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Alan Carr's Chatty Man looks set to end Alan Carr has hinted that his Chatty Man show is probably coming to an end, with the programme struggling in the ratings. Read |
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Bill Bailey gets BBC wildlife park sitcom Bill Bailey will write and star in a new BBC sitcom pilot set in a wildlife park in the west of England. Read |
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Russell Brand to publish a book on addiction Russell Brand is writing a book that aims to be the "definitive" guide to the disease of addiction. Read |
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BBC One orders Hospital People series Hospital People, a mockumentary format in which Tom Binns plays various characters, has been given a full series by BBC One. Read |
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ITV cancels comedy hypnotism show You're Back In The Room ITV has reportedly cancelled You're Back In The Room, the comedy hypnotism show hosted by Phillip Schofield. Read |
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Radio 4 to make Women Talking About Cars Radio 4 is working on a new comedy format called Women Talking About Cars. In the first episode Victoria Coren Mitchell will interview Dawn French. Read |
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BBC commissioner calls for more mainstream comedies BBC commissioner Shane Allen has asked writers and producers to develop more "mainstream" comedy shows. Read |
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BBC Three pilot A Brief History Of Tim to become a series BBC Three is to make a series of A Brief History Of Tim, its Comedy Feeds pilot written by and starring disabled comedian Tim Renkow. Read |
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BBC One orders six more episodes of Porridge BBC One has ordered a full series of the new version of Porridge, starring Kevin Bishop as Fletch's grandson. Read |
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BBC Two orders a full series of Motherland BBC Two has ordered a full series of Motherland, the sitcom co-written by Graham Linehan, Sharon Horgan, Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh. Read |
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Radio 4 axes David Baddiel's Don't Make Me Laugh Radio 4 has axed Don't Make Me Laugh, the Radio 4 panel show created by David Baddiel. The programme was recently reprimanded for jokes about the Queen. Read |
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Winners of major CTBF comedy writing competition announced Christine Robertson, Laura Kirwan-Ashman, Meryl O'Rourke and Sasha Collington have each been awarded £10,000 in the inaugural Betty Box And Peter Rogers Comedy Writing Programme. Read |
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CBBC to air CGI series starring Dennis The Menace CBBC is to air a new comedy series starring famous Beano character Dennis The Menace. Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed will see the character rendered in CGI for the first time. Read |
Content Provider is Stewart Lee's first brand new full-length show since the award-winning Carpet Remnant World. The show is in London at Leicester Square Theatre from November 8th and tours throughout 2017. Book here
The DVD of Stew's final BBC series, Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle (Series 4), is available now. This old fashioned viewing device comes with lots of thrilling extra content including deleted scenes, Stew's episode commentaries and unseen humiliating moments from Chris Morris' interrogations. Available to to buy from Stewart directly after his shows, or via Amazon.
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James Buckley interview We speak to The Inbetweeners star James Buckley about his brand new show, Zapped, which starts on Dave later this week, plus the legacy of The Inbetweeners, the chance of more episode of that, and his career. Read |
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Can you think up a Christmas cracker joke? Can you think up a modern witty Christmas cracker joke? Enter it into TV channel Gold's 2016 festive competition for a chance to win £1,500 in holiday vouchers. Read |
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Jessica Knappett interview Jessica Knappett talks about Series 4 of Drifters and how - unlike her character Meg - in real life she's happily married. Read |
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First Gig, Worst Gig: Shappi Khorsandi Back out on tour now her novel's finished, Shappi Khorsandi talks tutor tears, texting students and a Stephen Merchant moment. Read |
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Nathan Caton interview TV, radio, a new tour - and Nathan Caton still can't afford to move out of his mum's house. Still, there's always football, albeit Brentford. And what's that about The Now Show...? Read |
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Podcasts We published three RHLSTP episodes last week, and a new episode of Hayley & Ruth: Two Stars. In Sitcom Geeks, it's a discussion about idiots. Meanwhile My Dad Wrote A Porno is as funny as ever as they read out the most ludicrous chapter ever. Listen |
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Cold Feet Monday, ITV, 9pm The comedy drama continues. Jenny raises the subject of Harry's will again but Pete has no fight left in him. Meanwhile, Tina turns estate agent to find Adam his dream home. Guide |
