Comedy – Page 67
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BBC3 to showcase fresh talent in stand-up series
BBC3 will showcase fresh stand-up comedians in a series from Dynamo: Magician Impossible indie Phil McIntyre Television, as it continues to gear up for life online next year.
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Sky names comedy chief amid exec shake-up
Sky has appointed Jon Mountague as head of comedy and promoted Sky 1 director Adam MacDonald in a wide-ranging executive shake-up by new content boss Gary Davey.
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Jimmy Carr to record Netflix special
Jimmy Carr will become the first UK comedian to record an original stand-up show for Netflix.
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Objective builds comedy team
Objective Group has hired two development executives as it starts to build its newly-established comedy label.
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Comedy commissioners draw up their wishlists
Six of the UK’s top comedy commissioners set out their stalls at the Broadcast Commissioning Forum, opening up about their priority slots, tone and talent.
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Left Bank developing viral sitcom for Comedy Central
Left Bank Pictures is developing a Comedy Central sitcom about a man who becomes a viral hit after being dumped by his girlfriend on Facebook.
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Unstoppable to showcase emerging comedy talent
True North managing director Marc Allen has lifted the lid on his new indie – a comedy label established with Release The Hounds producer James Abadi.
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Viacom hands Holmes expanded remit
Viacom has promoted Comedy Central UK boss Louise Holmes to oversee programming for the comedy channel and MTV UK as part of a management team shake-up.
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Live at the Apollo moves to BBC2
Live at the Apollo is to move from BBC1 to BBC2 as the latter bids to become more of a home for stand-up comedy.
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British Comedy Awards cancelled for 2015
The British Comedy Awards have been cancelled this year as organisers attempt to finalise a new broadcast partner for the 25-year old event.
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Drifters writer: BBC3 online move ‘robbing’ new generation of talent
The decision to move BBC3 online is “robbing an audience and new generation of talent of a creative outlet” according to the writer of comedy Drifters.
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StudioCanal backs Inbetweeners indie
StudioCanal has launched a production company led by a team including The Inbetweeners’ Spencer Millman and Simon Bird and overseen by Red Production Company founder Nicola Shindler.
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Ofcom raps Comedy Central for trailer watershed blunder
Comedy Central has been rapped by Ofcom after broadcasting risqué trailers before the watershed over several months.
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People Just Do Nothing wins double order
BBC3 has ordered another two 6x30-minute series of Roughcut Television’s pirate radio mockumentary People Just Do Nothing.
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Professor Branestawm returns to BBC
BBC in-house comedy has begun filming a second episode of Harry Hill’s Professor Branestawm to air this Christmas.
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E4 refreshes scripted comedy
E4 is freshening up its scripted comedy slate by taking Roisin Conaty’s Game Face to series and commissioning a sitcom from the writers of BBC3’s Cuckoo.
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BBC3 eyes more People Just Do Nothing
The Kurupt FM crew is set to survive BBC3’s move online, with the youth channel keen to commission a third series of People Just Do Nothing.
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iPlayer orders first scripted feature film
The BBC has commissioned its first feature-length scripted film for iPlayer – a comedy drama based on the rivalry between snooker players Alex Higgins and Steve Davis.
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Objective prepares major restructure
Objective Productions is kicking off a company-wide restructure - launching three genre-specific labels under the guidance of new chief executive Layla Smith.
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Dave calls for more Taskmaster
Dave is bringing back Greg Davies and Alex Horne’s comedy challenge series Taskmaster for a further two series.