Interview with producer Dan Patterson

"Traditionally, the minute we go on air the news turns distinctly horrible and that's a nightmare."

Ben Miller shows his comic timing in The Duck House

Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week writers Dan Patterson and Colin Swash parody the expenses scandal with aplomb, Alexia Skinitis discovers.

New comedy improvisation show with a very talented cast. Hugh Dennis hosts and the performers include The Thick Of It's Justin Edwards, Perrier-winner Laura Solon, The Penny Dreadfuls' Humphrey Ker and Greg Davies from The Inbetweeners. It's a pacey mix of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Dan Patterson created that and this) and Mock the Week but in a good way. It's new comedy, so try to give it at least two episodes before you whine endlessly on Twitter about how rubbish you think it is.