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C4 opens up 9pm slot for comedy
Broadcaster issues brief for ’uplifting, escapist comedy with broad appeal’
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BBC Studios takes on Italian kids’ comedy
Producer/distributor picks up rights to hit show New School
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CBBC comedy gets British East Asian showrunner
Channel responds to controversy over Living with the Lams
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South Bank Show awards honour Lenny Henry
Comedian and actor wins oustanding achievement award at annual cross-arts ceremony
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Gold explores diversity in comedy
Lenny Henry to trace changing attitudes in shows from Rising Damp to Chewing Gum
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BBC3 takes In My Skin to series
Expectation scores four-part comedy order following Broadcast Digital-nominated pilot
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Writers’ Guild chair’s departing message: ‘be braver’
Gail Renard urges members to continue to ‘rock the boat’ and promote a plurality of voices
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Netflix loses The Office to NBCU streamer
NBC sitcom is among Netflix’s most popular titles in US but will move in 2021
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C4 pilots Rob Delaney comedy
Catastrophe star working with Toast of London’s Arthur Mathews on Avalon show
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CITV opens pitches for BFI fund shows
‘Brand-defining’ craft format, live-action scripted and a physical game show are in broadcaster’s sights
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Walliams pens Cinderella sequel for Sky
Christmas family comedy is author’s first original screenplay for the channel
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Viacom signs up to German streamer
US broadcaster named as content partner for ProSiebenSat.1/Discovery joint venture
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ITV comedy head: 'I don’t employ all-male writing teams'
Saskia Schuster also has sign-off to ensure shows avoid ‘tokenism’
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Jo Brand sparks almost 300 complaints
BBC edits joke out of Radio 4 comedy while police launch investigation
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Sky to invest £1bn in originals
Pay-TV broadcaster to double current spend within five years as ambition for Sky Studios ramps up
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Comedy shorts on the rise
BBC takes leaf out of C4’s Blaps book with Threesomes, as short-form receives cash injection