Simon Day to play Alf Garnett
Casting announced for BBC sitcom reboots
29/03/2016 … Casting has been announced for BBC's sitcom reboots, with Simon Day playing Alf Garnett in Till Death Us Do Part.
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Tue 29 March 2016
C4 loses Black Mirror to Netflix
29/03/2016 … The next series of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror will premiere on Netflix in the UK, after Channel 4 lost the rights.
Mon 28 March 2016
Podcast hits legal trouble over the letter 'S'
Comedy duo threatened by Serial producers
28/03/2016 … Two comedy writers have been threatened with legal action from the producers of hit podcast Serial – in a dispute over the trademark on the letter 'S'.
Kevin Bishop to star in Porridge remake
Comic actor breaks the news on Instagram
28/03/2016 … Kevin Bishop is to star in the remake of Porridge.
Sun 27 March 2016
Silenced by a bad review
The best of the comedy week ahead
27/03/2016 … The best of the comedy week ahead.
Sat 26 March 2016
© BBC/Adam Lawrence Thu 24 March 2016
Garry Shandling dies at 66
Tributes to 'beautifully unpredictable' Larry Sanders star
24/03/2016 … Garry Shandling, inventive star of The Larry Sanders Show, has died at the age of 66.
Surprise! Not Going Out is coming back
Lee Mack has scripts for series 8
24/03/2016 … Not Going Out appears to be coming back for a surprise new series.