Sky 1 has released a trailer for family-friendly comedy Yonderland, which contains the first footage of Stephen Fry’s new character, Cuddly Dick.
The programme is set in a magical, madcap world populated by wizards and elves.
Cuddly Dick is a former elder who returns to Yonderland having been imprisoned for years by the now-dead Imperatrix.
Cuddly Dick is a charming eccentric who lives to spread love and kindness.
In this show, famous faces revisit their former homes to share memories and secrets from when they lived there.
This week we get an insight into the colourful life of Janet Street Porter as we look back at her various homes, including the ‘castle’ she built in the middle of London.
Timewasters is a comedy written, created and starring writer and actor Daniel Lawrence Taylor (Uncle) about a struggling South London jazz four-piece who get flung back to the 1920s by a urine-sodden lift in a dilapidated block of flats.
The season, which begins in September, marks 60 years since Galton and Simpson’s Hancock’s Half Hour started on BBC Television.
Our Ex Wife, We The Jury and The Coopers Vs The Rest will air alongside the previously announced new sitcoms - Home From Home and Motherland.
Funny ha ha? The serious business of working in TV comedy” offered invaluable advice to an audience of wannabe comedy producers and writers. The panellists, expertly chaired by Rick Edwards, the writer and presenter of ITV2 panel show Safeword, demonstrated that there are many routes into the genre.
BBC Comedy head of talent Daniell Morrisey started out in TV as a trainee floor manager on BBC One drama Casualty. He recalled this being “a massive baptism of fire at the age of 20”.
The comedy, titled Unspun With Matt Forde, is to feature interviews with leading political figures and will be recorded the day before airing to keep up with unfolding events in UK politics.
Forde, who currently runs a weekly podcast called The Politicial Party with Matt Forde welcoming guests such as Nigel Farage and Alistair Campbell, will be joined by other stand-up comedians in reporting on stories of the week.
TV presenter Rick Edwards hosts the comedy panel at the Hallam Conference Centre. Talent manager Daniell Morrisey, and comedy producers Lucy Armitage, James Farrell, Carol Baffour-Awuah and Gavin O'Grady discuss the hard work that goes in to making people laugh, and provide their top tips for succeeding in TV comedy.
There were sobering words among the laughs generated by the panel, which was expertly chaired by writer and presenter of ITV2 panel show Safeword Rick Edwards.
BBC Comedy producer James Farrell, who boasts Mrs Browns’ Boys among his credits, warned the audience of would-be comedy producers and writers that “comedy is the most difficult genre by a mile to get into and make”. However, he added, “the flip side is that there are very few people who are good at it so, if you’re talented and tenacious, then you will make it”.
Back comes from Emmy-award winning writer Simon Blackwell, who worked with Mitchell and Webb on Channel 4’s popular comedy Peep Show.
When Stephen’s (Mitchell) father Laurie dies, it is finally Stephen’s time to take over the family business, a local pub. His mother and sister (Julie Deakin and Louise Brealey) are too busy aligning positive energies to take an interest in the family business.
I’m in a writing phase at the moment, and the trouble with writing is that it doesn’t lead to an exciting week of activities. Washing out a coffee cup and shouting at Iain Duncan Smith is about as stimulating as it gets.
