BBC Comedy are launching six brand-new comedy shorts featuring the likes of Kosar Ali (Rocks), Tom Davis (King Gary) and Lisa McGrillis (Rivals). Airing on BBC Three and iPlayer on Saturday 11 April, the six shorts are: Proper Ladies, Yaxlont, The Doghouse, The Close, Thames View and Glue. Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC said: “Our Short Film strand continues to act as a potential jumping off point for future TV series. The comedy talent we are lucky enough to have

Channel 4 have commissioned a brand-new four-part series from IWC (part of Banijay UK) fronted by leading architect, George Clarke.  George Clarke’s Two Houses, One Home will feature two separate households who dream of living together under one roof. Whether it’s a couple moving in together for the first time, two halves of a soon to be blended family, or grandparents ready to be closer to their loved ones, they will all have something in common; two houses that don’t work f

Disney+ has today confirmed the greenlight and casting of brand-new Original comedy series “Alice and Steve'' from the award-winning Clerkenwell Films. Nicola Walker (“The Split”, “Unforgotten”) and Jemaine Clement (“What We Do in the Shadows”, “Flight of The Conchords”) have been cast in the titular roles and filming has commenced in London, UK. Lifelong best friends, Alice (Walker) and Steve (Clement), see their world implode when middle-aged Steve starts dating Alice’s twe

Ahead of series three coming to Netflix this Summer, the streamer has announced the recommission of Love Is Blind UK for a fourth series. Applications are now open for next year's series - with details on how to apply found here . Love Is Blind UK, hosted by Emma & Matt Willis, is a social experiment dating series where single men and women look for love and get engaged, all before meeting in person. They’ll go on dates with a catch: they don’t meet face-to-face. With no dis

The BBC has commissioned a new two-part factual drama about the events surrounding the horrific murder of Sarah Everard. In March 2021 Sarah was abducted as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London. The discovery that the perpetrator was a serving police officer and the subsequent fallout was a watershed moment for the nation which brought into sharp focus entrenched issues of misogyny and institutional failings within the police. The currently untitled

Saturday Night Live UK today announces its next host and musical guest. On 11 April, award-winning comedian and actor Jack Whitehall (The ‘Burbs, Jungle Cruise) will be joined by modern soul icon Jorja Smith. The series will then take a one-week hiatus, returning for the first of four more episodes on 25 April.  Live from London at 10pm on a Saturday night, each 75-minute episode sees a different host take to the stage alongside SNL UK’s inaugural cast: Hammed Animashaun, Ayo

The Northumbria Mysteries is a brand-new drama, marking a significant return of BBC drama production to the North East. Set against the sweeping Northumberland coastline and its surrounding market towns, the series centres on an unlikely crime-solving duo. The Northumbria Mysteries will be produced by Lonesome Pine Productions, who are based in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Robson Green will star as Joe Ruby: a jack-of-all-trades whose life has been shaped by mistakes, regrets

The BBC has commissioned The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ from Big Talk Studios (Ludwig, The Outlaws) for BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Based on Sue Townsend’s best-selling book of the same name, the 10-part series is adapted for the screen by David Nicholls (One Day, Us), who will also serve as lead writer. The adaptation will also be written by Caitlin Moran and Caroline Moran (Raised By Wolves), Dillon Mapletoft and Oliver Taylor (Everyone Else Burns) and Jack Rooke (Bi

Matt Tebbutt will not be a full-time judge on the next series of MasterChef: The Professionals, it has been revealed. Instead, it is reported that existing judges Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti will front the show on their own with no direct replacement for Tebbutt, who replaced Gregg Wallace on the show. It's understood Tebbutt will remain part of the MasterChef family as an occasional guest judge. Meanwhile, Gareth Baty, 40, has been awarded the prestigious title of Mast

The BAFTA-winning critically acclaimed genealogy show Who Do You Think You Are? will return to BBC One and iPlayer this Spring. Produced by Wall to Wall Media, the 23rd series features an unmissable line-up of stars including Adeel Akhtar, Amy Dowden, Harriet Walter, Joe Swash, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Ruth Madeley, Toby Jones, and Zoe Ball.    The next instalment of the hit genealogy show will see another eight celebrities delve into their roots to discover their incredibl

The BBC will mark what would have been the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II with a special one-hour documentary, Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century. The film explores the life and legacy of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, reflecting not only on the woman behind the Crown but on a century of transformation in Britain and beyond. Spanning an era that saw the nation move from the age of Empire to the rise of celebrity culture — from the Blitz to the 2012 London O

The new and returning titles coming to BBC channels this May have been revealed.  THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER will be representing the United Kingdom at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria in May 2026. LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER is a multi-talented solo artist, experimental singer/songwriter, live electronics performer and composer, inventor of unique musical machines, and self-proclaimed Eurovision fan based in Kent.  HALF MAN Drama starring Ri

The new and returning titles coming to ITV this May have been revealed.  SECRET SERVICE Acclaimed award-winning actress Gemma Arterton leads a stellar cast in a gripping espionage thriller adapted from ITV News anchor Tom Bradby’s tense and timely novel. The series follows Kate Henderson (Gemma Arterton), a senior MI6 officer whose outwardly ordinary life as a civil servant, wife to Stuart (Rafe Spall), and mother of two hides a high-stakes role - she heads the Russia Desk at

Call The Midwife producers have announced that there won't be a Christmas special of the hit BBC drama this year. Instead, the previously announced prequel series will launch during Christmas 2026, titled Sisters In Arms . Writer Heidi Thomas announced the plans at a press screening: "No, there won't be a Christmas special [this] Christmas, not in the traditional mould." At the same event, producer Pippa Harries confirmed that the prequel series would debut over the 2026 fest