New feminist comedy for Lena Dunham
14/10/2015 … Girls creator Lena Dunham is developing a new comedy pilot set based around the 1960s feminist movement.
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Wed 14 October 2015
Another murder spree for Successville
BBC Three orders a second series
14/10/2015 … BBC Three has ordered a second series of Murder In Successville.
© Marc Turner Game for a Bafta?
14/10/2015 … Mrs Brown’s Boys and Still Game Live are to go up against a Celtic fusion concert for the Scottish Bafta for best comedy entertainment.
Jonny Sweet & Simon Bird form TV company
Guilty Party prepares to take on the world...
14/10/2015 … Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet have formed a new TV company with Harry Hill’s TV Burp producer Spencer Millman.
Caroline Aherne to make a rare TV appearance
14/10/2015 … Caroline Aherne is to make a rare TV appearance in a new comedy directed by her Royle Family collaborator Craig Cash.
Tue 13 October 2015
Barbara Nice lands Radio 2 show
And Comedy Showcases will be online first
13/10/2015 … Comedy character Mrs Barbara Nice has landed a Radio 2 pilot.
Bridget Christie is a 'woman of the year'
13/10/2015 … Bridget Christie has been named one of the ‘women of the year’ by Red magazine.
BBC: We want more W1As
...and Inside No 9s, Cradle To Graves and Boy Meets Girls
13/10/2015 … The BBC will commission a third series of W1A, the satire about itself, just as soon as writer John Morton is ready.