Speech given by BBC Director of Comedy, Jon Petrie, at the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool Hello Liverpool! Thank you for ...

The BBC is making Season 3 of 'Amandaland', 'Am I Being Unreasonable?', 'Black Ops' and 'Such Brave Girls', the ...

Reflecting on the breakout success of Mackenzie Crook’s Small Prophets, BBC comedy chief Jon Petrie is pleased that his team ...

Comedy producers have been told to locate their “funny bones” when pitching shows to the BBC by the most powerful person in British comedy commissioning. Jon Petrie, who runs BBC comedy, set out his ...

The Prince Harry of the TV Royal Family.” That is how BBC comedy boss Jon Petrie characterized his genre competing with the ...

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 ...

It’s curtains for BBC comedy Film Club, with the Aimee Lou Wood series reportedly ending after just one series. The ...

Something has happened to BBC comedy. For a decade, marginalised voices have been front and centre. A channel that gave a platform to shows written by working-class women (Alma’s Not Normal), women ...

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 ...

Am I Being Unreasonable?, described by the BBC as a "twisted comedy thriller", has confirmed that it will be back on our ...

The BBC panel series has been a staple of its lineup since 1990. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor CNN is taking a swing at comedy, with plans to launch a U.S. version of the long-running BBC comedy quiz ...

From Monty Python to The Office, from Fleabag to This Country, we have been a champion of British comedy excellence for decades. Our focus remains on finding and backing the diverse voices that ...