Damned, the Channel 4 sitcom set in the world of social work, has not been recommissioned.David Baddiel, who is the partner of Morwenna Banks, who co-created the show with Jo Brand and co-wrote it... more
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Emma Thompson has been made a Dame in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. And Carry On star Fenella Fielding gets an OBE for services to drama and charity.Elsewhere former footballer Kenny... more
Lost Voice Guy, the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2018 is to host BBC Ouch’s disability and mental health storytelling event at the Edinburgh Festival this summer.Lee Ridley, known as Lost Voice Guy... more
Viacom International Media Networks UK (VIMN UK) is to launch Paramount Network, a new free-to-air UK destination offering premium scripted drama, high quality comedy and movies. Launching on... more
Former stars of classic BBC show The Young Ones Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer are to team up for a new stage show.Jonathan Church Productions and Theatre Royal Bath Productions in... more
Michael McIntyre has found the funny side of his recent mugging, continuing his Big World tour and adding some topical material about the incident.Onstage at his 3Arena Dublin show he talked about... more
Some of the BBC’s classic comedies are returning to BBC iPlayer.Every episode of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s celeb-packed Extras will be available to watch as box sets from June 8.They will... more
Fresh from making his debut US TV appearance on Conan, Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and self-proclaimed ‘Lie-in King’ Seann Walsh is heading back on tour with his brand new show... more
Channel 4 has confirmed that it has commissioned a second series of Roisin Conaty’s self-penned sitcom GameFace. Conaty stars as the series’ gung-ho heroine, Marcella, a 30-something aspiring... more
Comedian/actor Rufus Jones (W1A, Inside No. 9, Camping, Hunderby) is to star in a new self-penned six-part series for Channel 4. Home is described as a warm, touching and... more
