Brian Logan: ITV gets worried about offensive terminology, BBC goes for gender-balanced panel shows and Panorama takes on Comic Relief. Plus: Prince to act on a sitcom … as himself
The TV presenter Fern Britton courted controversy at the British Comedy Awards when she made a joking reference to the Sudan teddy bear teacher row. By Rachel Williams
Profile: Peter Serafinowicz has his own BBC show, launched straight from YouTube on to primetime TV, but can his surreal humour now survive the mainstream? By Amy Raphael.
Armando Iannuccu talks to Tim Dowling about The Thick of It, his love of blending the clever with the stupid, and how he almost became a civil servant.
As a show featuring Muslim comedy starts a British tour, its star tells Sarfraz Manzoor why Islam can laugh at itself, why fundamentalists don't get the joke - and why he's definitely hanging on to his beard.
Sharon Horgan is harsh, haughty and very funny indeed. She wrote the best sitcom of 2006. She's the hottest thing in British comedy. So, asks Polly Vernon, how come you've got no idea who she is?
