Motherland gets a second series
...as Sharon Horgan works on another show with Rizzle Kicks' Jordan Stephens
07/03/2018 … Motherland is to return for a second series.
2018 Archives
Wed 07 March 2018
© BBC/Sophie Mutevelian This Country vs Chewing Gum
Comedies lead RTS Award shortlist
07/03/2018 … This Country and Chewing Gum lead the comedy nominations in this year’s Royal Television Society Awards.
BBC orders Russell Kane podcast
Looking at the evil side of cultural icons
07/03/2018 … The BBC has commissioned Russell Kane to make a new series of podcasts delving into the darker sides of cultural icons.
BBC's new comedy Enterprice
#HoodDocumentary's Kayode Ewumi lands a series commission
07/03/2018 … BBC Three has picked up the comedy pilot Enterprice for a full series.
BBC buys Phoebe Waller-Bridge's new show
Killing Eve thriller from Fleabag creator
07/03/2018 … Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s new thriller is coming to the BBC.
Tue 06 March 2018
Is alternative comedy making a mainstream comeback?
06/03/2018 … Look at the comedy listings across London and indeed any major city and you will find a very healthy explosion of deliberate anti-comedy.
The Beeb backs Mach
Radio Wales announces Machynlleth Comedy Festival shows
06/03/2018 … BBC Radio Wales has announced a new partnership with Machynlleth Comedy Festival, which involves broadcasting more programming than ever from the annual event.
Which Michael Jackson video was Eddie Murphy in?
06/03/2018 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly trivia quiz - compiled, as always by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.