All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
New development partnership launched
12/05/2022 … BBC Comedy has set up a new partnership to develop scripted comedy in the North East of England, with the aim of getting of more of the region’s talent on…
One-off special with Jack Whitehall... then a full series without him
11/05/2022 … Jack Whitehall’s Bad Education is to make a comeback.
© BBC Third series for Neil Forsyth’s drama
11/05/2022 … Neil Forsyth’s drama Guilt will return for a third and final series, the BBC announced at its Comedy Festival in Newcastle this afternoon.
© Warner Media 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.
© BBC 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 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/ 11/05/2022 … The BBC has confirmed the second season of Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner.
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.
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