Comedy Features
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Behind The ScenesHow we helped Daisy May and Charlie Cooper seek out the paranormal
Executive producer Lisa Clark on setting up the sibling comedy duo for hair-raising experiences on NightWatch
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The Broadcast InterviewSiren call: What’s next for Merman?
The indie’s all-female executive team talk to Marian McHugh about their new sub-label, expanding operations and a tricky funding landscape
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The Broadcast InterviewSharon Horgan: Becoming a hands-on indie boss
The Merman co-founder talks change at the company, signing a first-look deal with HBO and championing new talent
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Behind The ScenesKilling it: Why The Assassin marks something new for Two Brothers
Broadcast chats to Jack and Harry Williams about writers rooms, funding and their latest project, starring Keeley Hawes as the titular hitwoman
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Behind The ScenesThe Assassin: Delivering a killer co-pro
Exec producer Daisy Mount and commissioner Hannah Blyth on talent, co-pros and filming on location in Greece for Prime Video’s thriller
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Behind The ScenesProtecting the secrets of Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
From surprise guest appearances to avoiding the paps, how James Corden, Ruth Jones and the crew pulled off the iconic sitcom’s final episode
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The Broadcast InterviewSteven Moffat on Douglas Is Cancelled and theatrical rejection
The Doctor Who and Sherlock scribe discusses the long route to getting his new ITV drama on screen and taking the Tardis out for another spin
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The Broadcast InterviewReece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton: Closing the door on No. 9
Creators and stars of the black comedy anthology series on pulling down the shutters after nine series and wrestling with the best kind of send-off
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Behind The ScenesBig Mood, Channel 4
Executive producer Lotte Beasley Mestriner on visually depicting the experience of bipolar disorder, while keeping things funny and on budget
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Behind The ScenesThings You Should Have Done, BBC3
Lucia Keskin shot to fame on YouTube parodying sitcoms - Robin Parker finds out how the 23-year-old came to be running one of her own
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The Broadcast InterviewRosie Jones: “I’m not the disabled poster girl”
Rosie Jones on the tricky balance between humour and activism and why the cynic in her thinks she’s ‘just the right amount of disabled’ for TV
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Behind The ScenesThe complex journey to air Blackadder's pilot episode
Executive producer Tom Edwards explains the challenges of bringing the 40-year-old pilot of a beloved show to TV for the first time
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The Broadcast InterviewCatherine Reitman: Workin’ hard
As Workin’ Moms kicks off its final series, its creator reflects on how a primarily female team helped capture motherhood in all its messy details
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The Broadcast InterviewJoe Lycett: a rebel with a cause
The comedian and consumer affairs champion discusses breaking free from formats, the pull of live TV and going viral
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Behind The ScenesLive at the Moth Club, Dave & UKTV Play
Director Rupert Majendie on bringing live ensemble comedy to UK television screens
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Behind The ScenesGhosts (US), BBC3
Joe Port explains how he and writing partner Joe Wiseman approached moving a show about British history across the Atlantic
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Behind The ScenesDon’t Hug Me I’m Scared, Channel 4
Executive producer James Stevenson Bretton on turning six-minute YouTube videos into half-hour sitcom episodes
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Behind The ScenesDead Canny, Dave
TriForce’s Fraser Ayres explains how the initiative which created its comedy pilot sought to platform new and underrepresented talent
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Behind The ScenesBad Sisters, AppleTV+
Executive producer Faye Dorn on the making of Merman’s dark comedy thriller
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Behind The ScenesNewark, Newark, Gold
It took five years for our regional comedy to be greenlit, but it was worth the wait, says executive producer Dave Evans