I am sure that the great writing talent for TV is still out there, and there is some evidence of it it on Ch 4, and interestingly is still there on Radio. However as Menthol points out the BBC is only interested in posh comedy these days, whether Miranda or the comedians it uses like McCintyre, Brand, Howard, Whitehall (who are all very poor) ... Blimey even the Irish they use, O'Brien and norton, are Irish posh!.