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Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit Monday, Dave, 10pm In the last episode of the comedy game comedy show, Jason Manford and Ed Byrne join host Dara O Briain. The games include Asteroids, FIFA '16, Big Buck Hunter, Trials Fusion and a special endgame. Guide |
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Morgana Robinson's The Agency Monday, BBC Two, 10pm In tonight's episode Natalie Cassidy is attempting to give something back to the community by setting up a fame school and teaching local kids everything she knows about show business. Guide |
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Drifters Monday, E4, 10pm Series 4 of the sitcom. With Halloween around the corner, Bunny convinces herself that she has psychic skills, but her ability to predict the future and impress Scott proves to be more than a little flawed. Guide |
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Duck Quacks Don't Echo Tuesday, Sky 1, 8pm Paul Hollywood, Gabby Logan and Hal Cruttenden join Lee Mack in the studio to test out more obscure facts and theories. Guide |
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Mount Pleasant Tuesday, Sky 1, 9pm Ella reveals she's pregnant. But how will Finn react? Elsewhere, the petition to save the park is in full swing and Lisa and Jenna attend a student rally? Guide |
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Taskmaster Tuesday, Dave, 10pm Dave Gorman comes over all bitey, Rob Beckett fills a shoebox with cement and, most importantly, just who will succeed in surprising Alex Horne the most when he emerges from his shed? Guide |
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Damned Tuesday, Channel 4, 10pm Elm Heath Children's Services is doing its best: Al is worrying about the homophobic abuse of some gay parents while Nitin is throwing up everywhere having accidentally put his bottom up on Instagram. Guide |
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Unspun With Matt Forde Wednesday, Dave, 10pm Matt Forde is back with another episode of his topical comedy show. With so much going on in the news, from hard Brexit to mad Donald, there'll be plenty to talk about again this week. Guide |
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No Such Thing As The News Wednesday, BBC Two, 11:15pm Dan Schreiber, Anna Ptaszynski, Andrew Hunter Murray, James Harkin for a second series of their low-budget show in which they pick over the past week's news stories. Guide |
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Josh Thursday, BBC Three In the episode of Josh going up on iPlayer on Thursday, landlord Geoff faces money problems and introduces Kate to the dizzying world of building management politics (guest starring Miles Jupp). Guide |
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Red Dwarf Thursday, Dave, 9pm After a scandalous piece of good fortune Rimmer saves the life of a bio-printed Captain and is promoted, fulfilling his life-long dream of becoming an Officer. Those that have watched this episode on-demand already have said this is a good one. Guide |
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A League Of Their Own Thursday, Sky 1, 9pm James Corden, Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp are joined by Nick Grimshaw, Niall Horan and Kirsty Gallacher for more sports trivia fun. Guide |
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Zapped Thursday, Dave, 9:40pm The first episode of Dave's brand new fantasy sitcom starring James Buckley as a very ordinary man abruptly transported to a parallel world. It looks great - don't miss out. See our interview with James above. Guide |
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Celebrity Juice Thursday, ITV2, 10pm Joining team captains Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton this week are First Dates' Fred Sirieix, cheeky pop star Olly Murs, TV's new golden couple Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash and the one and only Gino D'Acampo. Guide |
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Would I Lie To You? Friday, BBC One, 8:30pm Shaun Ryder, Tom Davis, Henning Wehn and Clara Amfo are the guests who must fib their way through some unlikely stories this week. Guide |
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Have I Got News For You Friday, BBC One, 9pm Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are joined by guest host Stephen Mangan and guest panellists Ruth Davidson NSP and Henning Wehn this Friday. Guide |
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Still Game Friday, BBC One, 9:30pm A funeral brings the community together while bootleg alcohol has a sobering effect on Craiglang's residents in the second episode of the new series. Guide |
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Mock The Week Friday, BBC Two, 10pm Dara O Briain and Hugh Dennis present a special edition of the topical comedy show this Friday, featuring highlights and some previously un-seen bits from the other weeks. Guide |
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The Last Leg Friday, Channel 4, 10pm John Bishop joins Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker in the studio to help dissect the week's events. Guide |
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The Graham Norton Show Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Chris O'Dowd, and former One Direction member Niall Horan will be amongst the guests on Graham's couch this Friday. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown Saturday, Channel 4, 9pm Lee Mack and Bob Mortimer go up against Sean Lock and Victoria Coren Mitchell in this new episode. Alex Horne and the Horne Section join Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner again. Guide |
