BBC Comedy, BBC Scotland and Screen Scotland have announced that they will co-fund a new narrative comedy pilot to be produced in Scotland and featuring Scottish talent. This follows a similar... more
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BBC Director of Comedy Jon Petrie today announced the 10 recipients of the supercharged bursary scheme – the BBC Comedy Collective – for mid-level creatives: writers, producers, directors and editors... more
Lee Mack’s much loved, multi-award-winning studio sitcom will return for a new series on the BBC in 2025. Not Going Out is the UK’s longest running UK sitcom currently on air and... more
The Power of Parker, from the creative minds of BAFTA award-winning writers Paul Coleman and Sian Gibson, is set to return to BBC One and iPlayer for a second series following a critically acclaimed... more
BBC Comedy has commissioned Smoggie Queens, an out and out comedy centered around a gang of friends who are fiercely proud of their North Eastern town of Middlesbrough and their small pocket of the... more
Announced at the BBC Comedy Festival in Glasgow, BBC Comedy and BBC Northern Ireland have co-commissioned a 4 x 30” series of Funboys following its successful launch as a comedy short film in 2023.... more
Hit comedy Mammoth, about a PE teacher from the 70s getting a second chance at life, will return for a second series on BBC Two, BBC One Wales and BBC iPlayer.The return of Mammoth, made by... more
Award-winning comedy Outnumbered returns to BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Christmas. Written and directed by the show’s creators, Guy Jenkin and Andy Hamilton, it will follow the chaos in the... more
BBC Director of Comedy, Jon Petrie, today called for the TV industry to save our sitcoms with a focus on protecting homegrown storytelling and creating the next generation of classics, as he... more
Year 6 from Northside Primary School in North Finchley, London has been crowned Britain's funniest with their winning gag: "What’s the hottest area in the classroom? The corner because it's 90... more
