All Comedy articles – Page 99
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RatingsITV struggles as The Island ends well
WEDNESDAY: Bear Gryll’s survival documentary The Island bowed out with a series average of 2.4m viewers as ITV suffered a tough night and was overhauled by Channel 5.
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Behind The ScenesUndercover, Dave
We took inspiration from classic gangland movies and TV shows for this original sitcom set in Newcastle, says Margery Bone. That meant action and stunts - and a lot of guns
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NewsIn brief: Pact names vice chair; ITV2 re-orders sketch show
Hat Trick’s Paul Cohen lands Pact role, while Keith Lemon’s Kardashians are set to return
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NewsBBC3 orders third series of Cuckoo
BBC3 controller Damian Kavanagh and comedy controller Shane Allen have ordered a third series of Greg Davies sitcom Cuckoo.
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NewsJuliette Howell to leave Working Title UK TV
Working Title Television UK’s Juliette Howell is leaving the NBC Universal joint venture once she has overseen it existing slate.
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Behind The ScenesSuntrap, BBC1
A six-part sitcom set on a sun-drenched island was the perfect start for our newly launched indie– until we had to go to sea, says Neil Webster
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CommentBeating Twitter to the punchline
Joel Morris hopes a majority government will reinvigorate TV satire
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NewsGreg James pens pilot for BBC Comedy Feeds
Radio 1 DJ Greg James has co-written a sitcom about a luckless DJ as part of the fourth wave of Comedy Feeds pilots, which will launch on BBC iPlayer later this year.Comedy Feeds was established as a breeding ground for fresh comedy talent in 2012 and ...
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RatingsHave I Got News For You election special draws 4.5m
FRIDAY: The general election failed to bolster a Have I Got News For You special to a notable high, as Gogglebox bowed out with its biggest audience in three weeks.
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NewsC4 orders celebrity lookalike comedy
Channel 4 is to transform its online non-scripted comedy Lookalikes into a 30-minute special for linear television.
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RatingsPeter Kay races off with 5.7m
WEDNESDAY: Peter Kay’s Car Share raced ahead of ITV comedy The Delivery Men, adding significantly to the 1m views it had already picked up on iPlayer.
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NewsPeter Kay sitcom draws 2.8m iPlayer views
Peter Kay’s debut BBC1 sitcom, Car Share, has become iPlayer’s most successful box-set launch after it generated 2.8m requests.
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NewsDavid Hasselhoff returns to UKTV
David Hasselhoff is to return to Dave sooner than expected after the channel ordered a second series of his comedy show before the debut run has aired.
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RatingsW1A beats ITV’s Ice Rink on the Estate
THURSDAY: W1A returned to BBC2 with 1.5m viewers, beating the final part of ITV’s Ice Rink on the Estate.
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NewsJohn Bishop scores BBC1 variety show
John Bishop is to a host a BBC1 Saturday night variety show from Hackney Empire.
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NewsC5 in Comedy Central link-up
Channel 5 and Comedy Central have outlined plans to co-commission comedy content, laying out a two-year strategy that includes prank shows, sketch shows and other scripted series.
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RatingsAlmost 1m vote for Ballot Monkeys
TUESDAY: Channel 4’s quick-turnaround political comedy Ballot Monkeys narrowly failed to break the 1m mark for its opening episode.
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NewsSky Arts goes silent with new shows
Sky Arts has ordered four silent dramas from four indies including King Bert Productions and Channel 4 Growth Fund indie Eleven Film.
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NewsDave heads on the campaign trail with Al Murray
Al Murray’s South Thanet campaign trail is to be documented in an election night special on Dave.
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RatingsNewzoids entertains 3.7m
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s mid-week comedy line-up of Newzoids and The Delivery Man struggled in the opening episodes.