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We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Dreaming Whilst Blacks Adjani Salmon on who were really laughing at The 25-minute pilot follows a recruitment consultant with big dreams. Saturday Night Live, there were some who questioned the motives behind one particular sketch. Will You Take It? was a riff on the archetypal gameshow, where Kaluuyas Dr Tevin Jones attempted to convince his family to take the Covid vaccine. But it proved divisive. "No. No. No...

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...