Press clippings
BBC Comedy Festival 2024 sessions now available to book
The BBC Comedy Festival 2024 will be in Glasgow on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd May, with speakers set to include Armando Iannucci, Jennifer Saunders and Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith. Free tickets to the sessions can be booked now.
British Comedy Guide, 8th April 2024Sian Gibson joins Mike Bubbins' sitcom Mammoth as it comes to BBC Two
Mike Bubbins' sitcom Mammoth will air UK-wide on BBC Two, with Sian Gibson joining the cast, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal as we share a first image from the series.
British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2024"We're going back to silly": what's the next turn for British comedy in era of nostalgia?
It's no joke for new shows as classic favourites live on while investment in sitcoms and sketches falters.
Alexandra Topping, The Guardian, 16th February 2024Gregor Fisher & Greg McHugh to star in BBC One sitcom Only Child
Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh are reuniting to play father and son in a new BBC One sitcom, Only Child, in which McHugh is a budding author, returning to his family home in North-East Scotland to look after his recently widowed, ageing and wilful dad, (Fisher), as he slips into ever more eccentric and erratic behaviour.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024Philomena Cunk to return in BBC special Cunk's Quest For Meaning
BBC Two will broadcast Cunk's Quest For Meaning, a one-off 75 minute special in which Diane Morgan will reprise her role as Philomena Cunk to try and discover the meaning of life.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024Dreaming Whilst Black gets Series 2 commission
Dreaming Whilst Black, the comedy starring Adjani Salmon as an aspiring filmmaker, is to return to BBC Three for six more episodes.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024Man Like Mobeen Series 5 confirmed
Man Like Mobeen, the sitcom starring Guz Khan, will return to BBC Three for a fifth series.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024Alan Partridge to return in new BBC comedy series And Did Those Feet
BBC One will broadcast And Did Those Feet... With Alan Partridge, a new six-part spoof documentary series starring Steve Coogan as his famous character.
British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024BBC Comedy Collective 2024 applications open 11th January
Applications open on 11th January for the second cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective - the collection of bursaries focused around up-and-coming comedy writers, producers and directors.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024Inside No. 9 Series 9 cast revealed
Filming is underway on the ninth and final series of Inside No. 9. The guest cast joining creators Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton will include Siobhan Finneran, Adrian Scarborough, Matthew Kelly, Eddie Marsan and Susan Wokoma.
British Comedy Guide, 20th December 2023