Comedy – Page 62
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NewsEric Idle and Brian Cox star in BBC2 Christmas special
Monty Python’s Eric Idle is to feature alongside Professor Brian Cox in a BBC2 Christmas comedy special.
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NewsITV2 hunts stripped event to accompany Love Island
ITV2 has ordered a “bonkers and eccentric” scripted comedy series from Big Talk Productions and is hunting a ‘real-time’ event to accompany Love Island.
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NewsRoughcut appoints comedy chief
Roughcut TV executive producer Alex Smith has been promoted to head of comedy.
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NewsUKTV signs Irish sitcom
UKTV is bidding to tap into the success of Mrs Brown’s Boys after acquiring an Irish comedy from RTÉ.
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NewsBBC1 orders Peter Pan comedy for Christmas
BBC1 has ordered a live TV adaptation of Mischief Theatre’s comic west end show Peter Pan Goes Wrong to air this Christmas.
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NewsBBC3 unveils latest comedy feeds
Hat Trick and Happy Tramp Productions are among four indies that have been commissioned to produce six new BBC3 pilots for its Comedy Feed strand.
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NewsCaitlin Moran slams lack of working class comedies
Caitlin Moran has branded the lack of female working class British comedies “shameful” after Channel 4 cancelled her Raised By Wolves sitcom.
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NewsBBC expands New on Two strand
BBC2 has added three sitcoms to its New On Two strand as part of the channel’s forthcoming comedy season.
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NewsIndie chiefs welcome ITV comedy plans
ITV’s plans to bolster scripted comedy across its schedules have been lauded by leading comedy producers, but the broadcaster must adapt to ensure it doesn’t fall into another “cycle of failure”, they warned.
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NewsUS on track to air 500 scripted shows in 2016
The boom in scripted television in the US is to continue, with more than 500 original dramas and comedies expected to air this year, according to the executive who coined the phrase ‘peak TV’.
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NewsChannel 4 cancels Raised by Wolves
Raised By Wolves creator Caitlin Moran has launched a campaign to save her sitcom after it was cancelled by Channel 4.
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NewsAmazon unveils Woody Allen comedy
Woody Allen is to make his TV debut in September after SVoD service Amazon revealed details of the comedy for the first time.
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NewsFags, Mags & Bags producer sets up radio indie
Gus Beattie, the producer behind long-running BBC Radio 4 comedy Fags, Mags & Bags is setting up a production company.
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NewsJonathan Creek returns to BBC1
BBC Studios’ quirky crime drama Jonathan Creek is to return to BBC1 for a 90-minute one-off after more than two years off-air.
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NewsBBC develops Reeves and Mortimer sketch show
Vic Reeves is developing a sketch show with BBC controller of comedy commissioning Shane Allen inspired by early 90s comedy stage show Vic Reeves Big Night Out.
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NewsSharon Horgan gives Alternative MacTaggart
Catastrophe and Pulling co-creator Sharon Horgan is to deliver the Alternative MacTaggart at the Edinburgh International Television Festival.
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NewsC4: Blaps tackles 'closed shop' of scripted comedy
Taking risks to help emerging talent and wacky ideas break into “the closed shop” of scripted comedy is at the heart of Channel 4’s online Blaps strategy as it prepares to open up its next commissioning round.
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NewsSky recruits comedy commissioner
Sky has hired BBC comedy commissioner Tilusha Ghelani as part of its latest push into comedy.
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NewsAvalon to make political comedy series for Dave
Avalon is to produce a political comedy series for Dave fronted by Matt Forde.
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NewsBaby Cow set to hire Christine Langan as new boss
The Queen and Philomena producer Christine Langan is on the brink of replacing Henry Normal as the boss of Baby Cow Productions, Broadcast can reveal.