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Charlie Brooker and Rob Lowe take aim at movie clichés for Netflix
Tuesday 24th August 2021
Charlie Brooker has made a new special for Netflix looking at film tropes. Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés!, hosted by Rob Lowe and featuring a range of A-List talent, will be published on 28th September
Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker front Channel 4's 'One Night In...'
Tuesday 24th August 2021
Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker have landed a series for Channel 4. One Night In... will see them joined by fellow comedians to spend the night alone in some of the UK's most popular tourist attractions.
John Cleese to investigate cancel culture
Monday 23rd August 2021
Channel 4 will air John Cleese: Cancel Me, a programme in which the Fawlty Towers star will investigate the topics of political correctness and cancel culture.
Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa to star in BBC Three gym comedy Peacock
Saturday 21st August 2021
The People Just Do Nothing team are returning to BBC Three for a gym-based comedy series about toxic masculinity. Peacock stars PJDN's Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa as physical training instructor Andy Peacock.
Mawaan Rizwan piloting BBC comedy
Tuesday 17th August 2021
Mawaan Rizwan is piloting a comedy for the BBC. Juice is based on the stand-up and Two Weeks To Live star's 2018 Edinburgh Fringe storytelling show of the same name.
Bill Bailey's Royal Opera House special to air on the BBC
Tuesday 17th August 2021
Bill Bailey has recorded his latest stand-up show as a BBC special. The musical comedian became the first British comic to play the main stage at the prestigious Royal Opera House in London in its 156 year history last month, and filmed the two-hour performance of his Summer Larks show for posterity.
Comedy Unleashed to record TV stand-up pilot
Monday 16th August 2021
Comedy Unleashed, the club that dubs itself "the home of free-thinking comedy", is to film a TV stand-up show pilot. Simon Evans, Andrew Doyle, Dominic Frisby, Tania Edwards, Mary Bourke, JoJo Sutherland, Leo Kearse and Tony Law are amongst the comedians taking part.
Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe pilot Sky show about local newspapers
Wednesday 11th August 2021
Nish Kumar and Josh Widdicombe are piloting a Sky comedy show about local news. Hold The Front Page will see the pair championing the role that local newspapers play in the communities they serve.
Comedies in the running for Broadcast Digital Awards 2021
Monday 9th August 2021
Nominees in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2021 include Brassic, Famalam, Meet The Richardsons, Scot Squad, The Emily Atack Show, The Young Offenders, Dating No Filter, Don't Hate The Playaz, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Rob And Romesh Vs, A League Of Their Own, Don't Hate The Playaz, Celebrity Juice and There's Something About Movies.
Bloods gets a second series
Thursday 5th August 2021
Bloods - the sitcom starring Samson Kayo and Jane Horrocks - is returning to Sky for a second series.