'Comedy Showcase' returning to Channel 4

Channel 4 has announced that Comedy Showcase will return for a second series.

The series, which aims to find the UK's best established and up-and-coming comedic talent, was last seen in 2007 and led to the commissioning of The Kevin Bishop Show.

Among the new shows being unveiled are Pete v Life, from the makers of Peep Show; The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret; Campus; The Amazing Dermot; PhoneShop; and Guantanamo Phil, starring Peep Show's Steve Edge.

"I am very excited to announce another series of six new Comedy Showcase films," said Channel 4's Andrew Newman. "From the first series in 2007, we commissioned three full series, so it is great to be able to invest another raft of exciting new ideas from some of Britain's top comedy producers.

"This year's lineup features a fantastic range of both fresh talent and established stars and will take us into the varied but hopefully hilarious worlds of sports commentary, university campuses, mobile phone shops, stage hypnotism, energy drink sales and political prisoners in Guantanamo Bay."