Television

Flight of the Conchords
Wednesday, 22 May 2013 - 9:49am

Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong turned down the chance to help write the Flight of the Conchords it has been revealed.

Eddie Izzard
Friday, 2 March 2012 - 2:04pm

The full cast for this Sunday's Secret Policeman' s Ball has been unveiled, with Chris O’Dowd, Matt Berry, Jimmy Carr and Eddie Izzard joining the line-up.

Friday, 2 March 2012 - 12:50pm
We normally only write about British things because we're British and so it makes good British sense. But you know what?
Friday, 2 March 2012 - 10:29am

We normally only write about British things because we're British and so it makes good British sense. But you know what?

Patrick Monahan
Saturday, 25 February 2012 - 2:21pm

It's sometimes easy to forget that Comic Relief and its we-don't-entirely-understand-it younger sibling Sport Relief are actually very funny, given that it gets mashed up in the collective national

Russell Tovey
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - 12:42pm

ITV's comedy rejuvenation is continuing with Him & Her's Russell Tovey the latest to land a pilot.

White Van Man BBC Three press shot
Wednesday, 22 February 2012 - 12:38pm
There have been rather a lot of UK exports to America in comedy terms this year. Here's a round up of the casting decisions so far.

Watson and Oliver
Tuesday, 21 February 2012 - 5:57pm

Last night’s long-awaited premiere of new sketch show Watson & Oliver has been met with a mixed critical response.

Life's Too Short, with Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Warwick Davis
Monday, 20 February 2012 - 2:12pm

Life’s Too Short received its American premiere on HBO last night, and was met with an underwhelming response from the critics.

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Friday, 17 February 2012 - 3:01pm

Steve Coogan will star as porn publisher and club owner Paul Raymond in Michael Winterbottom’s new film, King of Soho.

Thursday, 16 February 2012 - 7:41pm

John Barrowman has fronted a comedy panel show for ITV1 based on his own life.

10 O'Clock show
Thursday, 16 February 2012 - 2:06pm

When 10 O'Clock limped to the end of its first run we wrote a piece on where it needed to sort itself out.

Miles Jupp running
Monday, 13 February 2012 - 2:25pm

Cuban Brothers, Outnumbered's Tyger Drew-Honey and Miles Jupp have all joined the line-up for Let's Dance for Sport Relief.

Noel Fielding Luxury Comedy
Friday, 3 February 2012 - 7:27pm

Channel 4 has ordered a second series of Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy.

The new high-profile surreal comedy on Channel 4 has broadcast two episodes so far, with the new project being met with a mi

Billy Connolly
Monday, 30 January 2012 - 2:15pm

Billy Connolly was crowned the top British comedian in a poll by Dave today. It’s vaguely curious, but interesting first and foremost for being full of OLD.

Thursday, 26 January 2012 - 7:38pm

We half-wrote some notes on the Comedy.co.uk awards which were announced on Monday and then sort of forgot about them, but WE HAVE REMEMBERED THEM AGAIN because (a) they're rather interesting readi

Angelos Epithemiou
Wednesday, 25 January 2012 - 12:47am

Angelos Epithemiou and Ulrika Jonsson will team up for this year's Let's Dance for Sport Relief, competing against Omid Djalili and Patrick Monahan.

Friday Night Dinner
Tuesday, 24 January 2012 - 4:54pm

Friday Night Dinner could be heading to the states after NBC gave the green light to a pilot of the Channel 4 show.

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Tuesday, 17 January 2012 - 11:32pm

Armando Iannucci has accused David Cameron of creating a risk of forcing Scotland to become independent on the debate over how a referendum should be carried out.

Spy Sky 1
Thursday, 12 January 2012 - 10:29pm

We wrote a frankly delicious piece after the British Comedy Awards over at Digital Spy about how the whole shebang was a major embarrassment for the BBC and rather successful for Sky.

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