Comedy – Page 23
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NewsLygo: ITVX opens a world of opportunities for producers
Content supremo’s team ready to “spread their wings” with focus on streaming
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NewsApple plucks Fiona McDermott from C4
Broadcaster’s head of comedy will join Jay Hunt’s London-based team
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NewsJimmy Carr returns to C4, as Katz defends offensive jokes
Commissions second series of I Literally Just Told You So; Noel Clarke doc remains in development
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NewsKatherine Ryan issues defence of Jimmy Carr
Calls on roast comedy to be protected at National Comedy Awards
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NewsSpirit appoints Martin Sadofski as first head of scripted
Screenwriter to develop scripted drama and comedy projects
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NewsITV acquires Sex Lives of College Girls
Strikes deal with WarnerMedia for host of scripted shows
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NewsITV to ‘unshackle’ itself from linear with £180m digital pot
Kevin Lygo and Rosemary Newell eye push into sci-fi and comedy ahead of ITVX launch
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NewsC4 dedicates Sunday evening to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Acquires political satire Servant of the People to follow fast-turnaround ITNP doc
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NewsFrayed creator Sarah Kendall: navigating Covid challenges
Sky / ABC co-production filmed in UK and Australia
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NewsNetflix sitcom picked up by Viaplay
Gary Sinyor’s self-funded Hapless to return for second series with Scandi streamer
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NewsBBCS comedy head: genre lines are blurring
Josh Cole considers great writing transcends sub-genres
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NewsThis Is Going To Hurt script editor heads to BBCS
Sister’s Ben Hough joins comedy department alongside Natasha Heliotis & Laurie Farrugia
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NewsIn brief: C4 & NFTS; Eleven & BBC; Beyond Rights
Pair of initiatives designed to improve talent pipeline
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NewsBeryl Vertue dies aged 90
Pioneering producer behind iconic shows Men Behaving Badly and Coupling was key figure in UK sitcoms
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NewsThis Is Going To Hurt portrays NHS ‘with all of its flaws’
Sister preps unflinching adaptation of Adam Kay’s bestseller
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NewsPJDN creators score BBC3 sitcom
Big Talk to produce Steve Stamp and Ben Murray’s Peacock, alongside single drama from Aysha Rafaele