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22/04/2020 … It has been one of the most important cogs of the New York comedy scene for more than 20 years – but the Upright Citizens Brigade last night announced…
'Viewers would know what to expect'
22/04/2020 … Complaints that a joke about the sinking of the Belgrano went too far have been rejected by the BBC’s standards unit.
Fangs again! Broadcaster buys series two of vampire comedy
22/04/2020 … BBC Two has snapped up the rights to the second series of vampire houseshare sitcom What We Do In The Shadows.
© Netflix Natasia Demetriou to host Netflix's The Big Flower Fight with Vic Reeves
22/04/2020 … Natasia Demetriou is to co-host new Netflix series The Big Flower Fight with Vic Reeves, the streaming service has announced today.
© BBC/Objective Fiction Four Squeamish About… episodes ordered
22/04/2020 … BBC Two has commissioned Matt Berry to make a new series of offbeat mockumentaries.
© BBC New shorts on dealing with lockdown
22/04/2020 … Comics including Bob Mortimer, Kerry Godliman and Tom Allen are to take part in a new series of BBC Two comedy shorts shot in isolation.
22/04/2020 … Charlie Brooker is to make his first Wipe show in more than three years to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
© BBC / Expectation BBC Two orders Sophie Willan's sitcom after hit pilot
22/04/2020 … Sophie Willan’s sitcom Alma’s Not Normal has been commissioned for a full series, following the success of a pilot earlier this month.
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