Graham Norton has been crowned the most influential person in British comedy.

Comedy favourites Only Fools and Horses helped push the BBC to victory in the festive television ratings war in Britain, preliminary viewing figures released today showed.

BBC1 is to screen its first black sitcom The Crouches later this year, it was announced today.

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

TV host Angus Deayton could be axed from satirical show Have I Got News For You in a crunch meeting this week, it was reported today.

Wallace and Gromit fans were today getting a look at the Oscar winning pair’s latest escapade - nearly seven years since their last screen appearance.

BBC1’s boss disclosed today that Irish comic Graham Norton is SO on the top of her wish list for the channel.

The real-life Jeffrey Archer is taking a back stage role at the theatre, but an account of his life will soon be seen in a TV drama.

BBC1 is to screen an insider’s guide to burglary and car theft giving the secrets of the shady trade, it was announced today.

TV presenter Angus Deayton is to continue as the host of Have I Got News For You, despite embarrassing revelations about his private life, the boss of BBC1 announced today.

Dame Edna Everage is returning to British television after a 10-year absence.

The BBC’s award winning comedy, As Time Goes By, starring Dame Judi Dench, is to return to the screens with a new series, the corporation announced today.

The Weakest Link has become the first programme to beat Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? in audience ratings.