

CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?: FIRST LOOK AT NEW BBC COMEDY STARRING DAWN FRENCH, LAUNCHING EARLY 2026
First look pictures have been released for Can You Keep a Secret?, the six-part sitcom starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill, and written by Simon Mayhew-Archer, the producer of hit BBC Comedy This Country. Dawn (French & Saunders, The Vicar of Dibley) plays widow Debbie Fendon - granny, lawn bowler, tinpot dictator - who will stop at nothing to make sure her family’s protected. Unfortunately, most of the time the person they really need protecting fr


TWO DOORS DOWN: TRAILER RELEASED FOR 2025 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OF HIT BBC COMEDY
Multi award-winning Scottish sitcom Two Doors Down is set to return with a new Christmas special. Produced by BBC Studios Comedy Productions it will mark two years since the last series aired. The residents of Latimer Crescent will congregate at Beth (Arabella Weir) and Eric’s (Alex Norton) house to celebrate Christmas. The neighbours are all back: Christine (Elaine C Smith), Cathy (Doon Mackichan) and Colin (Jonathan Watson), Alan (Graeme Stevely) and Michelle (Joy McAv


STEPPING UP: CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR NEW CHANNEL 4 COMEDY FROM JOSH PUGH AS FILMING COMMENCES
Filming has started in the West Midlands for Stepping Up, a brand-new six-part comedy series written by and starring Josh Pugh (Sneakerhead, How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)), directed by Jack Clough (People Just Do Nothing, Things You Should Have Done) and produced by Roughcut Television (Big Boys, We Might Regret This, Things You Should Have Done) for Channel 4. Alongside Josh, who plays… Josh: an over-enthusiastic stepdad, is a dynamic ensemble cast including Denise Wel


BLACK OPS: FIRST LOOK IMAGES AND GUEST CAST FOR SECOND SERIES OF BBC COMEDY
Multi-award winning BBC comedy thriller Black Ops returns for a second series for BBC One and iPlayer. BAFTA award winner Gbemisola Ikumelo reprises her role as Dom, and Hammed Animashaun returns as Kay, alongside Akemnji Ndifornyen as gang boss Tevin. Series two sees a star-studded line-up of guest stars joining the cast including, Tom Stourton (Barbie, Poor Things), Nigel Havers (Chariots of Fire, Coronation Street), Annette Badland (Heartstopper, Ted Lasso), Ed Speleers (S


THE GREATEST QUIZ OF ALL TIME: FRANK SKINNER TO HOST PILOT OF NEW HISTORY BASED COMEDY PANEL SHOW
Frank Skinner is to host a pilot recording for a new history-based comedy panel show The Greatest Quiz Of All Time. The show will explore the "funniest and weirdest" moments from world history and see celebrity guests compete to correctly place historic events on a giant timeline. The show records later this month on London, with audience tickets available via SRO Audiences. Meanwhile, TV channel TLC will be relaunched in January 2026 as a free-to-air channel in the UK which


DADDY ISSUES: TRAILER RELEASED FOR SECOND SERIES OF BBC COMEDY STARRING AIMEE LOU WOOD AND DAVID MORRISSEY
Aimee Lou Wood and David Morrissey are back as Daddy Issues returns to BBC iPlayer, BBC One and BBC Three later this year and as these exclusive pictures show, they are grappling with the new addition to the family, Gemma’s daughter, baby Sadie. Set in Stockport the new series will see Gemma (Aimee Lou Wood) coming to terms with life as a mum while Malcolm (David Morrissey) is just thrilled to be a grandad. But wherever Malcolm is, Derek (David Fynn) is never too far behind.


SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW RETURNS TO ITV WITH NEW HOST CHIZZY AKUDOLU
Sorry I Didn’t Know, has been recommissioned by ITV for a sixth series, breaking the show’s own record for longest running show from a Black-led production company. Regular host, Jimmy Akinbola will be sunning himself in LA due to filming commitments on Bel Air so excitingly for this series, team captain Chizzy Akudolu will be stepping up into his hosting shoes, hoping to keep a tight rein on Eddie Kadi and new team captain, comedian and actor Richard Blackwood. It’s guarante


THE RELUCTANT VAMPIRE: CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR NEW BBC COMEDY, TOM DAVIS, SIAN CLIFFORD AND CHARLIE COOPER JOIN CAST
Fang-tastic further casting details for fiendishly funny new BBC Comedy 'The Reluctant Vampire’. The 6 x 30 series, based on the books by British comedy legend Eric Morecambe (The Morecambe & Wise Show) and written by Rob and Neil Gibbons (Alan Partridge), will see Tom Davis (Wonka, King Gary) and Sian Clifford (Fleabag), Charlie Cooper (This Country) join the cast. Plus Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing), Joe Wilkinson (After Life), Kiell Smith-Bynoe (Ghosts), Esther Smi


ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING HEADS TO THE UK AS DISNEY COMMISSION SIXTH SERIES
Disney+ announced that the Emmy®-winning, Original comedy series Only Murders in the Building starring Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, has been renewed for a sixth season consisting of 10 episodes. The series will venture overseas for the first time, with the beloved crime-solving trio leaving New York City to investigate London’s newest mystery. Season five features a star-studded cast, including the return of multi-Oscar®/Emmy® winner Meryl Streep and Da’Vine


NO STRINGS ATTACHED: FIRST LOOK IMAGES, CELEBRITY GUESTS AND LAUNCH DATE REVEALED FOR NEW CHANNEL 4 PUPPET SERIES
Nearly three years since it was recorded, and now airing on E4 rather than Channel 4's main channel, No Strings Attached (formerly The Really Rude Puppet Show) is finally coming to TV, launching Tuesday 11th November [ Source ]. Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson Each episode will see host Mel Giedroyc invite different celebrity guests to an intimate book club for two. The guests will be handed an erotic fantasy story, in which they are the lead protagonist, and will be asked to rea


SHRINKING: FIRST LOOK AND LAUNCH DATE CONFIRMED FOR THIRD SERIES OF APPLE TV+ COMEDY
Apple TV revealed the premiere date and first look at the 11-episode third season of the Emmy Award-nominated comedy series “Shrinking,” starring Emmy Award nominee Jason Segel and multi-award winner Harrison Ford, along with acclaimed performances from stars Christa Miller, Emmy Award nominee Jessica Williams, Luke Tennie, Emmy nominee Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley. Created by Emmy Award winners Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein alongside Segel, “Shrinking” s


MAMMOTH: FIRST LOOK IMAGES AND CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR SECOND SERIES OF BBC COMEDY
Made by BBC Studios Comedy, the hit comedy about PE teacher Tony Mammoth from the 70’s getting a second chance at life, is soon to return to our screens on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer and will include a Christmas special. Mike Bubbins (Death Valley, The Socially Distant Sports Bar podcast) is Tony Mammoth, believed to have died in an avalanche during a school trip in 1979, attempting to restart his life after miraculously returning from the dead when his body is discovered frozen


AMANDALAND: BBC CONFIRMS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OF HIT COMEDY AS FILMING BEGINS ON SECOND SERIES
BBC confirms Christmas special of Amandaland, as filming begins for the second series of the hit comedy. The second series of the hit BBC comedy Amandaland, starring Lucy Punch, Joanna Lumley and Philippa Dunne, is returning to iPlayer and BBC One in 2026. Alongside the returning cast, the Christmas special welcomes the absolutely fabulous Jennifer Saunders who will play Aunt Joan, Felicity’s (Joanna Lumley) sister. Aunt Joan is a ball of country-living, enthusiastic upper-c


MOCK THE WEEK RETURNS TO TV AS NEWLY REFRESHED TLC CHANNEL REBOOTS FORMER BBC COMEDY PANEL SHOW
TV channel TLC will be relaunched in January 2026 as a free-to-air channel in the UK which will bring viewers a broad entertainment offer with the hugely popular scripted comedy series The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, new spin-off Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage and Mike & Molly. Plus, unscripted titles will include a new look Mock The Week. Warner Bros. Discovery today announced it will be rebooting the former BBC comedy panel show for 2026, having previously run on BBC
































































