Arlene Phillips is ready to unveil John Cleese's body

Arlene Phillips says there will be flesh on display when the members of the Monty Python team appear in their reunion show in July.

Michael Palin: A lot of Monty Python was 'crap'

Michael Palin announces his first solo tour of Britain, as he discloses the highlights and lowlights of his long career and admits a lot of Monty Python was c--p.

Radio Times review

It's barely begun, and it's all over. Four measly episodes! Well, four quietly brilliant episodes, full of flim-flam and farce and staccato dialogue, but really, it's not enough.

The tone sails closer to comedy drama as some real feeling creeps in, both for dozy intern Will ("Yeah, cool, yeah, no worries..."), who may be my favourite character, and executive punchbag Ian (Hugh Bonneville). The latter's salary scandal is all over the papers, though another minor controversy, involving a Newsnight presenter in a short skirt, provides distraction on Twitter (#kneesnight).

Luckily, as we keep hearing, "Tony's pretty perky about this", but can Ian make it up to his one-time admirer Sally, last seen in Twenty Twelve? A cameo from Olivia Colman brings the answer.

Michael Palin interview

After hitting the stage with Monty Python in July, Michael Palin is to embark on his first ever one-man theatre tour.

Fry's "In the Psychiatrist's Chair" to be repeated

The classic series of in-depth celebrity interviews by Dr Anthony Clare will get its first airing for 15 years. A run of 11 episodes begins later this month with a 1997 session focusing on Stephen Fry, in which the comedian, actor and presenter talks about his success, sexuality, parents and the battles with bipolar disorder that saw him contemplating suicide after walking out of a West End show in which he was performing.

Rare Daniel Kitson footage unearthed

A few weeks ago, however, I was tipped off about a TV documentary that featured Kitson when he was pretty much totally unknown. It was a late night Channel 4 series called The Other Side and in 1999 it produced an episode called Edinburgh Madness which went to the Edinburgh Festival in search of "the fringe of the Fringe". The one hour programme featured a number of performers who have either never made it big or knocked the comedy game on the head. Except, that is, for 22-year-old Daniel Kitson, who has done pretty well, despite being described in the blurb as "the Bernard Manning of the millennium".

Interview with Lindsay Sharman

I did stand-up for three years from 2008 until I had a comedy breakdown.

Did W1A really need the brilliant Olivia Colman?

Olivia Colman was the best thing about Twenty Twelve, so it's understandable she should turn up in its sister sitcom about the BBC. But was her presence actually any help this time round?

Pam Ann review - 'Comedy of casual smut and insult'

Her misanthropic nymphomaniac shtick may be purposefully provocative, but Pam Ann's lewd talk, Asian accents and airline industry stereotypes make for deadening humour.

W1A, the final episode, BBC Two, review

The BBC-based satire was never quite as good as the sum of its parts but it has still been the best comedy in months, says Ben Lawrence.

Review: Special Measures, Royal Court Theatre

It's billed as a comedy, but Special Measures isn't as funny as it would like to be - impeded by the seriousness of the subject matter and a tone that at times borders on hectoring.

Last Tango in Halifax to get remake on French TV

BBC One's Last Tango in Halifax is to be remade for French television.

The Jake Lambert three minute interview

Jake Lambert is a brand new Stand-Up comedian, quickly moving up through the ranks. He only started performing in 2013 but his undoubted talent has already been noticed by both audiences and comedy promoters. Martin Walker grabbed a quick word.