Sun 28 August 2011
BBC1 to broadcast sitcom pilots
Writers invited to submit scripts
28/08/2011 … BBC One is set to make a series of comedy pilots, similar to Channel 4’s Comedy Showcases, in an attempt to find the next big sitcom.
BBC confirms Kevin Bridges show
Mix of stand-up and documentary
28/08/2011 … BBC One has confirmed that Kevin Bridges has landed his own weekend show.
Billy Piper to star in BBC Three sitcom
Channel seeks to boost comedy output
28/08/2011 … Billie Piper is to star in a new BBC Three sitcom, as the channel seeks to boost its comedy output.
aqiva28
28/08/2011 … THE Inbetweeners has been named digital programme of the year at Arqiva's Channel Of The Year Awards at the Edinburgh TV festival.
Boom Jennies: Blowout
28/08/2011 … I hope you like bad dancing, because The Boom Jennies do a LOT of it.
Delete The Banjax: Pigs And Ponies
28/08/2011 … ‘Leave your brain’ at the door, we’re told at the top of Delete The Banjax’s fourth Fringe offering.
Jeff Mirza’s Jihad
28/08/2011 … This is not so much a comedy show as an awkward religious studies lesson led by a patronising teacher who occasionally bursts into something cringe-worthy like a…