BBC comedy boss Jon Petrie is all about returners as the corporation’s annual Comedy Festival gets underway. Petrie has given second and third season greenlights to six shows plus an eighth for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Small Prophets was created by Mackenzie Crook and stars Pearce Quigley and Michael Palin. The BBC's newest comedy, Small Prophets, ...

Gavin & Stacey and Barbie actor Rob Brydon will front a brand new comedy for the BBC. Bill's Included will feature Brydon as Bill Beam, a middle-aged man described as "warm-hearted and eager but ...

Vittorio Angelone and Hannah McClean are set to star in new comedy series "Rewarding" following the "messy lives" of support workers looking after disabled and neurodivergent clients. The six-part ...

Comedy producers have been told to locate their “funny bones” when pitching shows to the BBC by the most powerful person in British comedy commissioning. Jon Petrie, who runs BBC comedy, set out his ...

The upcoming Christmas special for BBC sitcom Mandy has been pulled from schedules at the last minute. It was originally set to air on Monday, 22 December, but now it will be shown in 2026 instead.

The crime comedy has been praised by fans for its unique and light-hearted take on the genre, comparative to Only Murders in ...

The Crime Is Mine is a French crime comedy, set in the 1930s, which follows a fictional famous actress, who rises in ...

A BBC comedy show has landed a third series before its second season has even aired. Detective dramady Ludwig, written and created by Mark Brotherhood, hit our screens on BBC One in September 2024 and ...