How 'Bull' was filmed

With no gallery and no audience to play to, UKTV's new sitcom tried to take a more naturalistic approach to studio filming.

Behind-the-scenes: Drunk History

Plying comic actors with booze? What can possibly go wrong?

Harry Enfield is planning for his forthcoming sketch show to air without a laugh track - a first for the sketch shows that have made his name.

Just how many characters do Whitehouse, Higson and co have up their sleeves? Last week saw this BBC2 comedy really hit its groove, with a theme of what makes Britain "great" bringing shape to largely improvised comedy. Whitehouse channelled Jon Gaunt for his rent-a-gob DJ and Higson introduced his testy history professor, both playing brilliant off Rhys Thomas' straight man. But the underrated Felix Dexter and Simon Day are this show's unsung heroes - the latter's Alan Bennettpesque poet's verse on "ethnic" cuisine was both laugh-out-loud funny and oddly poignant.

C4 orders full run of Pete v Life

Channel 4 has fast-tracked Comedy Showcase pilot Pete V Life to a full run. The comedy will no longer air as part of the season of comedy pilots, it will instead go straight to a five-part series next May.

Spreading the laughter

For one hot week in May, Hollywood descends on London's Elephant and Castle for The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret, a transatlantic experiment orchestrated by RDF for Channel 4's Comedy Showcase season of pilots.

QI to face-off against The Bill

BBC1 is to pitch panel show QI against ITV1 police drama The Bill when the Stephen Fry-fronted show returns for its seventh series next month.

BBC vetoes Armstrong and Miller's 'gipsy' joke

Armstrong and Miller have agreed to cut the word 'gipsy' from a sketch in their forthcoming series after "debate" with BBC executives.

Harry and Paul moves to BBC2

Tiger Aspect sketch show Harry & Paul will move from BBC1 to BBC2 for its third run - despite scooping a Bafta for its most recent series.

BBC1 eyes more Reggie Perrin

The BBC is understood to be close to commissioning a second series of Reggie Perrin after dusting off the 1970s sitcom earlier this year.