All Comedy articles – Page 81
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NewsAmazon to co-produce BBC3's Fleabag
US online streaming service Amazon has boarded forthcoming BBC3 comedy Fleabag.
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NewsDisney plans closer collaboration at ABC
Disney chief executive Bob Iger has urged his ABC network and production division to work more closely together as the Hollywood studios’ drive for vertical integration gathers pace.
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NewsNewzoids returns to ITV
ITV has recommissioned Citrus Television and Factory Media’s bold, satirical puppet show Newzoids.
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RatingsBBC2 raises curtain on Upstart Crow
MONDAY: BBC2 raised the curtain on Ben Elton’s Shakespearian comedy Upstart Crow in front of a healthy audience, as the new look Random Acts returned to Channel 4 with over 200,000 viewers.
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RatingsThe Windsors gets off to royal start
FRIDAY: Channel 4 comedy The Windsors got off to a good start, while the Masterchef final and second series of Dave’s Hoff The record slipped.
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NewsOnly Fools and Horses producer dies
Gareth Gwenlan, the Only Fools and Horses producer and former BBC television comedy boss, has died at the age of 79.
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NewsTNT boards E4 comedy Foreign Bodies
E4 comedy drama Foreign Bodies is to launch in the US after TNT came on board as a co-producer.
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NewsComedian Katy Brand joins Merman
Catastrophe co-producer Merman has hired comedian Katy Brand to beef up its development team.
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NewsAmazon UK acquires Hulu comedy
Amazon has acquired the UK rights to Casual, an original comedy produced for US streaming rival Hulu.
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NewsMitchell and Webb reunite for C4 comedy pilot
Comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb are reuniting for a Channel 4 comedy pilot.
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NewsCourtney Cox developing ITV comedy
Big Talk Productions is developing a comedy for ITV starring Friends actress Courtney Cox.
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NewsMark Freeland to exit BBC
Mark Freeland is to leave the BBC and will not take up the post of head of scripted comedy and drama at BBC Studios when the new division launches tomorrow.
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NewsBBC hires comedy commissioner
CPL producer Alex Moody has joined the BBC comedy commissioning team and will take an active role in the broadcaster’s diversity push.
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NewsWork begins on Catastrophe series three
Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan have started work on a third series of their hit Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe.
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Behind The ScenesFlowers, C4
We found the perfect dilapidated old building to match the ‘otherness’ of our characters’ world - but filming upstairs carried a risk that the floors might collapse, says Will Sharpe
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CommentSitcoms need new life not resurrection of past glories
Lack of risk-taking means the genre has not joined TV’s golden age, says James Cary
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NewsLucy Lumsden reveals ABC strategy
ABC Studios is looking to work with more British writers, directors and stars after striking a landmark deal with former BBC and Sky comedy chief Lucy Lumsden.
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NewsABC signs landmark deal with Lumsden
Former BBC and Sky comedy chief Lucy Lumsden has set up an indie and closed a landmark first-look deal with Hollywood studio ABC Studios.
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NewsToast producer joins BBC comedy team
Toast of London producer Kate Daughton has joined Shane Allen’s BBC comedy commissioning team after Gregor Sharp went on sabbatical.
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NewsNetflix to boost in-house production arm
Netflix is to expand its in-house production division to compete with the likes of Amazon and HBO.