© BBC BBC comedy chief says funny CAN come cheap
Jon Petrie's keynote speech to the BBC Comedy Festival in full
21/05/2025 … Spending more money on comedy shows doesn’t make them funnier, the BBC’s comedy chief has said.
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Wed 21 May 2025
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© Mayhay Studios Funboys will return to create more chaos
BBC orders a second series of Northern Irish comedy
21/05/2025 … The BBC has ordered a second series of its Northern Irish comedy Funboys, it has been announced at the broadcaster’s comedy festival in Dublin.
BBC renews The Golden Cobra
12 more episodes of Welsh animated comedy
21/05/2025 … The BBC has ordered a second series of its Welsh animated comedy The Golden Cobra.
BBC adapts the comic novel Leonard and Hungry Paul
21/05/2025 … Filming has begun on a new BBC comedy based on Rónán Hession’s novel Leonard and Hungry Paul.
© Netflix Ricky Gervais makes the Hollywood Walk Of Fame
21/05/2025 … Ricky Gervais will be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week.
© NBC Cheers cast pay tribute to George Wendt after Norm actor dies at 76
'Impeccable comedic timing and a deep loyalty to those he loved'
21/05/2025 … George Wendt’s Cheers co-stars have paid tribute to their colleague after he died at the age of 76 yesterday.
John Shuttleworth puts his Austin Ambassador Y-Reg up for sale
Don’t keep asking him why, Reg, it just happens to be that year
21/05/2025 … It’s the end of an era: John Shuttleworth is selling his Austin Ambassador Y-Reg.
© The Galton and Simpson estates Save the Galton and Simpson archive!
Fundraising drive to preserve the collection of comedy writing giants
21/05/2025 … A fundraising campaign has been launched to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - the scriptwriting duo behind Steptoe and Son and Hancock’s…