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A pilot for a US version of NEVER BETTER has just been completed by ABC. The show stars Damon Wayans. Transmission in the US TBC.

Ken Stott won the award for Best Acting Performance In Television at the Scottish BAFTAs 2008 for his performance as Tony Hancock in HANCOCK AND JOAN.

HANCOCK AND JOAN has been shortlisted in the category of Best Single Drama at the Broadcast Awards 2009. The shortlist is as follows:

Boy A, C4
Half Broken Things, ITV1
Hancock & Joan, BBC4
Joe’s Palace, BBC1
Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk to Finchley, BBC4
The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, BBC1

HANCOCK AND JOAN, written by Richard Cottan ('Men Only', 'Love Again', 'Colditz') and directed by Richard Laxton ('Outlaws', 'Sea of Souls', 'The Ghost Squad'), was transmitted on Wednesday 26 March 2008 at 9pm on BBC4.

PARTY ANIMALS was nominated for a Broadcast Press Guild award for Best Drama Series.