Comedy News Round up
From Pushers to Putters, From Such Brave Girls To Mr Bigstuff...
Rosie Jones is going to have a busy 2025. She has recently announced new tour dates and Channel 4 has just released images from her debut sitcom, Pushers, which is bound to cause a stir. Though maybe not as much of a stir as it would have if it had stuck to the original working title of Disability Benefits. More info here.
Meanwhile over at the BBC, first look images have been released for the new series of hit comedy, Such Brave Girls.The BAFTA-winning series was created, written by and stars Kat Sadler and is coming back to BBC Three and iPlayer.
The series follows Josie (Kat Sadler), her sister Billie (Lizzie Davidson) and their mother Deb (Louise Brealey), risking everything they’ve got for a single scrap of love and adoration. Still desperately trying to escape the reality of their cramped, crumbling, debt-ridden home, it’s a good thing Dev (Paul Bazely) and Seb (Freddie Meredith) are coming to the rescue. More details here.
For me though, the most exciting TV news is that there will be a second season of The Studio. What do you mean you haven’t watched it? Sign up to Apple TV+ and watch this brilliant Hollywood satire right now.
“We're thrilled to be making a second season of ‘The Studio.’ We're looking forward to taking the lived experience of making season one and immediately putting it into season two, then repeating that loop for ten more seasons,” said creators and executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. “And, we’re excited to keep all our industry friends and colleagues guessing as to when one of their personal stories will stream on Apple TV+.” More here.
And this sounds pretty good too. Anyone for the Ted Lasso of golf? Owen Wilson is set to star in Stick, a new comedy set in the world of driving for show and putting for dough. Watch the trailer here.
Meanwhile a classic comedy gets an onstage adaptation. Following a successful run at The Barn Theatre followed by runs at Theatre Royal Bath and Cambridge Arts Theatre, I’m Sorry, Prime Minister will be transferring to the West End at the Apollo Theatre from 30 January to 25 April with Griff Rhys Jones in the role of retired PM Jim Hacker. More intel here. Picture by Danny Kaan.
And finally, for those that can’t get enough of Danny Dyer, he returns in Mr Bigstuff, alongside series creator Ryan Sampson (Plebs), and Big Boys star Harriet Webb (I May Destroy You), premiering this July on Sky and NOW. Series one has just earned Dyer his first-ever BAFTA TV award for his performance as Lee Campbell, the estranged brother of Glen (played by Sampson). Set in suburban Essex, the series was Sky Max’s highest-rated new original comedy in three years. More here.
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