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Romesh Ranganathan to record Radio 2 sitcom pilot Radio 2 is making a pilot episode of Romesh, a new family sitcom based around stand-up star Romesh Ranganathan. Read |
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Ken Dodd awarded knighthood Ken Dodd has been awarded a knighthood, 34 years after receiving an OBE. Read |
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Actor Liz Smith dies Actor Liz Smith, best known as The Royle Family's Nana and The Vicar Of Dibley's Mrs Cropley, died on Christmas Eve. Read |
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James Acaster to write a book Stand-up comedian James Acaster is to publish a book in 2017 titled James Acaster's Classic Scrapes. Read |
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Radio 4 to broadcast six comedy pilots on one day Radio 4 is to "illuminate January with the spirit of misrule" by broadcasting a series of comedy pilots this Saturday, 7th January. Read |
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Crackanory Series 4 stories revealed More information about the fourth series of channel Dave's storytelling series Crackanory have now been revealed, including details on the stories, writers and readers involved. Read |
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Jeff Innocent named best comedian in Comics' Comic Awards 2016 Jeff Innocent was named Best Comic in the 2016 awards which are voted on by comedians. Danny Mcloughlin and Rob Riley were amongst the other winners. Read |
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BBC One to pilot animated sketch show Doodlebugs BBC One is to pilot Doodlebugs, a family-friendly sketch show in which inanimate objects are turned into comedy characters through animation. Read |
Richard Gadd: Monkey See Monkey Do - described as "a brave, funny and frankly magnificent piece of work" - won the Best Show award at the Edinburgh festival. Now, Richard Gadd is performing a run at London's Soho Theatre from Monday 9th January to Saturday 4th February. Info & Tickets
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Uncle writers interview Uncle is back on BBC Three. Writers Oliver Refson and Lilah Vandenburgh explain in this interview why they are ending their sitcom after three series: Read. We also chatted to young star Elliot Speller-Gillott about Series 3: Read |
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Mark Thomas's End of Year Address What better way to look back on a bewildering year than esteemed agitator Mark Thomas holding court on Brexit, Trump and the road ahead. Expect fireworks. Read |
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Count Arthur Strong interview In this funny interview, Count Arthur Strong talks to British Comedy Guide about his plans for 2017. Read |
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Steve Pemberton interview Steve Pemberton gives us some hints about what to expect from the new Inside No. 9 episodes. He also talks about his role in West End play Dead Funny, and how forgetting your lines on stage is the worst nightmare. Read |
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Isy Suttie's The Things We Do For Love Distract yourself from work with the latest funny episode from Isy Suttie's podcast series. She chats to Danielle Ward to get some juicy love-life related stories. Listen See our podcasts page for other shows to hear too. ManBuyCow is a nice silly antidote to January gloom. |
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Revolting Tuesday, BBC Two, 10pm A new topical sketch show from the team behind The Revolution Will Be Televised. Heydon Prowse and Jolyon Rubinstein introduce new characters alongside some of their favourites. Guide |
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Virtually Famous Tuesday, E4, 10pm This week on the internet-content-linked panel show is reality TV stars Spencer Matthews and Danielle Armstrong, plus comedian Tom Allen. Guide |
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We Have Been Watching Wednesday, Gold, 8pm You may have seen the Christmas special, but now the Gogglebox style show in which comedians watch classic comedy scenes returns for a full series. Basil Fawlty hitting a car is amongst the clips watched. Guide |
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No Offence Wednesday, Channel 4, 9pm Series 2 of the comedy drama about a police team. On full surveillance mode, the Friday Street squad have an explosive start to the day, at the funeral of the son of notorious gangster Nora Attah. Guide |
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8 Out Of 10 Cats Wednesday, More4, 10pm Jimmy Carr hosts the New Year Special of the panel show, with team captains Rob Beckett and Aisling Bea joined by guests Joe Lycett, Kate Humble, Jamali Maddix and Rick Edwards. Guide |
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Second Opinion Wednesday, BBC Two, 10pm A new studio based comedy show pilot about medical science. Dr Xand van Tulleken (you may have seen him before on shows like Trust Me, I'm A Doctor) is the host. Guide |
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Scot Squad Wednesday, BBC One Scotland, 10:40pm The start of Series 3 of BBC Scotland's mockumentary about the police. This week PC Jack McLaren and PC Sarah Fletcher make a revealing discovery when they respond to a pair of convivial naturists. Guide |
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The Big Fat Quiz Of Everything Friday, Channel 4, 9pm Jonathan Ross, David Walliams, Katherine Ryan, Aisling Bea, Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade join Jimmy Carr for another long-form panel show quiz. Guide |
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QI Friday, BBC Two, 10pm Fill your brain up with more facts to impress your friends with, as QI continues. Phill Jupitus, Nish Kumar and Holly Walsh are the guests this time. Guide |
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Graham Norton's Big Red Chair Friday, BBC One, 10:35pm A special episode of The Graham Norton Show in which the host shares some of his favourite clips from the end segment of his show, and meets some of the people who have entertained the nation with their stories. Guide |
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Uncle Sunday, BBC Three, 10am In Episode 2, on iPlayer from Sunday, Andy makes a start on his new career, but finds songwriting for a boy band more difficult than he'd imagined. If you are watching on 'normal TV', the new series starts on BBC One on Friday at 11:25pm. Guide |
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Still Open All Hours Sunday, BBC One, 8:30pm Granville tries to sell some out-of-date mints, with results that get tongues wagging. Meanwhile, Mrs Featherstone is still trying to tempt Granville to become her fourth husband. Guide |
For a complete list of broadcasts, including repeats and radio comedy, see our full schedule.
