Filming has begun on E4’s new comedy about a gang of four twenty-something wasters in a West Country village. Danny Kirrane, Dylan Edwards, Gwyneth Keyworth and Rose Reynolds will lead the cast of Wasted, alongside Game of Thrones star Sean Bean. Created by the BAFTA Award winning writing team of James Lamont and Jon Foster … >
Cuckoo has been recommissioned for a further two seasons by BBC Three. Starring Greg Davies, Taylor Lautner, Tyger Drew-Honey, Esther Smith and Helen Baxendale, the comedy will be returning for Season 4 and Season 5. Damian Kavanagh, Controller of BBC Three, commented: “Cuckoo is brilliant, it’s coming back to BBC Three for two new series. … >
After four seasons broadcast over five years, Channel 4’s university sitcom Fresh Meat has come to an end. In its final season, we saw the six housemates struggle through the last year of their studies and prepare for post-university life. > Buy the complete Season 1-4 box set on Amazon. Now that the gang have graduated from Manchester … >
A story of class and comedy, politics and love, Thatcher Stole My Trousers is the new memoir from comedian Alexei Sayle. Thatcher Stole My Trousers chronicles a time when comedy and politics came together in electrifying ways. Recounting the opening season of the Comedy Store, Alexei’s experiences with Alternative Cabaret, the Comic Strip and The Young Ones, and … >
Sky Atlantic has ordered a new State-Of-The-Nation mockumentary from Steve Coogan. Alan Partridge’s Scissored Isle will see Alan attempt to make amends after a controversial on-air incident. Leaving behind his comfortable existence and vast detached house, Alan heads to the north on a deeply personal journey of redemption. With his Land Rover and his dog, … >
Plebs, ITV2’s sitcom set in ancient Rome, will return for a third season next month. Tom Rosenthal, Joel Fry and Ryan Sampson are back as Marcus, Stylax and their feckless slave Grumio. New cast members include visiting parents (Samantha Spiro, Danny Webb, Steve Edge), a brazen Vestal Virgin (Michelle Keegan), a doping discus thrower (Ingrid … >
Scottish comedy Two Doors Down is back next month. BBC Two returns to Latimer Crescent for six new episodes, written by Simon Carlyle (Bad Education) and Gregor Sharp (The Trip). The Glasgow-based sitcom’s new season begins at 10pm on Friday 1 April and the first episode sees Eric leave the freezer door open, leading to … >
Ten years since The IT Crowd began, we’ve picked out our ten all-time favourite episodes of Channel 4’s sitcom. > Buy the complete Season 1-4 box set on Amazon. 10. ‘The Internet Is Coming’ (2013 Special) In this hour-long final episode, Jen and Roy become internet-famous for all the wrong reasons when an incriminating video … >
Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Jim Rash, with Ken Jeong are all back in the sixth season of hit comedy show Community. > Buy Season 6 on DVD on Amazon. To celebrate the release of Season 6 on DVD on Monday 21 March by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, we’ve got box sets … >
In news you’re bound to find cool (cool cool cool), Season 6 of Community is out now on Digital HD and arrives on DVD on Monday 21 March. Or as Dean Pelton would probably put it, ‘DV-Dean!’. Now all we need’s a movie, and the hashtag, and our lives, will be complete. #sixseasonsandamovie. To celebrate … >