TV News Page 5
Aisling Bea & Jamie Demetriou pick up BAFTAs
Friday 17th July 2020
Aisling Bea and Jamie Demetriou have been recognised for their comedy writing at the BAFTA Television Craft Awards.
ITV2 orders The Emily Atack Show
Friday 17th July 2020
Emily Atack will present a sketch and stand-up show on ITV2 later this year.
Frankie Boyle's New World Order to return
Wednesday 15th July 2020
Frankie Boyle's New World Order is returning to BBC Two for a fourth series. The channel will also air stand-up special Frankie Boyle Live: Excited For You To See And Hate This.
Omid Djalili filming Comedians At Home Doing Nothing
Wednesday 15th July 2020
Omid Djalili is shooting a transatlantic lockdown comedy for television. In Comedians At Home Doing Nothing, he talks to various A-list stars.
Michael McIntyre to host BBC game show The Wheel
Monday 13th July 2020
Michael McIntyre is to host a new "feel-good" Saturday night BBC One game show called The Wheel.
Liza Tarbuck, Sue Perkins and Guz Khan for Comedy Game Night
Friday 10th July 2020
Comedy Central has commissioned Comedy Game Night, a show with Liza Tarbuck as host and Sue Perkins and Guz Khan as team captains.
BFI announces commissioned youth shows
Wednesday 8th July 2020
The BFI has announced a range of commissioned television series from its Young Audiences Content Fund, including an adaptation of hit YouTube comedy Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, and new Aardman sitcom Lloyd Of The Flies.
BBC Two to broadcast Harry Hill's World Of TV
Wednesday 8th July 2020
BBC Two is to broadcast Harry Hill's World Of TV, a series in which the TV Burp star presents amusing archive TV clips from different genres.
Sandylands to return for Series 2
Monday 6th July 2020
Sandylands, the sitcom set in a seaside resort, is to return to TV channel Gold for a second series.
Acclaimed drama Guilt to return for Series 2
Monday 6th July 2020
BBC Two and BBC Scotland's acclaimed blackly comic thriller Guilt has been recommissioned. Four new episodes are to be produced for broadcast in 2021.