Four brand new Comedy Shorts have been announced by BBC Comedy Commissioning, promising an eclectic mix of comedy genres, tastes and styles.
This year’s Comedy Shorts are titled: Brain in Gear, Lazy Susan, Mandy and Sorry.
Since taking the internet by storm, God of Pranks Ben Phillips is hitting the road once again as he embarks on a live tour across nine UK cities from September 27 to October 28.
BBC Studios Productions has appointed Josh Cole as Head of Comedy. Cole will be responsible for leading the BBC Studios Comedy team and overseeing its current comedy slate across TV, radio and online, including the BAFTA award-winning This Country, Famalam and Inside No.9. He will also have responsibility for the development of new, returnable comedy shows, working with the best emerging and established creative talent from around the UK.
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) UK has acquired Darren Star’s comedy Younger for Comedy Central UK from Endemol Shine International. The deal includes all six series of the successful comedy, produced by Viacom’s TV Land in the U.S. The series will air on Comedy Central UK later this year.
Muzlamic is a brand new pilot sketch show exploring life from the perspective of two Muslim comedians, or rather, two comedians who happen to be Muslim.
Written and performed by Ali Shahalom and Aatif Nawaz, the duo’s comic creations include Mabz, an enthusiastic barber from Bethnal Green; a pair of colleagues competing to be the whitest in their office; and a couple of Muslim holidaymakers who have worked out the most efficient way to get through airport security.
DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre have announced three brand new ways to see the critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning FLEABAG in the West End this summer. There will be a live cinema broadcast of the production on 12th September, an online lottery for £15 tickets to every performance of the show and £10 standing tickets which are to be made available at box office daily. The production runs at Wyndham’s Theatre from 20th August – 14th September.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee Sara Keyworth is part of the new series of Celebrity Coach Trip on E4.
More celebrities will be joining international tour guide Brendan Sheerin for an action-packed tour around the Mediterranean.
BAFTA-nominated rising star Samson Kayo (Famalam, Timewasters, Sliced) is bringing a fictional African Dictator to E4 with a new pilot entitled The Colonel Banjoko Show.
E4 has commissioned a second series of Dead Pixels.
The show that takes an affectionate and humorous look at the world of online gaming – no loot boxes required.
E4 has commissioned a brand-new series looking at the world of celebrities and social media. Rob Beckett’s Savage Socials will see funny man Rob Beckett diving head-first into a pool of social media’s most topical, hilarious and outrageous content, all while offering the most savage commentary on TV.
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