© CBS E4 buys Big Bang Theory prequel
Young Sheldon to air next year
25/09/2017 … Channel 4 has bought the rights to air The Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon for E4.
Mon 25 September 2017
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Armando Iannucci's new comedy – set in space
25/09/2017 … Armando Iannucci is to make a new comedy series – set in space.
Marcus Brigstocke stars in new sitcom about ethical living
'It's The Good Life for the new millennium'
25/09/2017 … Marcus Brigstocke and Kerry Godliman are to star in a new BBC sitcom described as ‘The Good Life for the new millennium’.
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Icelandic noir trailer starring Toby Williams
25/09/2017 … Toby Williams spoofs scandi-Noir thrillers in this new video.
Hughes a brave girl?
London abseils off Olympic tower for charity
25/09/2017 … Comedian London Hughes has thrown herself off the 262ft ArcelorMittal Orbit in the capital’s Olympic Park.
Benidorm star Bobby Knutt dies at 71
Actor started as a stand-up in the 1960s
25/09/2017 … Comedian Bobby Knutt, who starred as Eddie Dawson in Benidorm, has died unexpectedly at the age of 71.
Roisin Conaty's GameFace gets a US distributor
25/09/2017 … Roisin Conaty’s comedy series GameFace has been given a UK broadcast date – and been sold to the States.
A new home for 'offbeat' animations
...including the project Trap Door's creator left behind
25/09/2017 … The studio behind Wallace And Gromit has launched a new YouTube channel to collate 'original, off-beat animated comedy'.