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Big Zuu's Big Eats to return for Series 4
Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Big Zuu's Big Eats is to return to Dave this autumn for an eight-part fourth series. This time the show will be recorded in a house.
ITVX orders Scouse teenage sitcom G'wed
Tuesday 2nd May 2023
ITVX has commissioned G'wed, a new Liverpool-set comedy about the city's working class teenagers.
Everyone Else Burns returning to Channel 4 for a second series
Monday 1st May 2023
Everyone Else Burns is returning to Channel 4 for a second series, cast member Morgana Robinson has revealed.
Female stand-ups pilot Gullible's Travels for Channel 4
Thursday 27th April 2023
Maisie Adam, Sophie Duker, Olga Koch and Catherine Bohart have piloted Gullible's Travels, a new travel series for Channel 4. The quartet shot a taster for the show in Finland in December.
BBC pilots TV adaptation of Kirk Flash's hit podcast This Is Gay
Tuesday 25th April 2023
Kirk Flash is piloting an adaptation of his award-winning podcast This Is Gay for the BBC with Steve Coogan's production company Baby Cow.
Ashley Storrie's autism comedy drama Dinosaur picked up for BBC series
Monday 24th April 2023
Dinosaur, the BBC comedy drama starring Ashley Storrie as an autistic woman negotiating the world has been picked up for a series. Written by Matilda Curtis, it focuses on Nina's life being turned upside down when her sister Evie gets engaged after just six weeks' dating.
Lisa McGee and Adam Kay win BAFTA writing awards
Monday 24th April 2023
Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee and This Is Going To Hurt creator Adam Kay have won awards for writing at the BAFTA Craft Awards 2023.
Blackadder pilot to be broadcast for the first time
Friday 21st April 2023
TV channel Gold will celebrate Blackadder's 40th anniversary in June with two new documentaries, Blackadder: The Lost Pilot and Blackadder: A Cunning Story. It will include a special screening of the never-before-broadcast pilot.
The Family Pile axed by ITV after one series
Friday 21st April 2023
ITV has said there are no plans for a second series of The Family Pile, its sitcom about four sisters who are packing up the family home to sell after their parents have died.
BBC pilots Kirkmoore, pioneering comedy featuring an all-disabled cast
Thursday 20th April 2023
The BBC is pioneering a new comedy, Kirkmoore, set in a college for disabled students, featuring an all-disabled cast. The corporation has ordered a pilot from the creative team behind The Inbetweeners.