When it comes to comedy, Britain has a long and rich history. From the works of William Shakespeare to The Benny Hill Show and Monty Python, Britain has often been considered a trailblazer of the ...

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 ...

The British sitcom has long been the subject of media academics. From the famous Monty Python group, to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's groundbreaking The Office, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's ...

"A humorous radio or television series featuring the reactions of a regular cast of characters to unusual situations, such as misunderstandings or embarrassing coincidences; a sitcom." A sitcom ...

Disney has been positioning Hulu as its international tile for more adult-skewing content after dropping the Star brand and ...

The BBC's director of comedy has called on the television industry to help "save our sitcoms". In a keynote industry speech at the BBC Comedy Festival last week, Jon Petrie challenged the sector to ...

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 ...