Joe Lycett to become Mr Saturday Night
Comic hosts a new primetime game show for BBC One
19/06/2018 … Joe Lycett is to host a new Saturday night game show for BBC One.
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Tue 19 June 2018
Four Weddings now features a black woman and Asian man
Mindy Kaling reveals details of her TV adaptation
19/06/2018 … More details have emerged of the Four Weddings And A Funeral remake – with writer Mindy Kaling revealing that it is no longer about a white couple.
White Oxbridge men, your time is up!
BBC comedy chief wants more diversity in his shows
19/06/2018 … BBC comedy chief Shane Allen says the days of the genre being dominated by white Oxbridge men is over.
© BBC Second series for Motherland
BBC confirms six more episodes
19/06/2018 … Motherland is to get a second series, the BBC has officially confirmed.
David Tennant and Jessica Hynes to star in new comedy-drama
About bringing up a girl with a severe learning disability
19/06/2018 … David Tennant and Jessica Hynes are to star in a new comedy-drama about bringing up a girl with a severe learning disability.
Daisy Haggard to star in ex-con comedy
19/06/2018 … Daisy Haggard is to star as an ex-con in a new BBC comedy.
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Women get their Slice
BBC announces three new female-led comedy pilots
19/06/2018 … The next tranche of BBC Three Comedy Slices have been announced today – with all of them coming from female talent.