© UKTV/Gareth Gatrell Red Dwarf: The Promised Land
09/04/2020 … Feature-length versions of sitcoms have, at best, a chequered history.
Thu 09 April 2020
© UKTV/Gareth Gatrell 
Australia gets a virtual comedy festival
Courtesy of streaming service Stan
09/04/2020 … Australian streaming channel Stan has commissioned a virtual comedy festival, following the cancellation of real festivals down under The new series will be filmed…
Johnny Vegas to get his hair cut... by a rugby league legend
Charity stunt to air on Channel 4
09/04/2020 … Most of us are having to go without a haircut during the current lockdown.
© ITV Joel Dommett to host lockdown show for ITV2
New at-home programme with his wife Hannah
09/04/2020 … Joel Dommett is to host an ITV2 show from his own home.
Wed 08 April 2020
© C4 Stephen Mangan to write his first film
Adapting the children’s novel Harry And The Wrinklies
08/04/2020 … Stephen Mangan is to write his first film, an adaptation of the children’s novel Harry And The Wrinklies.
Lisa Kudrow joins the Space Force
New Netflix comedy with Steve Carell
08/04/2020 … Lisa Kudrow has joined the cast of Space Force, the new Netflix comedy from Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, his former showrunner on The Office.
Peter Kay's' Car Share to return for one more episode
08/04/2020 … A new instalment of Peter Kay’s Car Share is to be released as an audio download.
From comic to comic book
Daniel Sloss becomes a Marvel superhero
08/04/2020 … The normally mild-mannered Daniel Sloss has been made into a fearsome superhero by the Marvel comics team.