Trying comes to BBC One
Broadcaster buys Apple TV+’s hit comedy
28/08/2025 … BBC One is to air Apple TV+’s hit comedy Trying.
Thu 28 August 2025
© Rob Parfitt / Channel 4 'It sounds so simple to say, but I just think comedies should be funny'
Kiell Smith-Bynoe on joining Mitchell And Webb's new sketch show
28/08/2025 … Ghosts and Taskmaster star Kiell Smith-Bynoe is one of the newer generation of comedians joining David Mitchell and Robert Webb for their new Channel 4 sketch…
When you encounter your old school teacher
28/08/2025 … Sean Finegan – the 'Foil' in Foil Arms and Hog – encounters a former teacher as an adult in this latest video sketch from the Irish…
Michael McIntyre makes his WWE debut
Comic is a masked wrestler in tag-team fight
28/08/2025 … Michael McIntyre has made his WWE debut.
© Pierre Rosa / Pixabay Revealed: Which area of the UK produces the most comedians
...and which produces the least, per capita
28/08/2025 … Merseyside produces more comedians per capita than any other region of the UK.
Wed 27 August 2025
First preview clip from The Paper
New mockumentary with Tim Key, Domhnall Gleeson, Gbemisola Ikumelo and Alex Edelman
27/08/2025 … Here's the first scene to be released from The Paper – the new mocumentary set in the same universe as The Office.
Taskmaster continues its global push
Series 20 will be on YouTube just as soon as it's aired on C4
27/08/2025 … The next series of Taskmaster will drop on YouTube as soon as it’s aired on Channel 4 – so worldwide fans can watch it on the same day as Britons.
© BBC Filming starts on Death Valley series 2
Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth return
27/08/2025 … Filming has begun in Wales on the second series of Death Valley starring Timothy Spall and Gwyneth Keyworth.