LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents has announced its coproduction with leading New Zealand-based production company Kevin & Co on new original comedy series The Sanctuary (8×22’) developed with Warner Bros Discovery NZ. The Sanctuary is a comedy series following Hunter, an eccentric American billionaire hiding in New Zealand. After selling an innocuous app, […]
Neil Morrissey and Martin Clunes are set to reunite for factual entertainment series Neil & Martin’s Bon Voyage (3×60’) produced by Expectation for comedy channel Gold. Having famously starred together as flatmates Tony and Gary in celebrated sitcom Men Behaving Badly, this new series sees Morrissey take Clunes on a road trip through France, the […]
Revry, the LGBTQ+ streaming media network, has released its Q2 viewership findings, analysing more than 10 million viewers preferences across queer-centric content. The Revry report, titled Q2 2024 Queer Entertainment Insights, presents a breakdown of the top most-watched genres, and sub-genres, and how advertisers can leverage those preferences to facilitate authentic and tactical engagements with […]
The eighteenth season of BAFTA and National Comedy Award winning Taskmaster is set to return on September 12th at 9pm on Channel 4. The next batch of bright-eyed hopefuls vying to pass muster and be the best are: comedian, host of The Bugle Podcast and cricket statistician Andy Zaltzman (The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4), […]
Prime Video will launch a UK version of the international hit format, Last One Laughing, which will be hosted by comedian, television presenter and writer, Jimmy Carr. The series will see Carr challenge 10 of Britain’s best-known comics to spend the day together without so much as cracking a smile. Over the course of the […]
2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award winning stand-up, Ahir Shah, is to release his debut stand-up special on Netflix. The hit stand-up show was recorded earlier this year at London’s Royal Court Theatre and features Ahir’s trademark intricately crafted gags and electric performance. Launching on September 10th, Ends is an optimistic exploration of generational sacrifice spanning themes […]
The winner of Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and Best Newcomer, 2024 Chortle Award winner and Taskmaster Season 14 star, John Kearns’ debut special, The Varnishing Days, will land on Sky Comedy and streaming service NOW on August 31st. Recorded at London’s Royal Court Theatre, The Varnishing Days is the new show from the […]
Following a world tour, his critically-acclaimed debut Netflix special, David Letterman appearance, and dancing on a table with Timothée Chalamet in Wonka, Phil Wang is set to release his second Netflix Original stand-up special Wang in There, Baby! on the September 3rd. Taped at London’s only candlelit theatre, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe, Wang […]
Comedian Katherine Ryan will once again open the doors to her family home for At Home With Katherine Ryan (4×60’) on U&W, Broadcast Digital’s Entertainment Channel of the Year. Viewers will witness Katherine’s unfiltered and honest approach to family life with husband Bobby Kootstra and children Violet, Fred and Fenna, as she continues to balance […]
Tiny Speck Productions has joined forces with Nest Productions to film the pilot of a new scripted comedy series, directed by Matt Lipsey (Ted Lasso, Inside No.9, Intelligence) and starring Omid Djalili (C4’s The Change), Tom Goodman-Hill (Netflix’s Baby Reindeer) and Llewella Gideon (Queenie, Top Boy, Rye Lane). The series pilot is a scripted comedy set […]