Investing in online and making television shows for other broadcasters is helping STV, the Scottish version of ITV, to grow  at a time when the traditional ad market is set to stay flat over the medium term.

The former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton will be among unlikely celebrities putting on their dancing shoes for Comic Relief next month, it was announced last night.

Women led the laughs, both in the NHS and the Hamptons, but even Claire can't save 'Homeland'

Hastings Pier, the seaside attraction that became an unlikely musical mecca in the 1960s by hosting performers from the Rolling Stones to The Who, is to be restored following an £11m Lottery grant.

1. The London Olympics

The former Downing Street spin doctor Alastair Campbell is to make his debut as a host on satirical panel show Have I Got News For You.

This is a critical year for BBC comedy, when it will finally seek to address previous failings in giving a television platform to the funniest women in Britain.

Miranda Hart is set to consolidate her position as one of the biggest comedy stars in Britain after scooping four nominations at the British Comedy Awards.

After recent dip Frenchman is back to his belting best (just don't mention his Muhammad Ali resemblance)

After playing everyone’s favourite foul-mouthed spin doctor in The Thick of It, Peter Capaldi was surely destined for Hollywood. But as the actor tells Gerard Gilbert, he’s no Hugh Laurie...

Bedwetting, race hate, Communist holidays and zombies, according to this latest batch of memoirs

Comic queen and friends are on song

A new exhibtion, Things, at the Wellcome Collection, opens in London today.