Comedy
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NewsNetflix orders comedy, drama series in Japan
Global streamer also expands anime output as it marks ten-year anniversary in the country
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NewsDavid Jason returns as Granville for Open All Hours retrospective
Studio Crook scores feature-length doc for U&Gold
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NewsIn brief: BeYou speakers; U launch on Sky Q; BBC religion order; Nation’s Dumbest deals
Ash Atalla among those to take to stage at diversity and inclusion-focused event
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NewsRicky Gervais reunites with Netflix for adult animation
After Life creator re-teams with comedy’s stars Tom Basden, Kerry Godliman and Diane Morgan
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NewsDetails emerge for Apple TV+ James Corden and Ruth Jones dramedy
Gavin & Stacey creators prep UK-set The Choir
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NewsBBC Comedy’s Navi Lamba steps up as commissioning editor
Interim head of development Roya Eslami secures role permanently as part of team reshuffle
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NewsBBCS unveils high-end scripted expansion
Comedy chief Josh Cole to lead newly created fiction business with River Pictures execs
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NewsBBC1 returns to Death Valley
BBC Studios Comedy’s crime drama gets second series order with Timothy Spall upped to exec producer
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NewsTina Fey developing UK-set Sky comedy
Four Seasons and 30 Rock creator working up project for pay-TV giant and Comcast sibling Peacock
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NewsTina Fey: slowdown helped bring top talent to Four Seasons writers room
Writer and actor reveals lack of work in the US allowed her to secure her first choice writers for the Netflix series
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NewsLast One Laughing S2 unveils star-studded line-up
David Mitchell, Diane Morgan and Romesh Ranganathan among high-profile cast
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NewsPhil Edgar-Jones: SNL UK will be a ‘big employer’ for Sky
Unscripted boss says the adaptation will create jobs, despite short initial run
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NewsUKTV commissioning chief: time is right for comedy entertainment
Hilary Rosen hails Last One Laughing as example of audience appetite, despite broadcasters stepping away from genre
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NewsConker and Fabel projects emerge from BBC NI initiative
Fíbín Films also secures commission through inaugural Green Lit scheme
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NewsBaby Cow rejigs as CEO departs
Rupert Majendie lands leadership role as Sarah Monteith steps down
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NewsIn brief: BBC doubles down on Waterloo Road; C4 Schooled cast; BBC apologises over Thought for the Day segment
Rope Ladder Fiction and Wall to Wall North land eighth and ninth series of Waterloo Road
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NewsChannel 4 orders pair of comedy Blaps to series
Roughcut’s Stepping Up and BBCS’s Break Clause land full runs alongside Boffola family sitcom in Charlie Perkins’ slate
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NewsIn brief: Ex-Sky ents director lands board role; Samsung TV Plus deal
Stuart Murphy joins board of social media screening service Social Media Check
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NewsMPs call for live comedy to be recognised as art form
Culture committee plea aims to open up funding access for medium and support under-threat TV genre
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NewsIn brief: Audible; UKTV; Little Dot Studios; Jampot; Blink49 Studios
Rebecca Humphries pens Sense and Sensibility spin-off podcast