All Comedy articles – Page 57
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NewsMip TV round-up: day two
C4 snaps up Comedy Central hit, Alaska says hello to Jason Isaacs and Blast’s RNLI doc heads to Canada
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NewsBBC buys Nick Hornby comedy
See-Saw Films’ short-form series State of the Union premieres on Sundance TV next month
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FeaturesSimon Nye: Up Pompeii!
Frankie Howerd’s Roman sitcom was never cool, but the influence of its fourth-wall breaking and corpsing lives on, argues the Durrells writer
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FeaturesKirstie Swain: Smack the Pony
The writer of Channel 4’s Pure celebrates a comedy that turned female TV archetypes upside down
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NewsHunt's first Apple slate revealed
Three natural history docs and a Rafe Spall relationship comedy among early commissions
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FeaturesMake ’Em Laugh
Comedy inspirations including Ash Atalla on Alan Partridge; Kirstie Swain on Smack the Pony; and Tania Alexander on Not the Nine O’Clock News
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VideoGhosts, BBC1
BBC1 comedy from the team behind Horrible Histories and Yonderland, produced by Monumental Television
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FeaturesJamie Campbell: Jam
Chris Morris’ fearless, subversive sketch show taught the creative director of Sex Education producer Eleven Film that nothing was off limits
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NewsMae Martin lands E4/Netflix comedy
Objective Fiction to produce Canadian stand-up’s semi-autobiographical show
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FeaturesHow to deliver an N&R success
From comedy and drama to soaps and factual, the nations & regions have produced some standout series over the years
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FeaturesLocal laughs leading the way
Digital platforms and fresh talent initiatives are raising the profile of Scottish, Northern Irish & Welsh comedy and helping secure investment
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FeaturesTania Alexander: Not the Nine O’Clock News
The ‘cerebral titting around’ of BBC2’s satirical sketch show made the Gogglebox executive producer want to join its gang
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NewsLiam Keelan to depart BBC Studios
Scripted portfolio director was with the business for six years
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FeaturesDiscovery: Indies benefit from push into sport and comedy
78% of Discovery’s programming came from 40 indies
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NewsEast Asian writers step up pressure on CBBC
Campaigning group assembles talent directory in its drive to push for a representative team on sitcom Living with the Lams
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NewsC4 pumps £1m into short-form comedy
Broadcaster unveils Sparks initiative and doubles Blaps budget
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NewsTrump spearheads Urban Myths
US president features in third run alongside Madonna and Paul McCartney