From Benidorm to Scarborough
BBC confirms writer Derren Litten's next comedy
22/08/2018 … The BBC has confirmed the new series from Benidorm creator Derren Litten, called Scarborough.
Wed 22 August 2018
Rubberbandit Blindboy gets his own BBC Three show
22/08/2018 … Rubberbandits character Blindboy BoatClub has landed his own satirical undercover programme for BBC Three.
Heidi Regan: Heidi vs Sharks
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2018 … ‘I've been told I'm a slow burner,’ deadpan Australian comedian Heidi Regan tells the audience.
© Bafta BBC pilots a new sitcom from Murder In Successville's Tom Davis
Co-starring Simon Day, Romesh Ranganathan and Detectorists’ Laura Checkley
22/08/2018 … The team behind Murder In Successville are to pilot a new sitcom about a married couple to air as BBC One’s Comedy Playhouse, Described as a ‘larger-than-life…
Al Murray to ask: Why does everyone hate the English?
Comics explore the question for the History Channel
22/08/2018 … Al Murray is making a history programme entitled Why Does Everyone Hate The English? The five-part show for the History Chanel will explore England’s…
Andrew Lawrence: Clean
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
22/08/2018 … Will Andrew Lawrence ever shake the controversy that his infamous Facebook rant of 2014 provoked, when he came out as anti-immigration and blasted the ‘moronic,…
Comedy Central picks up Amusical
TV version of the show in which comics sing hits from the musicals
22/08/2018 … Comedy Central is to pilot a TV version of live comedy hit Amusical – in which comedians perform songs from the musicals.
Second series for Lee And Dean
Channel 4 to return to the Stevenage builders
22/08/2018 … Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of Lee and Dean, the comedy series about two builders in Stevenage.