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 ...

Chris Sussman, formerly director of scripted series at Netflix U.K. and prior to that head of comedy at BBC Studios, has rejoined the broadcaster as its director of comedy, where he’ll be responsible ...

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 ...

"Cold Feet," "The Hobbit" and "Run Away" actor James Nesbitt is set to star in the BBC workplace comedy, Hopley Hall.

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 ...

The BBC has swung the axe yet again on its programming – with The Power of Parker becoming the latest show to be cancelled. The BBC sitcom, which starred Conleth Hill as a Stockport businessman in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Small Prophets’ Co-Producer Hires Development Executive From Sister The Homunculi spirits are set to commune once more. The BBC ...

The project will support writers and writer-performers with bold, character-led sitcom ideas Following the success of the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool in May, BBC Comedy and the Liverpool Film ...

Apple TV has a packed lineup of new shows airing, and it’s about to add another: Small Prophets, a British comedy with 100% ...

Aspiring comedy writers from across the Liverpool City Region are being given the chance to turn their ideas into the next big BBC sitcom thanks to a major new development project launched by BBC ...