Amy Gledhill lands her own BBC sitcom
Six-part romcom co-written with Starstruck's Nic Sampson
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New sitcom for Derry Girls star Jamie-Lee O’Donnell
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The BBC heads back to Amandaland
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Lucia Keskin finds more things she should have done
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Third series for Am I Being Unreasonable?
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Black Ops lands a third series
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Third series for Such Brave Girls
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Two Doors Down to return for series 8
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Mammoth, the Welsh comedy about a PE teacher from the 70s who gets a second chance…
BBC to celebrate 20 years of Not Going Out
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Rosie Jones’s Pushers is given the push
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Paddy McGuinness to revive Big Break
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Tour news
Features
'I often feel Philomena Cunk is the real me'
Diane Morgan goes ghost-hunting in some of the grand homes where she films her…
'No algorithm would have said Britain wants a comedy about a bloke who grows homunculi'
As delivered at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, yesterday: Thank you for joining…
'The stuff I'm getting now I wouldn't have been ready for five years ago'
After a series of well-received Edinburgh Fringe shows and being regular tour support…
How much do you know about Eric Morecambe?
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Reviews
Smok'd Crack New Comedian of the Year 2026
Now in its third year, the Crack Comedy Club in South…
If I Didn't Laugh I'd Cry: The Frank Carson Story
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Live comedy picks
Gig of the day
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James Acaster 2026 tour
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Punching Up
Props to them....
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Videos
Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna were ahead of their time, as this clip from their 1999 series shows.
The sketch comes with the message that ‘being bigoted in the workplace is for Bigoted Bills. Don't be a Bigoted Bill’.
Helping the team spread the message of tolerance are Sammy J and Michelle Brasier, among others.
What’s even more remarkable is that this sketch comes from a time 12 years before the troupe were even formed…
Don't be a Bigoted Bill
Say Aunty Donna
Trailer for Stuart Fails To Save the Universe
Big Bang Theory’s sci-fi spin-off
Podcast from Onion Public Radio
By The Exploding Heads