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Stuart Goldsmith - An Hour OUT NOW. Comic and podcaster Stu Goldsmith recently made a Christmas present of his new stand-up album, and gave it away for free on his Comedian's Comedian podcast feed to the first 15,000 subscribers who could get their hands on it. If you missed the free copy, you can buy it here for 'beans', or see him live on his forthcoming tour of the UK and Ireland. |
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Citizen Khan - Series 5 PRE-ORDER. Series 5 of the award winning sitcom sees the nation's favourite loud-mouthed, tight-fisted, but big-hearted self-appointed community leader Mr Khan facing the same challenges of many fathers: how to make ends meet, keep Mrs Khan and his family happy and continue to be the pillar of the local community. Buy it now as a download, or order the DVD ahead of release. Details |
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Dick Emery At Thames Television PRE-ORDER. A regular on television over four decades, Dick Emery was one of Britain's comedy giants. A natural mimic and man of many guises, his comic brilliance created many memorable characters. Though most of his output was for the BBC, Emery made three high popular variety specials for Thames Television, and all are included on this re-released DVD. Details |
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Cunk On Christmas OUT NOW (ON DOWNLOAD). Lots of laughs in this spoof documentary as Diane Morgan returns as the earnest yet sceptical Philomena Cunk, this time exploring the traditions and trappings of Christmas, including pagan festivals, the Nativity and 'Sir Charles Dickings'. Details |
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The IT Crowd - The Ultimate Boxset OUT NOW. Freshly released just before Christmas, this is the first complete collection of the hit computer-geek sitcom from Channel 4 and writer Graham Linehan. All four series of The IT Crowd are included, plus the outrageous finale special, in this five-disc box set. Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade and Katherine Parkinson star. Details |
For more, see our full list of new releases and items coming soon.
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Robbing A Bank These two robbers are preparing a heist... but may not have all the equipment they need. Watch |
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Not Going Out - Series 8 Trailer The new series of Lee Mack's sitcom starts on Friday 13th January. An unlucky date for some people, but not for fans of this gag-packed sitcom. Here's a preview: Watch |
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Morecambe & Wise 1966 interview From the vaults of BBC Solent, a complete interview with Morecambe and Wise... unseen in over 50 years! This was recorded when they visited The Winter Gardens at Bournemouth in 1966. Watch |
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First World Problems Sometimes it's easy to lose perspective... as this sketch shows. Watch |
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2016: Year Friends Across last year, rising comedy stars Al Roberts, Ellie White, Jamie Demetriou, Daran Johnson, Liam Williams and Natasia Demetriou made their own surreal online sitcom. Now's a great time to catch up on all their adventures. Watch |
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The Drunk - Taking a Sip This great short online series (which is almost dialogue free) sees a drunk man (played by Seann Walsh) try to find his way home after a night down the pub. Watch. It's not connected, but BBC Three has published a tour documentary following Walsh too: Watch |
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Chewing Gum - Series 2 trailer Tracey is back! The much anticipated second series of Michaela Coel's sitcom starts on E4 on Thursday 12th January. Here's a peek at what is to come: Watch |
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The Antiques Roadshow An animated sketch by So On And So Forth about a trip to The Antiques Roadshow. Watch |
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Prevenge - Trailer Prevenge is Alice Lowe's directing debut feature film. She plays a pregnant woman who goes on a killing spree. It's in cinemas on the 10th February 2017. Watch |
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The Girl Who Has Never Laughed A video about a serious condition, featuring a whole load of up-and-coming comedians. The sufferer explains: "We find things funny, we just don't laugh." Watch |
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The Arthur Haynes Show Celebrating its 60th anniversary just yesterday was The Arthur Haynes Show, an ITV sketch show starring the comic (with straight man Nicholas Parsons) that ran for an amazing 158 episodes over 14 series before Haynes's premature death in 1966, aged just 52. Now sadly largely forgotten, Haynes and the show have been brought back to the fore with every surviving episode out on DVD. Guide |
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