© Warner Media BBC orders Juice from Mawaan Rizwan
Comedy gets full series following pilot success
11/05/2022 … The BBC has ordered a full series of Mawaan Rizwan’s comedy Juice, following a successful pilot last autumn.
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© BBC BBC has another Jerk
Tim Renkow's sitcom to return for series three
11/05/2022 … Tim Renkow's Jerk will be returning for a third series on BBC Three and iPlayer.
© BBC BBC pledges an extra £10m to comedy
Including shorts and pilots to nurture talent
11/05/2022 … The BBC is to invest an extra £10 million in ‘high-impact’ comedy programming over the next two years, it has been announced today.
© BBC/Studio Hamburg UK/ BBC confirms Greg Davies will be back as The Cleaner
11/05/2022 … The BBC has confirmed the second season of Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner.
Jack Carroll makes Mobility for BBC Three
Comedy short about mismatched friends
11/05/2022 … Jack Carroll is making a BBC Three short about three Huddersfield teenagers with nothing in common except that they all have to catch the mobility bus to school.
© BBC/Channel X/Chris Harris Detectorists to make a comeback
Feature-length special to air later this year
11/05/2022 … Detectorists is to make a surprise return after a five-year absence for a one-off 75 minute special.
Alistair McGowan releases a second classical piano album
As he continues his music and comedy tour
11/05/2022 … Alistair McGowan is releasing a second classical piano album, coinciding with the London date of his UK tour.
Fishing for another series
Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 'to return'
11/05/2022 … Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is to return for a fifth series, it has been reported.