comedy
Channel 4 has announced the first four unscripted formats for its new digital channel dedicated to comedy, A Comedy Thing by Channel 4.
The new formats have been developed by Strong Watch Studios, who will manage the channel and have been commissioned to produce the first wave of episodes for the channel and additional social content.
This year’s Published Novel longlist celebrates 14 anarchic and daring writers. The novels cover genres from domestic noir to queer fiction, from sci-fi to clowning, proving that comedy can cross-fertilise with many other genres.
The second comprehensive survey of the UK Live Comedy Sector officially launches today. This initiative is a collaborative effort between the Live Comedy Association, British Comedy Guide, and the Centre for Comedy Studies Research at Brunel University London.
Channel 4 is to launch a new dedicated digital comedy channel for original unscripted comedy content. Hosted on YouTube, A Comedy Thing by Channel 4 will launch later this month. Among the comedians who will be involved are Micky Overman and Olga Koch.
Channel 4 and Northern Ireland Screen have selected three half-hour comedy scripts to be written as part of the broadcaster’s Comedy Lab in Northern Ireland, offering a major opportunity for writers to develop bold, distinctive comedy projects.
BBC Northern Ireland and RTÉ have commissioned two six-part series of new drama Tall Tales & Murder, in association with Screen Ireland. The show is written by Stuart Carolan - the writer and creator of RTÉ's smash-hit crime drama Love/Hate, one of the most critically acclaimed and successful Irish dramas ever produced - and is co-created with double EMMY and Directors Guild of America Award winner Chris Addison (Veep, Breeders, The Thick of It).
Comedy website British Comedy Guide has launched a refreshed version of its BCG Pro website, an essential tool for creatives wanting to be successful in the comedy industry..
Scottish comedians Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Marc Jennings, Liam Withnail, Stuart McPherson and Rosco Mcclelland will premiere their stand-up comedy shows online this June and July as part of a weekly series called Summer Laugh, presented by the Some Laugh podcast.
Comedy Bloomers’ LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year 2025 Grand Final hits the Clapham Grand on 10 June, judged by James Barr, Tia Kofi, Zoe Lyons (pictured), and Jessica Fostekew
Schooled, written and created by Delia-René-Donaldson has been greenlit for a six-part series by Channel 4. The series was commissioned as part of Channel 4 and GroupM Motion Entertainment’s Diverse Indies Fund, a ring-fenced fund set up to support small and medium sized ethnically diverse-led production companies to produce new projects.
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