The head of comedy at the BBC, Jon Petrie, is leaving after five years to join Hat Trick Productions. Petrie has been ...

Jon Petrie, the BBC ‘s director of comedy, is leaving the broadcaster to join Hat Trick Productions. Petrie will become the ...

The head of comedy at the BBC, Jon Petrie, is leaving after five years to join Hat Trick Productions. Petrie has been ...

A BBC comedy that has been hailed as "heartfelt" and "deliciously watchable" is set to return for a new series. Set in ...

It’s curtains for BBC comedy Film Club, with the Aimee Lou Wood series reportedly ending after just one series. The six-parter aired in October last year and starred Wood as an agoraphobic film lover ...

EXCLUSIVE: Creatives behind BBC comedy Smoggie Queens have credited RuPaul’s Drag Race UK with clearing the path for more shows about queer communities across the nation. Phil Dunning, who created and ...

With its season two return, Amandaland deserves to be held up alongside Channel 4's dear-departed Northern Ireland-set hit Derry Girls, as the best female-led comedy of recent years. Amandaland airs ...

Here is a copy of the speech given by BBC Director of Comedy, Jon Petrie, at the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool tonight (13th May 2026). This is now our fifth Comedy Festival. It's about looking ...

BAFTA award-winning comedy Amandaland has been commissioned for a third run, the BBC has confirmed - alongside nine other series. The hit show, starring Lucy Punch, Dame Joanna Lumley and Philippa ...

Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool, Jon unveiled six fan favourites that are all returning for a third time What sets the BBC apart is that we are British comedy’s biggest backer by far.