© BBC BBC has another Jerk
Tim Renkow's sitcom to return for series three
11/05/2022 … Tim Renkow's Jerk will be returning for a third series on BBC Three and iPlayer.
Wed 11 May 2022
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© BBC BBC pledges an extra £10m to comedy
Including shorts and pilots to nurture talent
11/05/2022 … The BBC is to invest an extra £10 million in ‘high-impact’ comedy programming over the next two years, it has been announced today.
© BBC/Studio Hamburg UK/ BBC confirms Greg Davies will be back as The Cleaner
11/05/2022 … The BBC has confirmed the second season of Greg Davies comedy The Cleaner.
Jack Carroll makes Mobility for BBC Three
Comedy short about mismatched friends
11/05/2022 … Jack Carroll is making a BBC Three short about three Huddersfield teenagers with nothing in common except that they all have to catch the mobility bus to school.
© BBC/Channel X/Chris Harris Detectorists to make a comeback
Feature-length special to air later this year
11/05/2022 … Detectorists is to make a surprise return after a five-year absence for a one-off 75 minute special.
© BBC 'The BBC is by far the biggest fish in the pond when it comes to comedy...
Corporation comedy chief Jon Petrie's full speech to the BBC Comedy Festival
11/05/2022 … Here is the text of the ‘full telly wanker speech’ that BBC director of comedy Jon Petrie gave at the BBC’s new Comedy Festival in Newcastle this…
Alistair McGowan releases a second classical piano album
As he continues his music and comedy tour
11/05/2022 … Alistair McGowan is releasing a second classical piano album, coinciding with the London date of his UK tour.
Brandon Wardell
Review of the visiting US stand-up
11/05/2022 … Simply put, Brandon Wardell cannot perform to an audience who are not already fans.