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Harry Hill to film BBC sitcom pilot
Friday 22nd June 2018
Harry Hill is working on a studio audience sitcom pilot for the BBC. The show will also star Jennifer Saunders as his mum.
Corbyn sketch writer Laurence Howarth speaks out against censorship
Thursday 21st June 2018
Laurence Howarth, who wrote sketches about Jeremy Corbyn on Tracey Breaks The News, has spoken out against attempts to censor criticism of the Labour leader.
Edinburgh TV Festival Awards nominations announced
Wednesday 20th June 2018
Nominees for the 2018 Edinburgh TV Awards have been announced. The End Of The F***ing World, Daniel Lawrence Taylor and This Country's Daisy and Charlie Cooper are amongst those shortlisted.
Joe Lycett to host Saturday night game show on BBC One
Wednesday 20th June 2018
Joe Lycett is to host The Time It Takes, a comic game show for BBC One in which contestants must answer questions against the clock having determined a task for a celebrity to undertake.
BBC special to celebrate Sir Lenny Henry on his 60th birthday
Tuesday 19th June 2018
To mark his 60th birthday, Sir Lenny Henry is to be at the centre a BBC One special which will take a light-hearted look back over his career.
BBC Four comedy drama to focus on learning disabilities
Tuesday 19th June 2018
David Tennant and Jessica Hynes are to take the lead roles in a new comedy drama about a family with a severely learning-disabled daughter.
BBC confirms Motherland Series 2
Tuesday 19th June 2018
The BBC has now officially confirmed that Motherland is due to return for a second series.
Original Horrible Histories team become Ghosts
Tuesday 19th June 2018
BBC One has announced a new sitcom about a group of ghosts, created, written by and starring the original Horrible Histories group of leads, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond.
Inside No. 9 to return for live special
Tuesday 19th June 2018
Ahead of the fifth series of Inside No. 9, Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton will film a special Halloween episode of their show, to be broadcast 'live' on BBC Two in October.
Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan return for Roast Battle Series 2
Wednesday 13th June 2018
Roast Battle is to return to Comedy Central for a second series, with Jimmy Carr and Katherine Ryan (but not Russell Brand). Carr and Ryan have also signed up to a Netflix panel show.