Rufus Jones is not stupid. When I tweeted a link to the trailer for his new series Home and said it was about a family finding a Syrian refugee in the back of their Audi in Dorking some wags (hat tips to journalist Gavin Martin and promoter Toby Jones) responded by suggesting it sounded like a live action Paddington. The thought had clearly already occurred to Jones when he was writing Home as he makes the same pre-emptive gag in the very first episode.
Writer Lisa McGee's Derry Girls are back for a second series and the laughs start pretty quickly. In an attempt to bridge the divide between the local Catholics and Protestants they are going on a Friends Across The Barricade trip/meet-up with boys from the local Protestant school. Now just settle back and watch the fun.
So follow that. After the seismic success of the first series of Fleabag the action picks up 371 days and some hours later, with the family gathered for an important celebratory dinner. But this is Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag, it's never going to be an uneventful meal is it, as an early scene in which a bloody nose is wiped makes abundantly clear.
ITV has commissioned a new series, Glass Houses, with Dawn French.
Ten years after audiences were wowed by Jennifer Saunders’ dance moves and Philip Glenister’s vocal prowess, Mamma Mia for Comic Relief is back.
Written by Jennifer Saunders as a tribute to last summer’s box office smash hit, Mamma Mia Here We Go Yet Again! will see some of the UK’s biggest names in acting and comedy recreating memorable moments from the sequel and even attempting to sing some of Abba’s most iconic songs.
Ardal O'Hanlon is set to return for more Death in Paradise, which has been re-commissioned for two more series following its eighth successful run.
The Irish comedian will once again head up the Saint Marie police team as lead detective DI Jack Mooney alongside Tobi Bakare (Officer JP Hooper), Shyko Amos (Officer Ruby Patterson), Don Warrington (Commissioner Selwyn Patterson) and Elizabeth Bourgine (Catherine Bordey).
Ladhood is a new coming-of-age sitcom from Liam Williams.
Set across two timelines, present day London and mid-2000s Leeds, Williams skewers modern-day masculinity by delving into the memories of his own misspent adolescence, loitering in the streets, parks and graveyards of suburban Garforth with his best mates Ralph, Addy and Craggy.
Reflecting on lad culture and the formative experiences of his youth, Williams searches for the secret to a less idiotic future. But can he learn from his past mistakes?
Stand-up comedian Stuart Goldsmith and YouTube comedy channel Dead Parrot have partnered up to launch his hour special as digital first commission.
Stewart Lee is returning to full-length stand-up performance with two new sets - performed back-to-back.
There will be a double-bill of two new 60-minute sets called Snowflake and Tornado from “the world’s greatest living stand-up” (The Times) together with a series of work-in-progress gigs to launch the DVD of his last show Content Provider at the Leicester Square Theatre.
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