Comedy – Page 28
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Baby Cow self-funds foodbank comedy
Key Worker is based on actor Jon Pointing’s own experience as a volunteer
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Brave New World leads Peacock line-up
BBC1 thriller The Capture and Sky 1 comedy Intelligence also on launch slate
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Baddiel: web bests TV as producers ‘crowbar’ shows into lockdown formats
Comedian’s concerns echoed by Fulwell 73’s Leo Pearlman, who is “bored senseless” of made-at-home shows - even his company’s own
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Ricky Gervais forges Netflix deal
Multi-year agreement for scripted series and comedy specials includes third series of After Life
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BBC3 and BBC comedy chiefs tell indies ‘not to cut cloth’
Fiona Campbell and Shane Allen adopt ’business as usual’ approach to commissioning
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Fincham and Plowman team up for Radio 4 Extra
Interviews with comedy creators is Expectation’s debut radio commission
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BBC Studios exec joins Baby Cow as MD
Sarah Monteith will work closely with chief exec Christine Langan
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Steptoe & Son-inspired bursary launched by BBC
Galton & Simpson comedy scheme will hand one writer £5,500
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Narrativia, Motive and Endeavor strike Terry Pratchett partnership
Big-budget adaptations of Discworld novels on the way
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Sky dramas top download chart
Second series of Save Me and Bulletproof outperform BBC and C4 shows on platform
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C4 furloughs scripted teams
Fiona McDermott and Caroline Hollick soldier on as broadcaster taps into government scheme
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Charlie Brooker indie scores BBC2 one-off
Wipe format revived for Covid-19 special while Sophie Willan scores full run of Alma’s Not Normal
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Dan McGolpin: making linear and iPlayer work ‘hand-in-hand’
Programming controller outlines how BBC is tackling content shortfall