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Lucy Porter and Brenda Gilhooly to pilot Add And Delete
Monday 4th November 2019
Lucy Porter and Brenda Gilhooly are developing a new TV comedy format idea called Add And Delete.
Dave to launch CALM stand-up showcase
Friday 1st November 2019
Dave is to broadcast Comedy Against Living Miserably, a three-part stand-up showcase in aid of mental health charity CALM.
Filming starts on Friday Night Dinner Series 6
Monday 28th October 2019
Filming is now underway on the sixth series of Friday Night Dinner. Plots will include Jim getting a new dog.
Defending The Guilty Series 2 confirmed
Wednesday 23rd October 2019
BBC Two has ordered a second series of Defending The Guilty, the legal-based sitcom starring Will Sharpe and Katherine Parkinson.
Paul O'Grady to pilot Saturday night show
Friday 18th October 2019
Paul O'Grady is to pilot a new comedy entertainment show called Paul O'Grady's Saturday Night Line-Up.
Red Dwarf to return for two hour special
Friday 18th October 2019
Red Dwarf is returning to [z]Dave] in 2020 for a two hour special. The channel will also air a new three-part documentary series about the hit sitcom.
BBC Two to launch new comedy series The Witchfinder
Thursday 17th October 2019
Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper will star in The Witchfinder, a new BBC Two comedy series created by Alan Partridge writers Neil and Rob Gibbons.
Channel 4 to screen Brexit comedy How Europe Stole My Mum
Wednesday 16th October 2019
Channel 4 is to air a one-off comedy about Brexit, written by and starring Kieran Hodgson. The mockumentary How Europe Stole My Mum will be screened soon.
Guest judges lined-up for Series 4 of Roast Battle
Tuesday 15th October 2019
Richard Ayoade, Big Narstie, Sara Pascoe, Noel Fielding and Joe Lycett will act as guest judges in Series 4 of Comedy Central's Roast Battle.
Casting revealed for Comedy Playhouse pilot Bumps
Wednesday 9th October 2019
Amanda Redman and Lisa McGrillis will star in Bumps, the new Comedy Playhouse pilot by Lucy Montgomery and Rhys Thomas.