Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival in Liverpool, Jon unveiled six fan favourites that are all returning for a third time ...

Hello Liverpool! Thank you for joining us for this year’s BBC Comedy Festival. It feels so exciting to have this festival in ...

“The Prince Harry of the TV Royal Family.” That is how BBC comedy boss Jon Petrie characterized his genre competing with the ...

Bafta-winning BBC comedy Amandaland, starring Lucy Punch and Dame Joanna Lumley, has been renewed for a six-part third series ...

LUCY Punch makes her triumphant return as toxic mum Amanda Hughes, as the BBC’s Amandaland is back on the box. The Motherland ...

Just days after it was handed a BAFTA for best scripted comedy, the BBC has confirmed that a third season of the hit ...

Join BBC Comedy in Liverpool on 13 - 14 May 2026 Cue trumpeters! Cue fireworks! Cue dry ice! Cue dancing Beefeaters! A spectacular opening ceremony sees Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC, don ...

It’s curtains for BBC comedy Film Club, with the Aimee Lou Wood series reportedly ending after just one series. The ...

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 ...

Gemma is a 20-somethings party girl who becomes pregnant after a one-night stand. Malcolm is her feckless father trying to get back on the straight and narrow after a punishing divorce. And when the ...

The BBC Three comedy starring Aimee Lou Wood won't be returning after just one season ...