BBC announces new pilots
Shows from Johnny Vegas, Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan
10/03/2016 … BBC Two is to showcase five new comedy pilots this summer, including comedies from Johnny Vegas and Graham Linehan and Sharon Horgan.
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Thu 10 March 2016
'Reimagining hits of the past'
Revealed: Full details of BBC's landmark sitcom season
10/03/2016 … The BBC has announced further details of its landmark comedy season for this summer, with confirmation of a Keeping Up Appearances prequel.
Chubby Brown: I'm cleaner than Jimmy Carr
Comic hits back after council ban
10/03/2016 … Roy Chubby Brown has claimed he's 'the Archbishop of Canterbury' compared to Jimmy Carr, after a local council forced him to cancel a gig.
Student award: Warwick poll opens
10/03/2016 … Votes have now opened for the People's Choice award for the Warwick leg of the Chortle Student Comedy award.
Wed 09 March 2016
Missing Hancocks may not be axed
As episodes reshot for TV, with Steptoe and TiIl Death...
09/03/2016 … The Missing Hancocks could be set to return to Radio 4, after appearing to be axed.
Now David Brent releases a songbook
09/03/2016 … Ricky Gervais is to publish a David Brent Songbook to coincide with the summer release of his film Life On The Road.
Jo's Brand new show
Going Forward with a follow-up to Getting On
09/03/2016 … BBC Four has commissioned Jo Brand to make a follow-up to her hospital sitcom Getting On.
Apocalypse No
Doomsday for Sky's end-of-world comedy
09/03/2016 … Sky's star-studded comedy-drama You, Me And The Apocalypse – which dealt with the countdown to a meteor strike on Earth – has not been renewed…