© UKTV Taskmaster gets a Belgian remake
24/08/2016 … Taskmaster is to be remade in Belgium and Sweden.
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Wed 24 August 2016
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Channel 4 orders bisexual comedy
24/08/2016 … Channel 4 has commissioned a new sitcom based around bisexual dating.
Tue 23 August 2016
Yes Minister creator dies at 86
Sir Antony Jay had a 'long illness'
23/08/2016 … Yes Minister co-creator Sir Antony Jay has died at the age of 86.
© ITV David Walliams revives Blankety Blank
23/08/2016 … David Walliams is to host a revival of Blankety Blank.
Vic Reeves goes gaga for Dada
Comic makes art documentary for BBC Four
23/08/2016 … Vic Reeves is to explore the absurd world of Dada art in a new BBC Four documentary.
Up Pompeii remake is buried
...as BBC couldn't get Miranda to take Frankie Howerd role
23/08/2016 … The BBC has dropped a planned remake of Up Pompeii after failing to secure Miranda Hart to take the lead role, it has been reported.
© Twitter/Eric Idle Eric Idle and Brian Cox to explain the universe
With Noel Fielding and Robin Ince
23/08/2016 … Eric Idle is bringing back Rutland Weekend Television for a Christmas one-off covering the entire history of the universe in an hour, with the help of Professor…
And the joke of the 2016 Fringe is...
23/08/2016 … Comedian Masai Graham has won this year’s Joke of the Fringe award with: ‘My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card.