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Sacha Baron Cohen's production company Spelthorne Community Television is making a comedy travelogue for Comedy Central UK. The indie, which the Who Is America? creator and star runs alongside former Objective boss Andrew Newman, is producing The Comedy Bus, which will feature six British comedians on a road trip…

Blockbusters, based on the classic NBC gameshow, is heading back to the UK after Comedy Central picked up another local reboot. The UK arm of the Viacom-owned broadcaster has ordered two seasons of the cult quiz from Fremantle's Thames. The show, which was a student classic when it aired on ITV between 1983 and 1993…

Comedy Central is branching into live events in the UK with the launch of a three day stand-up festival. Comedians including Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard and Katherine Ryan will headline Comedy Central Live, which will take place between October 5 – 7 in Southampton. While the Viacom-owned broadcaster has held…

Kelly Webb-Lamb will exit London-based Shine TV at the end of this year after two years as its Managing Director. Richard Johnston, CEO of parent Endemol Shine UK, said the company will “take the time over the next few months” to explore what form new leadership will take. Webb-Lamb will help with the transition. The…

Although the Sundance London Festival was shelved this year, Sundance Institute is planning to return to the British capital in 2016 and will also run an event in Hong Kong this September. The programs are made up largely of titles that have already played Park City in an effort to share independent films with…

With filming now wrapped on Dad's Army, Universal Pictures, Screen Yorkshire and DJ films have set a February 5, 2016 UK release date. Universal Pictures International will distribute the film locally and has world rights. It's based on the classic British sitcom and stars Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta Jones, Toby Jones…

Uma Thurman To Present Lumière Prize To Quentin Tarantino Quentin Tarantino muse Uma Thurman will be on hand Friday in Lyon to present the director with the fifth annual Lumière Prize, organizers said today. Tarantino is receiving the award for his body of work, his love of cinema, "the tributes he pays inside his…

PBS To Air ‘Downton Abbey’ Recap/Preview Special Ahead Of Season 4 In an effort to appease anxious U.S. viewers, PBS is planning a behind-the-scenes special sneak peek at Downton Abbey‘s upcoming Season 4. The period drama is pulling record ratings on the UK’s ITV but doesn’t bow Stateside until January 5. So, on…

Comedy Central UK has acquired exclusive British broadcast rights to the Charlie Sheen-starring series Anger Management. The news comes a week after the series’s U.S. premiere on FX drew 5.47 million viewers, becoming cable's most-watched primetime scripted comedy series premiere in total viewers and the adults 18-49…