

PIGLETS: FIRST LOOK AT SECOND SERIES OF ITV POLICE COMEDY AS SHOW MOVES TO ITV2
ITV has released a first look at the second series of Piglets, one of its most talked about comedies of 2024, and also announced the show will air on ITV2 rather than ITV1 when the show returns early next year. The first series is one of the biggest comedies on ITVX and has so far reached 5.6m across its 6 episodes and launched last July with 2.8m viewers. Piglets follows a newly recruited group of six very different would-be cops and the handful of key staff whose thankless


MOSQUITO: NICHOLAS HOULT AND DAISY EDGAR-JONES TO STAR IN NEW DISNEY+ COMEDY DRAMA
Disney+ announces Mosquito, from acclaimed screenwriter Tony McNamara, comes a sardonic look at a young couple’s relationship, starring Golden Globe and Emmy® award-nominated Nicholas Hoult (Superman, Nosferatu) and BAFTA and Emmy® award-nominated Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People, Twisters). The British powerhouse leads play Kate and Ed, a recently married couple whose secrets begin to reveal as daily life chips away at the personas they present…all started by an intrusive mo


LIVE AT THE APOLLO: COMEDIANS TAKING TO THE STAGE FOR 20th SERIES ON BBC TWO REVEALED
Live At The Apollo is back welcoming an array of established and up-and-coming stand-ups to the world-famous Apollo stage. At the forefront of its genre, the roll call of stand-ups who have performed on the iconic Live at the Apollo set plays out like a who’s who of comedic royalty and this series is no different. This first festive episode of the new series of the award-winning Live at the Apollo is hosted by the brilliant Josh Widdicome who introduces comedians Andrew Mensa


BIG MOOD: FIRST LOOK IMAGES AND CASTING FOR SECOND SERIES OF CHANNEL 4 COMEDY STARRING NICOLA COUGHLAN AND LYDIA WEST
First look images have now been released for the second series of Dancing Ledge Productions’ (Prisoner 951, The Responder, The Salisbury Poisonings) hit comedy Big Mood. Written and created by Camilla Whitehill, the six-episode series will air on Channel 4 next year. Returning cast members include Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton, Derry Girls) as Maggie, Lydia West (It’s A Sin, Inside Man) as Eddie, Robert Gilbert (Big Boys) as Will, Eamon Farren (The Witcher) as Krent, Niamh Cusa


STUFFED: FIRST LOOK AT BBC COMEDY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL STARRING GUZ KHAN AND MORGANA ROBINSON
Guz Khan is well and truly Stuffed (1x60) this Christmas, when he stars in a new, hour-long comedy from Baby Cow and Dice Roll Productions, for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. After he receives an unexpected £8,000 Christmas bonus at work, Arslan Farooqi (Khan) and his multi-faith family set off on the trip of a lifetime when they swap Coventry for the magic of Lapland His wife Hannah (Morgana Robinson), his two daughters and brother-in-law Jamie (Theo Barklem-Biggs) are all set for


MRS BROWN'S BOYS RETURNS WITH TWO FESTIVE SPECIALS ON BBC ONE, FIRST LOOK AND STORY DETAILS
Mrs Brown returns for more Christmas capers and festive frolics! Join everyone's favourite Mammy and the rest of the clan for fun and games in a Christmas and a New Year special. Christmas Special Mrs Brown rediscovers the meaning of family as she gathers those closest to her together for a Christmas photo. Buster unveils another of his signature Christmas trees with maximum impact and Cathy frets about what presents to buy everyone. New Year’s Special Tensions are high as Ag


BBC CHRISTMAS COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS, FIRST LOOK AT AMANDALAND, HERE WE GO, TWO DOORS DOWN AND MANDY SPECIALS
The BBC have revealed a first look and additional details for some of its comedy highlights airing over the festive season. Amandaland 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-class bluster – very, very different from Felicity. This very special episode will be the first scripted on-screen reunion


SHEDITES: CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR NEW BBC COMEDY FROM MRS BROWN BOY'S BRENDAN O'CARROLL AS FILMING BEGINS
Filming has begun on BBC One and iPlayer’s brand new comedy special Shedites, created and written by Paddy Houlihan, set in and around the men’s shed in a village in Ireland. Made by BBC Studios Comedy and starring Brendan O’Carroll (Mrs Brown’s Boys), Phil Davis (Trying), Simon Delaney (Lockerbie), Danny O’Carroll (Mrs Brown’s Boys), Shane Casey (The Young Offenders), Paddy Houlihan (Mrs Brown’s Boys) and Deirdre O’Kane (Moone Boy), Shedites will be part of the BBC’s festive


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.
































































