The BBC has a new comedy head. 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 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 Crown star Alex Jennings leads the new guest cast for Black Ops series three, as the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy wraps ...

Lenny Rush leads The Reluctant Vampire as Val, who has been raised in a traditional vampire family. There’s just one problem: after unexpectedly seeing his own reflection, Val d ...

BBC Three gave us Fleabag and some of the best shows on TV – axing it is short-termist madness - COMMENT: The BBC has to be ...

BBC's Ann Droid is the most hilarious and heartfelt show in years, dominating the UK ratings and earning a well-deserved commission for Season 2.

Change afoot as the UK’s Creative Cities Conference (CCC) gets underway this morning – BBC Head of Comedy Tanya Qureshi is swapping her role for one in Lindsay Salt’s drama division. Qureshi will take ...

When long-running BBC comedy show “Mock the Week” returned to television screens after a three-year hiatus this past spring, fans may have noticed some changes: not only was the show longer and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following the success of the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool in May, BBC Comedy and the Liverpool Film Office have partnered to launch the BBC Comedy Liverpool Script Development project. Part of the ...