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BBC One orders Mountain Goats sitcom
22/08/2014 … BBC One has commissioned a full series of Mountain Goats following the success of a Comedy Playhouse pilot.
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Sketch show for Keith Lemon
'One of the finest comic minds of his generation'
21/08/2014 … Keith Lemon is to star in his own sketch show on ITV2.
Dreaming of a Black Mirror Christmas
21/08/2014 … CHARLIE BROOKER’S Black Mirror is to return with a feature-length Christmas special which Channel 4 says is 'the most mind-bending yet'.
© BBC Full series for Josh Widdecombe's sitcom
BBC Three announces raft of new comedies
21/08/2014 … BBC Three is to make a full series of Josh Widdicombe’s flatshare sitcom following the success of an iPlayer pilot.
Sketch show for PhoneShop's Javone
...and BBC Two orders first transgender sitcom
21/08/2014 … PhoneShop star Javone Prince has landed his own BBC Two sketch series.
Roy Chubby Brown caught reading while driving
21/08/2014 … Roy Chubby Brown has been fined after reading a newspaper while driving.
© C4 E4 buys Gum
New comedy from award-winning playwright
21/08/2014 … E4 has greenlit a new comedy series about a Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old, bought up in a strict religious family in Tower Hamlets, east London.
Musical comic wins SYTYF?
Edinburgh triumph for Aidan Strangeman
21/08/2014 … Irish musical comedian Aidan Strangeman has won the annual So You Think You’re Funny? new talent hunt at the Edinburgh Fringe.