Comedy

Listen to a preview clip of Benedict Cumberbatch in Cabin Pressure

BBC seeks comedies to tackle transgender issues

Jim Carrey in first photo from Kick Ass 2

Call the Midwife: Miranda Hart - "Chummy's a lot like me"

Mark Wahlberg to appear with Ted at the Oscars

Helen Hunt on getting naked in The Sessions as a sex surrogate

Ricky Gervais in Derek, Channel 4 – review

Meet the cast of Derek

Ricky Gervais returning to stand-up comedy: “I think it will be my angriest yet"

David Walliams stars in Blandings - preview pictures

From Way To Go to Fresh Meat - What The Inbetweeners did next...

Doctor Who's Matt Smith to make TV directing debut

Kylie Minogue, Idris Elba, Suranne Jones, Anna Friel for new series of Sky Arts Playhouse Presents

Sitcom Hebburn slammed by Tyneside councillor as "very upsetting"

Jonathan Lynn on Yes, Prime Minister's rise to high office

The stars of Pramface on series two, romance and playing football with Angus Deayton

Girls: the story so far...

Sharon Rooney: It would be nice to see normal-looking people on TV

Yes, Prime Minister - preview video

Golden Globes 2013: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's opening duologue - video

Stephen Fry on Blandings: "Without Wodehouse I'd be a tenth of what I am today"

Timothy Spall on Blandings: I laughed so much I couldn’t breathe

"Stella is sexy!" Ruth Jones on the return of her comedy alter ego

Meet the cast of BBC1's comedy drama Blandings

14 new Arrested Development episodes to hit Netflix on one day in May

Johnny Vegas, Katy Brand, Jessica Hynes and Brendan Coyle in new Sky Atlantic comedy shorts series

Jeremy Piven: from Entourage to Mr Selfridge

Dustin Hoffman on directing national treasure Maggie Smith in Quartet

Bring back Fawlty Towers, say British TV fans

Bazinga! New species of bee named after The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper