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© Big Deal Films Following the success of Adjani Salmon's pilot
27/09/2022 … The BBC is to make a full six-part series of Dreaming Whilst Black, following the success of a pilot last year.
© Baby Cow Baby Cow's short series also feature Tim Key, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and many more
27/09/2022 … Lucy Pearman and comedy duo The Pin have made new digital comedy series for BBC Studios and Steve Coogan’s production company Baby Cow The short-form…
© Ben King ...following the Dave Chappelle transphobia row
27/09/2022 … Hannah Gadsby is to host a Netflix comedy special featuring a line-up of gender-diverse comedians.
© ITV Star-studded one-off for Christmas
27/09/2022 … Jason Manford is to be a judge in a new ITV singing show.
Site tries to shed its porn image
27/09/2022 … Comedians are being asked to put themselves through an unspecified ‘series of challenges’ to win £50,000 from a company best known for home-made…
Following a hit New York season
26/09/2022 … Alex Edelman’s Just For Us is returning to London after its hugely successful off-Broadway run in New York.
Miranda star to play a lounge singer
26/09/2022 … Sarah Hadland is to join Nick Mohammed’s alter-ego Mr Swallow in his festive reimagining of A Christmas Carol.
Gold orders six more episodes from the Big Yin
26/09/2022 … Gold has commissioned six more episodes of Billy Connolly Does… in which the comic looks back at the worlds of politics, celebrity, sex, TV and football from…
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