Graham Linehan confirms IT Crowd is set for US remake

Writer is on board for NBC's 'reimagining' of the British comedy, which will be the channel's third attempt to deliver the show to an American audience.

The 20 best TV comedies of 2017

Here - in no particular order - are the 20 best shows from 2017.

Motherland, episode 5 review

Kevin's useless, lovable goof shtick has worn thin.

Motherland, series 1

Watching Motherland feels somewhat like how I imagine it feels to watch a car crash unfold. But this is disaster comedy that never takes the easy route.

Vicious middle-class competitive parenting became a painfully sharp sitcom in the hands of Linehan, Horgan et al, with national treasure Diane Morgan its careless hero.

Motherland, episode 4 review

It's become increasingly clear that Julia is not a heroine but an irritant.

Episode four of Linehan, Linehan, Horgan and Walsh's excellent comedy about the Ocado-flavoured trials of suburban motherhood, and Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) is struggling to cope. In what is now a running gag, she calls husband Paul, who is super busy (read: enjoying punting and Pimms). He offers to send his parents to help, but Elizabeth and Geoff only aggravate Julia further, despite Kevin stepping in to offer his "expertise" with the elderly.

Motherland / Detectorists, review

From fundraising cash to buried treasure, these sitcoms are comedy gold.

After the pilot, it was obvious Motherland would return

Creators Sharon Horgan and Graham Linehan mine middle-class motherhood for comedy. These aren't your ordinary middle-class mothers though: they are Mumsnet types that live in large houses in suburban London.