British Comedy Guide
Ben Palmer
Ben Palmer

Ben Palmer

  • Director and executive producer

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Hugh Bonneville & Karen Gillan lead ITVX comedy from Steven Moffat

Hugh Bonneville and Karen Gillan are to star in Douglas Is Cancelled, a new comedy drama for ITVX written by Steven Moffat, his first television comedy in the two decades since Coupling.

British Comedy Guide, 17th November 2023

Hugh Bonneville to play villain in Noel Fielding's Dick Turpin comedy

Hugh Bonneville plays the villain in The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin, Noel Fielding's Dick Turpin comedy for Apple TV+, leading an all-star comedy cast that also includes Asim Chaudhry, Tamsin Greig and Mark Heap.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd August 2023

Noel Fielding stars as Dick Turpin in Apple TV+ comedy

Noel Fielding stars as Dick Turpin in a new comedy about the "dandy highwayman" for Apple TV+.

British Comedy Guide, 12th April 2022

Lee Mack sitcom Semi-Detached axed, as comic makes Soccer Aid film

Lee Mack's sitcom Semi-Detached has been cancelled by the BBC, while the comic has started making an ITV football documentary.

British Comedy Guide, 18th June 2021

Asim Chaudhry & Stephen Merchant join BBC Christmas comedy

BBC One has announced that Asim Chaudhry and Stephen Merchant will star in a Christmas comedy, as neighbours thrown together on a 300-mile road trip.

British Comedy Guide, 1st November 2018

Daniel Mays to star in Sky comedy pilot Code 404

Daniel Mays has filmed Code 404, a non-broadcast pilot for Sky described as a 'police comedy'.

British Comedy Guide, 11th October 2018

Sky confirms more Urban Myths episodes

Jack Whitehall, Ade Edmondson, David Suchet, Noel Fielding, Sheila Hancock and Philip Glenister are amongst the stars of Sky Arts' 2018 Urban Myths episodes.

British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2017

Back review

David Mitchell, Robert Webb, and writer Simon Blackwell are back with more caustic comedy, but the true joy of this show is imagining what happens next.

Steve Greene, IndieWire, 16th November 2017

In defence of Sky's white MJ

Art and entertainment must be free to be offensive.

Maren Thom, Spiked, 17th January 2017

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