Revealed: New show from Murder In Successville team
Action Team is 'Naked Gun meets The Bourne Identity'
10/05/2017 … ITV2 has commissioned Action Team, a new comedy from the team behind Murder In Successville.
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Wed 10 May 2017
Comics rally around injured Jim Tavare
Fundraisers in Manchester and LA
10/05/2017 … Comedians in the UK and America are staging fundraising events to help raise funds to cover Jim Tavare’s medical bills.
Student Award: the final finalists are finalised
Who'll be competing for the title in Edinburgh
10/05/2017 … The last finalists in this year’s Chortle Student Comedy Awards have been announced.
Tue 09 May 2017
Irish police drop Stephen Fry blasphemy probe
No charges over 'God is a maniac' comment
09/05/2017 … Irish police have dropped their investigation into supposedly blasphemous remarks made by Stephen Fry.
© BBC/House of Tomorrow Has the BBC ordered more from Philomena Cunk?
Three specials in the works, it's reported
09/05/2017 … BBC Two has ordered more Philomena Cunk specials, it has been reported.
BBC is building a scaffolders' comedy
'It's a little bit Only Fools and Horses' says creator Rhys Thomas
09/05/2017 … The BBC is developing a new sitcom about scaffolders.
© Hillbilly Television/Keshet UK/CH4 C4 comedy isn't over-Loaded with viewers
Disappointing ratings, mixed reviews
09/05/2017 … Channel 4’s much vaunted new comedy Loaded made a disappointing start in the ratings last night.
© BBC Peter Kay's Car Share is an iPlayer hit
09/05/2017 … The second series of Peter Kay’s Car Share has, unsurprisingly, becoming the biggest comedy on BBC iPlayer so far this year.