Comedy

Jo Brand on her Great Wall of Comedy, her favourite sitcom and being a "sparkly matron" in Splash!

Hugh Dennis on being a “complete idiot” around Hugh Laurie

The Mighty Boosh to reunite

Jo Brand: There should be more older women on TV

The secret of British comedy success in the US

Alan Partridge turns action hero in new shot from Alpha Papa

Smack the Pony could soon return to Channel 4

Sarah Millican on having a telly in the kitchen

Plebs confirmed for series two return

Al Murray: I pride myself on being uncertain

More satire and silliness: BBC1's Blandings recommissioned for a second series

Downton Abbey has arrived Stateside - finally the show is sent up by The Simpsons

Mathew Baynton on The Wrong Mans, Horrible Histories and Yonderland

Alan Carr to hi-jack Channel 4’s Comedy Gala adverts with Rylan Clark

Horrible Histories: 5 brilliant songs from series 5

Stephen Fry reveals suicide attempt

Matthew Macfadyen and Stephen Mangan to play Jeeves and Wooster

Ricky Gervais: online viewing is "the future"

Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms: British Hangover fans are "utterly insane"

Jessica Hynes Suffragette sitcom Up The Women gets full series

Rebecca Front: "I’d love a role in Sherlock - or as a Doctor Who monster"

Sex, pores and ra-ra skirts: Caitlin Moran writes a semi-autobiographical sitcom for Channel 4

Rik Mayall to play dad of Inbetweeners star Greg Davies in new Channel 4 sitcom

Arrested Development: the Twitter reaction

Horrible Histories: 40 horrible facts

Sarah Millican: Old people are funny, flirty and farty

The man inside David Cross: the return of Arrested Development's Tobias Funke

A huge mistake: Arrested Development cast criticise Fox's 2006 cancellation

Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall, Downton Abbey fly the flag for Britain at Critics' Choice Awards

The most persistent celebrity death conspiracies