Camilla Long

David Mitchell the saviour of TV comedy? I'd have laughed in your face - but it's true

Television has been so serious for too long. Enter the corduroy lifer from Peep Show - Ludwig is a delight.

Queen Of Oz review

"You can't satirise the royals - they're unimprovable".

The Fawlty BBC just won't get the joke

So the thoughtcrimers have finally come for Basil Fawlty, the man whose very existence was designed to poke fun at the thick, the hateful, the bigoted and the wrong, says Camilla Long.

TV review: Breeders

Why are TV producers trying to convince everyone it's funny to shout at your children?

TV review: Inside No. 9

The quality of Inside No. 9 varies. Some of the episodes unfurl like exquisite, spooky jewel boxes; others feel too much like "theatre". The first episode of the new series fell into the latter category: a neat little three-act drama about four referees at a football match.

Review: Defending The Guilty

A smart little comedy featuring the likeable newcomer Will Sharpe.

Whatever happened to Jeremy Clarkson? He doesn't seem to have been on TV much lately but here he is, hosting the first edition of the unstoppable topical quiz's 50th series. Expect zingers about the refugee crisis and Jeremy Corbyn's sandals, plus perhaps some insight into what his friend David Cameron gets up to in the Oxfordshire countryside. Flanking the Jezmeister are regular captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, as well as Pointless star Richard Osman and Camilla Long.

Ricky Gervais: Bad parents should be sterilised. Fact

The comedian is unrepentant about his caustic performance as host of the Golden Globes and happily vents more spleen on faith, marriage and 'useless people'.

The actor's wild, shag-pad days are gone: now it's pony club, a remake of Reggie Perrin and dad behaving nicely in the Dorset countryside.