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Face It monologues to be released on BBC iPlayer
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Face It, two comedy drama monologues written by Miranda Walker about how women feel about their faces, are to be released on BBC iPlayer on Thursday 2nd September.
Friday Night Dinner's Robert Popper creates I Hate You for Channel 4
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Robert Popper, the creator of Friday Night Dinner, has written a new sitcom for Channel 4 called I Hate You.
Queenie coming to Channel 4
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Candice Carty-Williams is adapting her critically acclaimed novel to become a Channel 4 comedy drama series. Queenie is described as "a story about a young Black woman's value and the unrelenting trials and tribulations of life."
Charlie Brooker and Rob Lowe take aim at movie clichés for Netflix
Tuesday 24th August 2021
Charlie Brooker has made a new special for Netflix looking at film tropes. Attack Of The Hollywood Clichés!, hosted by Rob Lowe and featuring a range of A-List talent, will be published on 28th September
Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker front Channel 4's 'One Night In...'
Tuesday 24th August 2021
Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker have landed a series for Channel 4. One Night In... will see them joined by fellow comedians to spend the night alone in some of the UK's most popular tourist attractions.
John Cleese to investigate cancel culture
Monday 23rd August 2021
Channel 4 will air John Cleese: Cancel Me, a programme in which the Fawlty Towers star will investigate the topics of political correctness and cancel culture.
Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa to star in BBC Three gym comedy Peacock
Saturday 21st August 2021
The People Just Do Nothing team are returning to BBC Three for a gym-based comedy series about toxic masculinity. Peacock stars PJDN's Allan 'Seapa' Mustafa as physical training instructor Andy Peacock.
Mawaan Rizwan piloting BBC comedy
Tuesday 17th August 2021
Mawaan Rizwan is piloting a comedy for the BBC. Juice is based on the stand-up and Two Weeks To Live star's 2018 Edinburgh Fringe storytelling show of the same name.
Bill Bailey's Royal Opera House special to air on the BBC
Tuesday 17th August 2021
Bill Bailey has recorded his latest stand-up show as a BBC special. The musical comedian became the first British comic to play the main stage at the prestigious Royal Opera House in London in its 156 year history last month, and filmed the two-hour performance of his Summer Larks show for posterity.
Comedy Unleashed to record TV stand-up pilot
Monday 16th August 2021
Comedy Unleashed, the club that dubs itself "the home of free-thinking comedy", is to film a TV stand-up show pilot. Simon Evans, Andrew Doyle, Dominic Frisby, Tania Edwards, Mary Bourke, JoJo Sutherland, Leo Kearse and Tony Law are amongst the comedians taking part.