All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
© BBC Studios Comedy Gbemisola Ikumelo and Hammed Animashaun are back working for MI5
13/05/2026 … Black Ops will return for a third series, it was announced at the BBC comedy festival in Liverpool today.
Six-part romcom co-written with Starstruck's Nic Sampson
13/05/2026 … Amy Gledhill is to write and star in a new six-part comedy series for the BBC.
© BBC/Various Artists Limited 'I will make the BBC regret this decision' says creator Kat Sadler
13/05/2026 … Such Brave Girls is to return for a third series, the BBC has announced at its comedy conference in Liverpool.
© BBC Studios 13/05/2026 … Scottish sitcom Two Doors Down will return for an eighth series, it was announced at the BBC comedy festival in Liverpool today The new episodes will pick…
© BBC Mike Bubbins sitcom will be back for series 3
13/05/2026 … Mammoth, the Welsh comedy about a PE teacher from the 70s who gets a second chance at life, will return for a third series it was announced at the BBC comedy festival…
© BBC/Avalon Its longest-running sitcom still on air
13/05/2026 … The BBC has commissioned a documentary celebrating 20 years of Lee Mack’s Not Going Out The show is the longest‑running British sitcom currently on air,…
© CNN/Hat Trick 13/05/2026 … The American version of Have I Got News For You has been recommissioned by CNN for a fifth series, premiering on September 12.
© Channel 4 SNL star to front the international TV awards
13/05/2026 … Ania Magliano from Sky's Saturday Night Live UK, has been announced as host of this year's prestigious international Rose d'Or TV awards.
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