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 ...

Diane Morgan and Sue Johnston form an unlikely friendship in the futuristic BBC sitcom – and viewers can binge it from day ...

UKTV and BBC Entertainment have unveiled a joint co-commissioning brief, inviting production companies to pitch bold new ...

EXCLUSIVE: Creatives behind BBC comedy Smoggie Queens have credited RuPaul’s Drag Race UK with clearing the path for more shows about queer communities across the nation. Phil Dunning, who created and ...

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 ...

Scottish comic Paul Sneddon, who was also known as Vladimir McTavish, has died, and the likes of comedians Frankie Boyle and ...

Amy Gledhill named head judge as the search for the UK's funniest new talent launches The BBC New Comedy Awards is back and is heading to Coventry, where all the heats will be filmed this September, ...

Heartbroken fans shared their tributes across social media.

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TRIBUTES have flooded in for the “brilliant” BBC comedy icon and Mr Bean star Sally Grace who died aged 74. The legendary actress, who famously voiced Margaret Thatcher on Radio 4’s Week Ending, ...