As I’m finishing off my book on Channel 4’s history, I’ve been reflecting on the elements and the stars missing from today’s TV, despite...

The daughter of Welsh comedians Gladys Morgan and Frank Laurie, singer and comedian Joan Laurie was just nine years old when she started appearing...

Birds of a Feather co-creator Laurence Marks owes his career to a writers’ group that continues to provide a supportive space to try out...

Stories don’t come much more dramatic than Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League final win in Istanbul, when they came back from 3-0 down to beat...

Despite his diminutive size, Barry Chuckle was one of the titans of children’s television over the last three decades. As one half of the...

BBC Arts’ new Debut scheme, co-produced with talent management and production company Avalon, was created to showcase the work of writers who have never...

A popular comedian turned writer and producer, Hugh Clifford Stuckey made history as the first comedy writer hired by Australian television, for Sydney Tonight,...

Soho Theatre has created an on-demand video service dedicated to streaming its shows by emerging and established comedians. Soho Theatre On Demand is part of...

BBC Arts' decision to launch first-time playwright initiative, Debut, to create work for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, was something of a PR own goal...