BBC Comedy are launching six brand-new comedy shorts featuring the likes of Kosar Ali (Rocks), Tom Davis (King Gary) and Lisa McGrillis (Rivals). Airing on BBC Three and iPlayer on Saturday 11 April, the six shorts are: Proper Ladies, Yaxlont, The Doghouse, The Close, Thames View and Glue. Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC said: “Our Short Film strand continues to act as a potential jumping off point for future TV series. The comedy talent we are lucky enough to have

Twenty Twenty Six is a new six-part series for BBC One and iPlayer, from the team behind the BAFTA and British Comedy award winning W1A and Twenty Twelve. Next year’s football tournament will be the biggest ever. Hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico with 48 countries taking part and 16 venues thousands of miles apart across the whole of North America; what could possibly go wrong? Ian Fletcher is about to find out, as he joins the Twenty Twenty Six Oversight Team in Miami as

Small Prophets, the hit series created, written and directed by BAFTA-winning Mackenzie Crook, has captivated audiences, attracting 7.7 million viewers (28-day figure) for episode one, making it the BBC’s biggest new scripted launch of the year to date. Speaking to Deadline, Crook revealed he intends to end the show after an extended second series. The BBC have not yet confirmed for announced a recommission. Crook said: "I want to write a second series. I want it to be eight

Filming has begun on the new BBC comedy, Bill’s Included starring Rob Brydon. Written by Ben Ashenden and Alexander Owen and produced by Baby Cow, the show follows Bill Beam (Rob Brydon), a well‑meaning but over‑enthusiastic divorcee who rents his spare rooms to students to stay afloat. As Bill tries — and often fails — to be both responsible landlord and honorary housemate, he and his mismatched lodgers muddle through chaos, growing pains and unexpected friendships. Joining

The BBC, in association with RTÉ, has recommissioned hit comedy The Young Offenders for a fifth series from producers Vico Films. It will see the hilarious misadventures of hapless heroes Conor (Alex Murphy) and Jock (Chris Walley) continue, alongside their long- suffering mother/guardian Mairéad (Hilary Rose), former nemesis Garda Sergeant Tony Healy (Dominic MacHale) and the unpredictable Billy Murphy (Shane Casey). Created by Peter Foott, and based on his original film, th

EXCLUSIVE Hit comedy Mammoth will return for a third series on BBC Two and iPlayer. TV Zone understands filming is due to commence this June. Made by BBC Studios Comedy, the hit comedy stars Mike Bubbins as PE teacher Tony Mammoth from the 70’s getting a second chance at life. Mammoth was believed to have died in an avalanche during a school trip in 1979, attempting to restart his life after miraculously returning from the dead when his body is discovered frozen in time. Seri

Small Prophets, the hit series created, written and directed by BAFTA-winning Mackenzie Crook, has captivated audiences, attracting 7.7 million viewers (28-day figure) for episode one, making it the BBC’s biggest new scripted launch of the year to date. It is the biggest comedy launch episode across the market (excluding specials) since Ludwig in 2024 (9.5 million viewers, 28-days). For BBC Two, it’s the biggest comedy episode of the last 10 years, well ahead of The Detectori

In an exclusive sketch for Comic Relief: Funny for Money, the BBC’s number one comedy of 2025 Amandaland gets the Red Nose Day treatment in a sketch that promises big names and big laughs. Comical chaos is set to ensue in ‘Amandas-land’ when Amanda (Lucy Punch), joined by Anne (Philippa Dunne), are invited to BBC Broadcasting House for a special live radio interview with Sara Cox – and the pair unexpectedly encounter some of TV’s most legendary Amandas. Caught up in the comed

The BBC has revealed first look images from the award-winning Smoggie Queens which will bring even more chaos, heart and mischief than ever before, when it returns to BBC iPlayer and BBC Three for a second series in Spring. Written by RTS winner and BAFTA nominated Middlesbrough native Phil Dunning, Smoggie Queens tells the story of volatile Dickie (Dunning - Boat Story, Feel Good) along with drag queen Mam (Mark Benton - Patience, Shakespeare & Hathaway), self-styled hun Luc

FX’s comedy series is about food, family, the insanity of the grind, the beauty of Sense of Urgency and the steep slippery downsides has been recommissioned for a fifth and final series. As the young chef Carmy fights to transform both The Original Beef of Chicagoland and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family. John Landgraf, Chairman of FX, commented: "The Bear continues to be a fan favorite wo

EXCLUSIVE TV Zone can reveal the title for new BBC comedy co-starring and co-written by Ruth Jones and Steve Speirs is Better Later . Filming is due to commence in June this year, TV Zone understands. Last year the BBC announced the then-untitled comedy series which is described as "a tender" comedy centred on the unlikely friendship between two people who meet at a knee trauma clinic; retired teacher Clive is 60 and widowed, and environmental officer Shelley-Ann is 55 and go

New eight-part scripted comedy series starring Ben Miller (Professor T, Bridgerton, Death in Paradise), Sally Phillips (Veep, Bridget Jones’s Diary), and Michael Theo (Love on the Spectrum).  Produced by Northern Pictures and Lincoln Pictures, the cast of Austin also includes Gia Carides (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Big Little Lies) and Roy Billing (Jack Irish, Underbelly). Making his acting debut is Michael Theo, the breakout star of the international hit romantic docuseries L

BBC Film, Lionsgate and BBC Studios have given Monumental Television, part of ITV Studios, the greenlight to bring the beloved and award-winning BBC comedy Ghosts to the big screen in Ghosts: The Possession of Button House. Ghosts stars, writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond have written the feature length family adventure film in which Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe will

EXCLUSIVE The long awaited third series of BBC comedy Am I Being Unreasonable, starring Daisy May Cooper, Selin Hizli and Lenny Rush, is to commence production this Spring. The first two series also starred Dustin Demri-Burns (Cardinal Burns, Slow Horses), David Fynn (Daddy Issues), Juliet Cowan (Back to Life), Phil Dunning (Smoggie Queens), Georgie Glenn (Call the Midwife), Beatie Edney (Poldark), Amanda Wilkin (The Split), Helen Ann Bauer (Live at the Apollo), Marek Larwood