2021 NEWS 4/10

Aug 26, 2021

ITV2 to highlight Peckham's Finest in brand new series

The residents of Peckham are about to be thrust into the limelight in a brand-new observational documentary series for ITV2. Announced...

Aug 26, 2021

Channel 4 announce new comedy The Curse from the teams behind PJDN and Murder in Successville

The brand new crime-comedy has been written by the combined multi-BAFTA award-winning partnership of Tom Davis and director James De...

Aug 26, 2021

Gemma Arterton to lead Sky's adaptation of Nick Hornby's Funny Girl

The new Sky Comedy series is about a young woman from Blackpool finding her comic voice in the male-dominated world of the 1960s sitcom....

Aug 25, 2021

Zeze Millz and Yinka Bokinni to front new Channel 4 show, Unapologetic

The one-off late-night topical discussion programme forms part of Channel 4's Black to Front project on Friday 10th September. Produced...

Aug 25, 2021

Holly Willoughby and Lee Mack to host Wim Hof’s Superstar Survival for BBC One

The six-part series will also have a six-part sister show on BBC Three. Announced during this year's Edinburgh Television Festival, BBC...

Aug 25, 2021

Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones reunite for new BBC One comedy, Gaynor & Ray

Created and written by Ruth Jones and David Peet, this one-off 35-minute comedy reunites Gavin & Stacey favourites Brydon and Jones in...

Aug 25, 2021

BBC One announce new comedy-thriller, Black Ops

This six-part series has been created by Gbemisola Ikumelo, Akemnji Ndifornyen and writing duo Joe Tucker and Lloyd Woolf. Announced...

Aug 25, 2021

Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper makes new comedy for Channel 4

I Hate You is a comedy about best friends Charlie and Becca. played by Tanya Reynolds and newcomer Melissa Saint. For his first comedy...

Aug 24, 2021

Cast announced for Sarah Solemani and Steve Coogan's Channel 4 comedy-drama Chivalry

The six-part series will explore the complex state of gender politics in the #MeToo era in the film and television industry. Following...

Aug 24, 2021

Candice Carty-Williams to adapt her debut novel Queenie for a Channel 4 drama

The series will be made up of eight 30-minute episodes about a young Black woman’s value and the unrelenting trials and tribulations of...

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