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Channel 4 announces National Comedy Awards
Tuesday 25th August 2020
Channel 4 has announced the launch of the brand new, annual National Comedy Awards.
Dawn French leads all-star cast in Roald & Beatrix
Monday 24th August 2020
Dawn French, Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nick Mohammed, Nina Sosanya and Bill Bailey will star in Sky's comedy drama Roald & Beatrix.
Mo Gilligan to present Channel 4 documentary Black, British And Funny
Monday 24th August 2020
Channel 4 is to broadcast Black, British And Funny, a documentary looking at the black comedy circuit's history. Mo Gilligan will present the programme.
Rob And Romesh Vs to return to Sky One
Friday 21st August 2020
Rob And Romesh Vs will return to Sky One in 2021 with a third series of challenges for the comic duo.
Mel & Sue sitcom Hitmen to return for Series 2
Thursday 20th August 2020
Hitmen, the sitcom starring Mel & Sue, is set to return for a second series.
Channel 5 to celebrate Victoria Wood in new documentary
Tuesday 18th August 2020
Channel 5 is to broadcast Victoria Wood: In Her Own Words, a documentary featuring archive clips of the comedian performing and speaking about her career, as well as new interviews with celebrity admirers.
Meet The Richardsons to return for Series 2
Monday 17th August 2020
Meet The Richardsons is returning for a second series. Eight more episodes of the fly-on-the-wall mockumentary are being filmed, plus two Christmas specials.
The Stand Up Sketch Show to return for Series 3
Monday 17th August 2020
The Stand Up Sketch Show has been recommissioned for a third series on ITV2, British Comedy Guide can reveal. The acts set to take part include Kemah Bob, Jayde Adams, Alfie Brown, Glenn Moore and Larry Dean.
Have I Got News For You producers suggest studio audience plan
Friday 14th August 2020
The producers of Have I Got News For You have suggested to the BBC an idea that would see them record the next series of the topical comedy show with a studio audience located in an adjacent room.
Sky orders darkly comic horror series The Baby
Wednesday 12th August 2020
Sky Atlantic will show The Baby, a darkly comic horror series that is described as "a raw examination of motherhood as an institution".