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Milestone reached as new pilots are announced
The BBC has announced four new pilots in its Comedy Slices strand – all led by female talent.
With the imminent release of Rose Matefeo’s romcom Starstruck, today’s news means that most comedy programmes on BBC Three are now led by women.
The channel claims to be the first in the UK to achieve this landmark with women representing 58 per cent of the key talent involved in long form-scripted comedy writing.
The newly announced pilots, which all run for 22 minutes are:
Dinosaur: Written by Matilda Curtis and starring stand-up Ashley Storrie as Nina, as autistic woman who finds happiness in the world thanks to her passion for palaeontology and her friendship with her bubbly younger sister Evie. However, when Evie asks Nina to be her maid of honour, Nina decides to step out of her comfort zone with a challenge: to find herself a date to bring to the wedding.
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Fresh from enjoying its best performance on record in its new Channel 4 home, BAFTA winning
Taskmaster reveals the next line-up of contestants featuring in Series 11 of the hit comedy entertainment show landing in 2021. The news arrives as
Richard Herring is crowned the Series 10 Champion, completing the line-up for the next
Champion of Champions which will also air in 2021.
Yet more of the UK’s most elite comedy minds are throwing themselves at the mercy of the
Taskmaster, scrapping for points, prizes, and the eternal glory of being crowned a
Taskmaster Champion. Series 11 will see actor
Charlotte Ritchie (
Jamali Maddix (
Lee Mack (