Richard Ayoade

Radio Times review

The last time Cameron Diaz was on The Graham Norton Show he slightly lost his grip. Give Diaz an inch and she'll launch into one of her daffy monologues about dating or - as happened last time - what you might describe as women's personal grooming.

On that occasion she had Richard Ayoade quietly dying next to her; this time Ricky Gervais and Ben Stiller will be on hand, partly to publicise their latest Night at the Museum movie and partly to keep La Diaz in check. Her co-star in the Annie remake, Jamie Foxx, is also squeezing onto the sofa, as is EastEnders' Danny Dyer and Australian comic actress Rebel Wilson. It's quite a line-up.

New Chris Morris sketch to air on BBC 6Music on Sunday

A sketch written by Chris Morris, Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding will be broadcast this Sunday on Mary Anne Hobbs' BBC 6Music show, which airs between seven and 10am.

Comedians join Richard Ayoade on his trip

Kathy Burke, Adam Hills, Jessica Hynes and Stephen Mangan join Richard Ayoade on his TV show Travel Man.

Video: Richard Ayoade interview

IT Crowd star Richard Ayoade talks geek fame and Tinder.

Richard Ayoade: I was "dumb" to do the US pilot

The actor and director breaks his silence about the ill-fated US pilot of the hit Channel 4 comedy - but says that the new attempt to revive it may succeed without him.

Review: Richard Ayoade's book Ayoade on Ayoade

Richard Ayoade's caricature of the pompous idiocy of the film industry will delight dedicated fans only.

Apple calls on IT Crowd for UK iPhone 6 adverts

Apple has remade its latest two commercials for the UK, eradicating Americans Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake, and replacing them with IT Crowd comedy legends Richard Ayoade and Chris O'Dowd.

Stars in Andy Murray sketch for Stand Up To Cancer

The former Wimbledon champion will show his funny side in a Stand Up To Cancer spoof where he oversees auditions for roles in the film of his life with Richard Ayoade, Gordon Ramsay, Michael Sheen, Rory McIlroy, Sir Terry Wogan, Pharrell Williams, Britney Spears and many more taking part.

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace was weird, but also truly original and brilliantly funny. A show-within-a-show, it saw Matthew Holness and Richard Ayoade's popular Edinburgh Fringe character, the eponymous horror writer and egomaniac (played by Holness), present his fictional, never-aired TV show, intercut with interviews with cast and crew. It captured the spirit of hammy Eighties action shows, with acting and special effects appalling enough to make Ed Wood look like Steven Spielberg. Being aired late at night with very little advertising actually worked in the show's favour: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace became the true "lost classic" that Marenghi himself always proclaimed it to be.

Richard Ayoade on being true to yourself

Actor, author and 'coolest' man in London Richard Ayoade talks about life after The IT Crowd.