Ricky Gervais has been named the most powerful person in television comedy in the UK.

WAR-TIME British prime minister Winston Churchill has been named the greatest Briton of all time in a nationwide poll that attracted well over one million votes.

Steve Coogan is to star in a spoof Star Trek show to be broadcast on BBC2 this Christmas.

Caroline Aherne is working on a new BBC2 sitcom set in the UK.

Jeremy Clarkson is to return to BBC2's Top Gear following an absence of more than three years.

The BBC has quit talks to buy future episodes of cartoon hit The Simpsons after rival channels pushed the price to ‘‘ludicrous’’ levels, it announced today.