Comedy

Composer Alf Clausen departs The Simpsons after 27 years

Adult Swim delivered a savage burn to Game of Thrones after Rick and Morty

Jeremy Vine slams BBC over its handling of salaries row

The League of Gentlemen to film their three new specials next month

Phoebe Waller Bridge in Fleabag

Fleabag to return for series 2 in 2019

Snobbery is killing British sitcoms, says Blackadder writer Ben Elton

Only Fools and Horses' Del Boy and Rodney would be real-life millionaires in 2017

Decline and Fall: some great performances but you’d be better off with the book

Peter Seranfinowicz on 'sassy Trump', Star Wars and rebooting The Tick

How close did they get? Accent expert rates actors playing real people

Jerry Seinfeld's first stand-up special in nearly 20 years is coming to Netflix

BBC confirms League of Gentlemen will return to television this year

Stephen Mangan to play a troubled therapist in new Channel 4 comedy Hang Ups

Channel 4 says "no plans" for a third Chewing Gum series

US comedian Jerry Lewis dies aged 91

Exclusive first look at Zapped series 2

Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It

Is Malcolm Tucker making a comeback? Peter Capaldi reveals he might be working with The Thick of It's Armando Iannucci next year

Galaxy Quest, Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman

The Galaxy Quest TV spin-off is back in the works with a new writer

exclusiveThe first trailer for Mitchell and Webb's new Channel 4 comedy Back

Mathew Baynton, Rory Kinnear and Tom Basden to star in period medical comedy Quacks

Quacks is a cutting edge historical comedy to rival Blackadder

Strictly Come Dancing Susan Calman Stock Pic

Susan Calman is the ninth celebrity to join Strictly Come Dancing 2017

Rev creator James Wood reveals the real-life Victorian doctors who inspired Quacks

First look at the cast of Mitchell and Webb's new comedy Back

Watch the trailer for Veep creator Armando Iannucci's new film The Death of Stalin

Channing Tatum brought out his best Magic Mike moves for a fan in a petrol station

Netflix’s GLOW is a GO for season 2

Friends star Matt LeBlanc reveals the silly stunt that put Joey's arm in a sling

Rory Bremner vs speech recognition software: we now know who would win

ExclusiveThe BBC won't be making any more Count Arthur Strong