C4 to air news-based panel show

Comedians are to discuss topical issues in a new late-night Channel 4 panel game.

The show, FAQ U, is likely to be aired five nights a week for a three-week run, in the 11pm slot later this spring.

It will feature a changing host an a panel of four comics, and come from the Endemol West studios in Bristol, where reality show Kings Of Comedy was recently filmed.

The show is the latest in a trend for programmes giving stand-ups’ take on current affairs, including BBC Three’s The Comic Side of 7 Days, BBC4’s Late Edition, and Five’s That’s So Last Week, which have all launched this year.

Independent production house Zeppotron, the Endemol company behind Chris Morris’s ratings flop Nathan Barley, will make the show, industry newspaper Broadcast reports.

Published: 13 Mar 2005