Channel 4 has announced the commission of Damned, a new comedy series about the lives of two jaded social workers. Created by Jo Brand (Getting On) and Morwenna Banks, the six 30-minute episodes will star Brand and Alan Davies (Jonathan Creek) as Rose and Al, who work in a children’s services department, “dealing every day with the all too … >
E4 has revealed the cast for its new comedic drama series about a group of travellers embarking on a three month trip around Asia. Foreign Bodies is being co-produced with American channel TNT and will star Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Tim Key (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa) with Anders Hayward (Sistema), Ade Oyefeso (Youngers), Brittney Wilson (Bates Motel) and Alice Lee (Faking … >
Peter Kay’s Car Share will return next year for an “intimate, poignant and hilarious” new season. The comedy series premiered exclusively on BBC iPlayer in 2015, receiving three million iPlayer requests in its first four days before airing on BBC One to over six million viewers. Car Share went on to win Best Scripted Comedy at the BAFTA Television Awards, with Peter Kay bagging the … >
Gear up for a road trip you’ll never forget as Dirty Grandpa is out now on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital Download. > Buy Dirty Grandpa on DVD on Amazon. Starring Robert De Niro (Meet the Parents), Zac Efron (Bad Neighbour) and Aubrey Plaza, we’ve got DVDs to give away to four of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just … >
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint will lead the cast of a new comedy from David Walliams and Miranda Hart’s producion company. The cast of Sick Note also includes Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) and Don Johnson (Miami Vice). The series is created and written by Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz. The official synopsis reads: “Sick Note is the story … >
The writers of BBC Two’s Inside No. 9 have given some new hints about what to expect from the upcoming third season. Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith’s anthology comedy series will return later this year with six new episodes, directed by Guillam Morales (Julia’s Eyes). Guest stars will include Keeley Hawes (Line Of Duty), Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife), … >
Channel 4 will be airing The Out-Laws, a multi-award-winning comedy from Belgium, in the UK this summer. Described as “a compulsive whodunit featuring one of the best baddies in TV history”, the ten-part series originally aired on the Belgian channel VTM in 2012, where it was titled Clan. The Out-Laws will launch on Channel 4 in early June and will … >
There are some pretty random Doctor Who mash-ups on the internet. Star Wars characters fighting with Time Lord? The Eleventh Doctor chatting with Liam Neeson from Taken? Doctor Who meets American Horror Story? And then there’s Catherine Tate’s Donna Noble phoning Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances while she tries to take out a Sontaran, for no reason other … >
From Big Night Out and sketch shows in the 1990s, to Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in the 2000s and House of Fools in more recent years – as well as their anarchic quiz show Shooting Stars – Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are one of the UK’s most successful comedy double acts. But Catterick has been … >
Two Doors Down will return to BBC Two for a second season. Written by Gregor Sharp and Simon Carlyle, the Scottish comedy launched last month. Six new 30-minute episodes will begin filming from mid-August on location in Glasgow and at BBC Scotland’s Dumbarton Studios. Starring Arabella Weir, Alex Norton, Elaine C Smith, Doon Mackichan, Sharon Rooney, Jonathan Watson, Jamie Quinn … >