truth Seekers cancelled after one series
Sunday 14th February 2021
Nick Frost has revealed that Truth Seekers has ended after a single series.
Stevo The Madman piloting BBC comedy
Friday 5th February 2021
The BBC are piloting an improvised comedy with Snapchat comic Stevo The Madman.
Rose Matafeo's Horndog comes to BBC ahead of Starstruck Series 2
Thursday 4th February 2021
Rose Matafeo's stand-up special Horndog is coming to the BBC, as her sitcom Starstruck prepares to shoot its second series.
Mack and Salt land BBC Three comedy pilot Amicable
Wednesday 27th January 2021
BBC Three has commissioned a pilot of Amicable, a new sitcom starring Eliot Salt and Jude Mack, based on their two 2016 Edinburgh Fringe plays.
E4 pilots animated dating comedy
Tuesday 26th January 2021
E4 is to trial a new comedy dating show, matching singles by phone and animating their encounters in a series of YouTube shorts.