The head of comedy at the BBC, Jon Petrie, is leaving after five years to join Hat Trick Productions. Petrie has been ...

Jon Petrie, the BBC ‘s director of comedy, is leaving the broadcaster to join Hat Trick Productions. Petrie will become the ...

Jon Petrie, the BBC’s director of comedy, is leaving the broadcaster to join Hat Trick Productions. Petrie will become the ...

A BBC comedy that has been hailed as "heartfelt" and "deliciously watchable" is set to return for a new series. Set in ...

EXCLUSIVE: Creatives behind BBC comedy Smoggie Queens have credited RuPaul’s Drag Race UK with clearing the path for more shows about queer communities across the nation. Phil Dunning, who created and ...

Gavin & Stacey and Barbie actor Rob Brydon will front a brand new comedy for the BBC. Bill's Included will feature Brydon as Bill Beam, a middle-aged man described as "warm-hearted and eager but ...

The couple had been together for decades.

BAFTA award-winning comedy Amandaland has been commissioned for a third run, the BBC has confirmed - alongside nine other series. The hit show, starring Lucy Punch, Dame Joanna Lumley and Philippa ...

With its season two return, Amandaland deserves to be held up alongside Channel 4's dear-departed Northern Ireland-set hit Derry Girls, as the best female-led comedy of recent years. Amandaland airs ...

Gemma is a 20-somethings party girl who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand. Malcolm is her feckless father trying to get back on the straight and narrow after a punishing divorce. And when the ...

Here is a copy of the speech given by BBC Director of Comedy, Jon Petrie, at the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool tonight (13th May 2026). This is now our fifth Comedy Festival. It's about looking ...

Sex Education‘s Aimee Lou Wood‘s BBC romantic comedy series Film Club has built out cast. She is penning Film Club with Ralph Davis (House of the Dragon), who is also starring in the show, and added ...