© BBC / Alan Peebles Two Doors Down gets a second series
BBC Two will return to Latimer Crescent
19/04/2016 … BBC Two has commissioned a second series of its comedy series Two Doors Down, midway through the first run.
2016 News
All the latest news about comedy and comedians: stand-up, TV sitcoms and sketch shows, comedy movies, etc…
Tue 19 April 2016
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RTE orders 'post-Celtic Tiger cubs' comedy
Shooting starts on Can't Cope Won't Cope
19/04/2016 … Filming has started on a new Irish comedy series about two young women getting to grips with life in the big city.
Everybody loved Doris Roberts...
Tributes as sitcom star dies at 90
19/04/2016 … Everybody Loves Raymond star Doris Roberts has died at the age of 90.
BBC launches school comedy competition
19/04/2016 … The BBC has launched a new comedy writing competition aimed at secondary school students, fronted by David Walliams.
Gary: Tank Commander Political Interviewer
19/04/2016 … Gary: Tank Commander is returning to television … as a political interviewer.
Mon 18 April 2016
Comedians talk mental health
Watch videos in new Mind and Comedy Central campaign
18/04/2016 … Ten comics have recorded stand-up sets about mental health issues to be broadcast on Comedy Central.
Alan Carr to host C4 game show
Make Or Break pilot recorded next month
18/04/2016 … Alan Carr is set to host a new comedy game show for Channel 4.
Marley's Ghosts resurrected
Gold orders second series of supernatural sitcom
18/04/2016 … TV channel Gold has ordered a second series of Marley's Ghosts, its supernatural sitcom starring John Hannah and Sarah Alexander.