Armando Iannucci: It's funny when Peter Capaldi runs

Armando Iannucci, who made Peter Capaldi a star in The Thick Of It, said the actor is "smart, funny and thoughtful" in Doctor Who - but "always hilarious" when he breaks into a run.

Never Mind The Buzzcocks share their smash hits

Phill Jupitus, Noel Fielding and Rhod Gilbert share their karaoke songs, the music they make love to and the bands that defined their teenage years.

Katherine Ryan review

As well as addressing hard-hitting topical things such as sexism, she tackles one topic in particular that could be seen in bad taste, that being abortion.

Sweat The Small Stuff interview

As the BBC3 panel show returns for a fourth series, Grimmy, Rochelle Humes and Melvin O'Doom talk nightmareish pranks, awkwardness, dream guests and Joan Rivers.

Heydon Prowse responds to Russell Brand's views

Russell Brand's right about democracy - but wrong about how to change it. If you're 18-35 and agree the system isn't fit for purpose, make it work for you by doing what the 65+ demographic does: vote.

Ruby Wax - Sane New World (tour - Salford)

Ruby Wax follows up Losing It with this new piece, to tie in with her book. Kristy Stott admires the themes of the show at the Lowry.

Tony Hancock is still influencing comedy 60 years later

On the 2 November 1954, a 30-year-old comedian named Tony Hancock embarked on his first starring vehicle for BBC radio, Hancock's Half Hour, scripted by two writers aged only in their twenties, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

TV preview: Toast of London, C4

Matt Berry really could keep you hooked by reading the telephone directory.

Video: Joanna Scanlan & Vicki Pepperdine on Puppy Love

A new television sitcom is breaking the taboo of working with animals.

Puppy Love, which begins on BBC Four on 13 November, is based around canine obedience classes.

Writers and stars Joanna Scanlan and Vicki Pepperdine spoke to BBC Breakfast about why they wanted real dog owners and their untrained pets to appear in the programme.

Russell Brand on bisexuality & denies mayor rumours

Russell Brand has decided that he's "tedious with his heterosexuality" and wishes he were bisexual. Oh, and he's denying all those Mayor London rumours...

Ruby Wax: Sane New World - The Lowry, Salford

Sane New World is in many ways an interesting and enlightening experience, but it sits slightly awkwardly somewhere between entertainment, a lecture and a therapeutic workshop. Don't go expecting hilarity, you need to be prepared to roll with whatever emerges in the room, and every night must throw up a whole new set of thoughts to take away.

Brimingham-set Citizen Khan filmed in Salford

While BBC comedy Citizen Khan is set in Birmingham, it has all been filmed in Salford and Greater Manchester for the new series starting on Friday.

'No, I was not bounced on Bernard Manning's knee"

"I don't have a blog today," I told Matt Roper this afternoon. "You'll have to give me one. I always tell people that, as a boy, you were bounced on Bernard Manning's knee and you say you weren't. There must be a blog in that."

Celia Pacquola interview

Celia Pacquola has charmed audiences at shows and festivals across the world with a laidback effortless style of comedy that isn't afraid to delve into the personal.

Stephen Toast on history's greatest thespians

The Matt Berry lookalike and star of Channel 4's Toast of London takes us through the great actors who inspired him, from Omar Sharif to Nick Clegg.

It's no joke; Hull Comedy Festival cancelled

A comedy festival due to be held for the eighth year in Hull - which will be City of Culture in 2017 - has been cancelled.

Eric Morecambe Day plan proposed in comic's home town

Plans for an "Eric Morecambe Day" and a sculpture of him with comic partner Ernie Wise have been proposed after his statue in his home town was vandalised.