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The Jonathan Ross Show Saturday, ITV, 10pm Jonathan Ross has lots of comedy guests on this week. He chats to Russell Brand, Alan Davies and Morgana Robinson about their latest projects. Also on the show: the Bros siblings and singer Rebecca Ferguson. Guide |
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Harry Hill's Tea-Time Sunday, Sky 1, 6pm Harry Hill's new spoof cooking show launches this weekend - it mixes chat with surreal comedy and games. Paul Hollywood is the first guest, although this was filmed before the Bake Off issues so there'll be no comment on that. Guide |
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Yonderland
Sunday, Sky 1, 6:30pm The puppet-filled family comedy returns for a third series, and it's a fun as ever. Maybe even more so, as Stephen Fry joins the show as a former Elder with a sunny disposition. See our guide for a trailer. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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Meet The Wife - Series 1-5 All Remaining Episodes PRE-ORDER. One of the BBC's earliest domestic sitcoms and immortalised by The Beatles in Good Morning Good Morning, Meet The Wife affectionately dissects the trials and comforts of mid-life marriage after the kids have flown the nest. Thora Hird and Freddie Frinton star as a middle-aged couple in the north of England, just about managing to make ends meet. Details |
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Cuckoo - Complete Series 1 - 3 PRE-ORDER. BBC Three's hit sitcom starring Greg Davies, Andy Samberg, Taylor Lautner and Helen Baxendale is due back on screens next year. Ahead of that is this brand new complete Series 1 - 3 box set, following the Thompson family as they struggle with Cuckoo's arrival - then his death, and the appearance of long-lost son Dale. Every episode to date is included. Details |
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People Just Do Nothing - The Complete Series 1-3 PRE-ORDER. Cult hit mockumentary People Just Do Nothing follows the highs and lows of Kurupt FM, one of West London's most talked-about pirate radio stations (within a 0.2 mile radius of the transmitter). Led by self-proclaimed legend MC Grindah and his second in command DJ Beats, this hapless crew of social dropouts share the secrets behind running an illegal business. Details |
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Mrs. Brown's Boys: Unplugged & Unleashed - On Air Live OUT NOW. Mrs Brown is unleashed and unplugged for a live episode in this one-off special. Anything could happen... and it did. Broadcast in July, this episode sees Agnes her usual meddling self. When she discovers that Mark and Betty are having bedroom problems, she takes it upon herself to help. Meanwhile, as Dermot's business grows, he has a difficult decision to make about Buster. Details |
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Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle 4 OUT NOW. Stewart Lee's final, and most punishing, BAFTA and multiple-British Comedy Award winning BBC Two stand-up series; recorded live at The Mildmay Club in Stoke Newington, it features six half hour sets on Wealth, Islamophobia, Patriotism, Death, The Migrant Crisis, and Childhood Memories. Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Cookies Cookies in your computer know what you have been looking at online, as these three explain via a song. Watch |
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Snog, Marry, Kill Ever played 'Snog, Marry, Kill'? That's what these three ladies are doing. Watch |
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2016: Year Friends - Episode 9: September Another episode of the online series features various up-and-coming comedy actors. This one features a school themed party and there are eggs everywhere. Watch |
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Lies Dumbledore may not have been telling the whole truth, as we discover in this fun sketch. Watch |
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Bend it Like Binda Meet Binda: a pilates guru with a neon soul, with the answers to the questions you never asked. Who was Joseph Pilates? A carpenter from Bethlehem apparently. Watch |
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Coppers - Operation Subway Police officers Cooper and Tin are on a mission to fight crime. They just need to eat breakfast first. Watch |
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Top 10 Job Interview Tips In the latest installment of the BBC Three YouTube series in which comedians give a top ten list, Michael Spicer offers some job interview tips. Watch |
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Early Man - First look Early Man - from Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park - is filming now, and will be in the cinemas in 2018. This is the first character animation clip released. Watch |
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Whipped The pilot episode of Whipped, an online sitcom set around an adult shop. It stars Chris Kendall, who is perhaps better known via his YouTube username: Crabstickz. Watch |
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Lead Balloon We almost can't bring ourselves to write this: Jack Dee's hit sitcom Lead Balloon turned ten years old last week. Yes, TEN. Do you feel your bones creaking as you read that too? Written by Dee and Pete Sinclair, it ran for only four series between BBC Four and BBC Two, picking up plenty of fans and critical acclaim. Relive Rick Spleen's pain, with the complete DVD set, or in HD from BBC Store. For lots more info, see our Guide |
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