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Derry Girls wins Edinburgh TV Festival comedy award
Thursday 23rd August 2018
Derry Girls has won the Edinburgh Television Festival Award for comedy. Rachel Parris is named Best Breakthrough Talent.
The Ranganation ordered by BBC Two
Thursday 23rd August 2018
Romesh Ranganathan is to host his own weekly, topical comedy series for BBC Two.
Filming starts on Fleabag Series 2
Thursday 23rd August 2018
Filming has begun on the second series of Fleabag. All the main characters return, with Sherlock star Andrew Scott joining the cast.
Plebs returns to ITV2 for fifth series
Thursday 23rd August 2018
Plebs has been confirmed to return to ITV2 for a fifth series in 2019.
Tom Davis gets BBC One sitcom
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Murder In Successville star Tom Davis will star as a "working class wally" in new BBC One Comedy Playhouse sitcom pilot 'king Gary.
BBC to launch new sitcom set in Scarborough
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Derren Litten, the creator of Benidorm, has written a new sitcom series for BBC One called Scarborough.
Comedy Central commissions Amusical TV pilot
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
A pilot episode of live comedy format Amusical is to be filmed by Comedy Central. Hosted by Jayde Adams and Kiri Pritchard-McLean, the show sees comedians singing their favourite songs from stage and screen.
Mark Strong to star in Sky comedy thriller Temple
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Mark Strong will play a surgeon running an illegal underground clinic in Sky One's new darkly comic thriller Temple.
Channel 4 orders new series hosted by Mo Gilligan
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Channel 4 has ordered Mo's Show, a new comedy entertainment series hosted by stand-up comedian Mo Gilligan.
The Big Narstie Show Series 2 confirmed
Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Channel 4 has commissioned a Christmas special and second series of The Big Narstie Show.