'A Miranda for the Snapchat generation'
Hart plans new comedy about a clumsy teen
06/10/2016 … Miranda Hart is developing a children's comedy drama about a teenage agony aunt.
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Thu 06 October 2016
BBC picks up Porridge and Motherland
And Tim Renkow's A Brief History Of Tim
06/10/2016 … The BBC is to make full series of the revived Porridge; Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan’s Motherland and Tim Renkow’s A Brief History Of Tim.
© BBC Scotland Comedies vie for Scottish Bafta
06/10/2016 … MRS BROWN'S BOYS, Scot Squad and Two Doors Down have all been nominated for the Scottish Bafta for best comedy.
Victoria Wood biography put on hold
Her brother admits too much emphasis on her weight
06/10/2016 … Victoria Wood’s brother has put his biography of the comedian on hold after criticism he was focussing too much on her ‘fat and unhappy’ teenage…
Jail threat for comic who glassed heckler
Guilty verdict in Hong Kong case
06/10/2016 … An open-mic comedian has been found guilty of glassing a heckler.
Is Victoria Coren Mitchell the new Jeremy Clarkson?
06/10/2016 … It could be the antidote to the laddish feel of Top Gear – but Radio 4 is launching a new comedy talk show called Women Talking About Cars.
Wed 05 October 2016
Ricky Gervais announces new David Brent dates
05/10/2016 … Ricky Gervais has announced two more music gigs as David Brent.
© ABC Ronny Chieng's sitcom picked up for series
To air in the US and Australia
05/10/2016 … Ronny Chieng’s sitcom has been picked up for a full series in Australia and America, following a successful pilot.