Alexander Armstrong has taken over More4's series Perfect Pub Walks from Bill Bailey, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal. The sketch comic and Pointless host will be joined by a celebrity ...

Authenticity is the foundation of all successful comedy writing. Whether you're writing sitcoms or stand-up material, being genuine trumps being clever or meta every time. Audiences have an uncanny ...

Yes Minister. TV sitcom; BBC Two; 1980 - 1984; 22 episodes (3 series) Political satire in which well-meaning MP Jim Hacker has a fast introduction to the world of Whitehall and must then struggle ...

Biographer Graham McCann charts the varied ups-and-downs in the long, remarkable career of comedy icon Frankie Howerd.

Marjolein Robertson and Gareth Waugh have landed their first Radio 4 series, with Peoplewatch a spoof of BBC wildlife series ...

The most important people in Britain, the super-rich, have told the rest of us to "grow up", after claims that living standards are falling. The message is clear. We need to work harder.

As his My Time Capsule podcast passes a significant milestone, we talk to Michael Fenton Stevens about the skills one needs ...

This time it's a transatlantic jaunt for the Jamaica-born, now LA-based Dale Elliott Jr, who's just begun a UK tour. And it ...

Sal Fulcher has won the Sitcom Mission 2025 writing competition with her script Therapists. Sitcom Mission, which takes in 15 ...

Production is underway on the second series of BBC Two comedy We Might Regret This. Created by Lee Getty and Kyla Harris, the ...

Your opening joke sets the tone for everything that follows. Get it right, and the audience is with you. Get it wrong, and ...