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Comedy Playhouse strand to return to BBC One
Monday 17th March 2014
BBC One is to revive its Comedy Playhouse strand of pilots, a format that launched comedies including Are You Being Served?, Steptoe And Son, and The Liver Birds.
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse to spoof BBC Two
Monday 17th March 2014
Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse will lampoon BBC Two's output in a new comedy special to help mark the channel's 50th anniversary.
Channel 4 orders comedy drama about civil servants
Friday 14th March 2014
Channel 4 has ordered Cut, a comedy drama series about a group of civil servants forced to relocate from London to Northampton following public sector cuts.
BBC Three orders two more series of Sweat The Small Stuff
Friday 14th March 2014
BBC Three has ordered two further series of Sweat The Small Stuff, the panel show hosted by Nick Grimshaw.
David Beckham talks about the new Only Fools And Horses special
Tuesday 11th March 2014
David Beckham has said it was "nerve-racking" appearing alongside David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst in the new Only Fools And Horses sketch for Sport Relief.
Keith Lemon to star in new ITV sketch show
Monday 10th March 2014
A TV sketch show is reportedly being developed by ITV for the comedy character Keith Lemon.
Birds Of A Feather to return for eleventh series
Thursday 6th March 2014
Hit sitcom Birds Of A Feather is to return for a landmark eleventh series, its second since being revived by ITV.
Sky Living order a fourth series of Mount Pleasant
Thursday 6th March 2014
Sky Living has ordered a fourth series of Mount Pleasant, the comedy drama starring Sally Lindsay and Daniel Ryan.
Dawn French to perform Thought For The Day as The Vicar Of Dibley
Thursday 6th March 2014
Dawn French is to perform a special Thought For The Day on Radio 4 in character as Geraldine Granger from the hit BBC sitcom The Vicar Of Dibley.
Goodness Gracious Me revived for new special
Thursday 6th March 2014
The hit BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me is to be resurrected for a special one off edition to celebrate 50 years of BBC Two.