Broadcaster's comedy chief Jon Petrie on his quest for home-grown stories
19/06/2024 … BBC comedy chief John Petrie has insisted ‘it is still possible to make a sitcom on a BBC budget’ – despite production companies increasingly…
© C4 19/06/2024 … The Last Leg is to air a two-hour election special the night after polling day.
As adapted by Armando Iannucci andSean Foley
19/06/2024 … Steve Coogan’s stage version of Dr.
© Netflix 19/06/2024 … Everybody Hates Chris is getting an animated revival.
As her new movie prepares to hit the festival circuit
19/06/2024 … Nina Conti has announced a 2025 tour of her new live show Whose Face Is It Anyway? The comic and ventriloquist launches the show at the Edinburgh …
© Dish/Waitrose/S:E Creative Studio ...at least financially speaking!
19/06/2024 … Kiell Smith-Bynoe said he could have done another series of Ghosts… if only for the money.
© UKTV For a new retrospective on Gold
19/06/2024 … Here are Ab Fab stars Jennifer Saunders.
18/06/2024 … Test your comedy knowledge with our weekly multiple-choice trivia quiz, compiled – as always – by broadcaster and comedy historian Hayden Parker.
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