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Harry Hill returns to ITV
Thursday 25th August 2016
Harry Hill will return to ITV next year with a brand new series, panel show Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule.
Sky orders 3 more series of A League Of Their Own and 2nd US trip
Thursday 25th August 2016
Sky 1 has ordered three more series of sports-based panel show A League Of Their Own and another series of A League Of Their Own: US Road Trip.
BBC Two to make Nigel Farage comedy
Thursday 25th August 2016
BBC Two is to make a comedy special called Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back. The politician will be played by Kevin Bishop.
Bisexual sitcom coming to Channel 4
Wednesday 24th August 2016
Desiree Akhavan is to write and star in new sitcom The Bisexual for Channel 4.
Channel 4 orders 1990s Northern Ireland sitcom
Wednesday 24th August 2016
Channel 4 has commissioned a sitcom set in Northern Ireland in 1994.
Not Going Out to return... with three kids
Wednesday 24th August 2016
The BBC has confirmed Lee Mack's hit sitcom Not Going Out is to return for an eighth series, but with changes. The new run will see Lee and Lucy as parents to three young children.
ITV2 orders new sitcom Timewasters
Wednesday 24th August 2016
ITV2 has commissioned Timewasters, a new sitcom about a struggling four-piece South London jazz band who travel back in time to the 1920s.
Vic Reeves to look at conceptual art for BBC Four
Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Vic Reeves is to present Gaga For Dada: The Original Art Rebels, a BBC Four documentary about Dada conceptual art.
ITV orders new Blankety Blank special with David Walliams
Tuesday 23rd August 2016
David Walliams will host a revival of the classic comedy game show format Blankety Blank for ITV this Christmas.
Eric Idle to resurrect Rutland Weekend Television
Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Eric Idle is teaming up with Professor Brian Cox to bring back Rutland Weekend Television for a one hour Christmas special.