Humour 'you don't need a degree for'

Comedy Central is working on a topical comedy show with former Heat magazine editor Sam Delaney.

The journalist said it was a ‘funny news review sort of a thing’ and told trade magazine Broadcast ‘you won’t need a degree to understand the jokes’.

The channel says it will be inspired by The Daily Show – aired on Comedy Central in the States but recently sidelined by More 4 over here – but ‘very much our own version’.

A pilot is expected to be filmed in April, for a possible launch in the summer. The broadcaster is currently looking for a production company to make the show.

The news comes as Channel 4 launches its new topical show 10 O'Clock Live tonight.

Comedy Central managing director Jill Offman told Brodacast that Delaney was the ‘voice of what people are talking about’.

Delaney left Heat at the end of last year after 15 months as editor. He has previously fronted the BBC Three documentary Bust My Ass and Channel 4’s Teen Trouble.

Published: 20 Jan 2011