Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland has commissioned slate of comedy entertainment for its newly refreshed channel TLC.
This follows the premiere of TLC’s brand-new comedy format Unacceptable, hosted by Ed Gamble, which launched earlier this month and will return for series 2 later this year.
Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack (w/t) is a new, original format, produced by TalkbackThames with Naked. The 8×60 studio-based series will be hosted by Katherine Ryan and see a cast of comedians, led by team captains Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson, go head-to-head in a mix of classic card face-offs, live studio challenges and bluffing games. The series comes to TLC early next year.
On the heels of the Mock the Week: Summer Specials, and ahead of series 2 which starts on 13 September, TLC has greenlit series 3, 4 and 5 for the channel. Produced by Angst productions, this 22×60 order will see host Dara Ó Briain back alongside series regular Rhys James and comedy talent. The first 7×60 series will land on TLC in February, followed by a Summer and Autumn series.
Across WBD’s wider network portfolio, Quest brings viewers new series The Race Mechanic (w/t) for October 2026, which sees Shed and Buried alumnus Sam Lovegrove – vintage car engineers – take on races across the country as both race mechanic and occasionally as co‑driver. This 8×60 series, produced by Beagle Media, follows Sam as he works with passionate owners to prepare classic cars for vintage rallies, endurance trials, hill climbs and time trials, mixes engineering, automotive history and race-days.
In a further expansion to the Shed and Buried franchise, presenters Henry and Fuzz will be taking on even bigger projects in Shed and Buried: Big Stuff. This 6×60 series, produced by HCA Entertainment and coming to Quest in early 2027, is a celebration of the vehicles that once powered industry, now sitting forgotten, from agricultural and working vehicles to large vehicles engineered for speed, travel and transport.
Shed and Buried is also returninig, with S9 (20×30) and Shed and Buried: Classic Cars S5 and 6 (each 10×60) in 2027.
Also returning is Chimp Productions and Krempelwood-produced Richard Hammond’s Workshop for its seventh series for Quest and discovery+ (8×60) in 2027, ahead of series 6 later this year.
Wheeler Dealers World Tour, produced by Objective Media Group and North One, is also back for a third series (2x5x60), coming to Discovery Channel later in the year and through 2027.
The series were ordered by Graham Lafferty and commissioned by Charlotte Reid for Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland.
Graham Lafferty, SVP Content Strategy & Networks, UK&I, Warner Bros. Discovery said: “Six months on from TLC’s successful launch as a free-to-air, broad entertainment channel, it’s hugely exciting to bring another brand-new original format to the schedule in Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack (w/t). We are thrilled to have the brilliantly funny Katherine Ryan at the helm, no stranger to TLC after appearances on Mock the Week and Unacceptable, along with an exceptional comedy pairing in Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson.
“Our take on Top Trumps is perfectly placed for TLC’s growing UK comedy line-up, alongside Mock the Week – which we are delighted to secure for a further three series with Dara Ó Briain satirically steering us through the 2027 news agenda – and a second series of Unacceptable hosted by the hilarious Ed Gamble.
“For Quest audiences, we’re also excited to offer even more turbo-charged titles, including The Race Mechanic, Richard Hammond’s Workshop and Shed and Buried, shows that spotlight the passion, craft and expertise of some of the biggest names in cars right now.”
On Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack (w/t), Katherine Ryan said: “Everyone knows Top Trumps, but no one has ever played it quite like this. We’re taking this iconic game and supersizing it into something bigger, louder and much funnier. And with Jon and Joel captaining rival teams, chaos is pretty much guaranteed.”
Pippa Considine
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