"Taskmaster" is a British comedy panel show that has drawn millions of viewers on YouTube. Now it's bringing thousands to theaters across the U.S.

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 ...

Benidorm, the 2000s sitcom starring Happy Valley's Siobhan Finneran, has landed a new streaming home in the UK. The ITV series, which ran for 10 seasons between 2007 and 2018, follows an assortment of ...

Of all the genres the Brits are well-known for, perhaps comedy is their best. Ever since the dawn of television, creative thinkers across the pond have been evolving the genre of comedy at a ...

The BBC has a new Manchester-set sitcom on the way that you'll want to know all about. Small Prophets was announced earlier this year and follows an "eccentric" man whose partner disappeared a few ...

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is inching towards greenlighting its next big sitcom and we can reveal which producers are in the running. The corporation’s comedy boss Jon Petrie said last May his team would fund ...