All Hat Trick Productions articles – Page 14
-
NewsArmstrong to front BBC1 satire pilot
Armstrong and Miller’s subsidiary Toff Media is piloting a companion show to Have I Got News For You that will cast a satirical eye on the week ahead.
-
NewsBBC vetoes Armstrong and Miller's 'gipsy' joke
BROADCAST TV COMEDY FORUM: Armstrong and Miller have agreed to cut the word ‘gipsy’ from a sketch in their forthcoming series after “debate” with BBC executives.
-
NewsITV1 goes for Hat Trick’s Dinner Date
Hat Trick Productions is moving away from its comedy roots with a dating-meets-cookery show pilot for ITV1.
-
NewsMulville and Fry savage TV’s compliance culture
Jimmy Mulville and Stephen Fry launched an angry Edinburgh tirade against the box-ticking culture of TV compliance, sparking relief among execs who welcomed the “bullet-proof ” talent’s decision to say “what everyone else is thinking”.
-
NewsKrod Mandoon facing uncertain future
The BBC has retracted claims by senior staff that it has axed Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire because of funding issues.
-
NewsBBC2 green lights Alan Davies chef comedy
BBC2 has greenlit Whites, the kitchen comedy co-written by Peep Show star Matt King and featuring Alan Davies as a lacklustre celebrity chef.
-
NewsObjective exec joins Armstrong and Miller indie
Comedians Ben Miller and Alexander Armstrong have poached a senior Objective comedy executive to help broaden the output of their indie, Toff Media.
-
NewsArmstrong and Miller get third series
BBC1 has ordered a third run of sketch series The Armstrong and Miller Show before the second has even aired.
-
Behind The ScenesKrod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire
Writers Peter Knight and Brad Johnson on making comedy work for US and UK audiences.
-
News
BBC goes for Gold in Worst team’s Olympics spoof
The BBC is lining up a mockumentary about the 2012 Olympic Games from the writers of The Worst Week of My Life.
-
News
French indie buys Hat Trick's Worst Week
The Worst Week of My Life is getting a Gallic makeover after Hat Trick International licensed the rights and the script to Les Productions de l'Abreuvoir.
-
News
Hat Trick brings science and comedy to BBC4
Hat Trick is making a science-meets-comedy panel show for BBC4.
-
NewsHat trick of Golden Globe nominations for Cranford
BBC1 period drama Cranford has picked up three nominations in this year's Golden Globe awards.
-
NewsBroomfield scores Grierson hat trick
Nick Broomfield became the first person to win three Grierson's while Andrew Marr was also among the winners at last night's British Documentary Awards.
-
NewsHat trick of promotions at RDF USA
RDF USA, the producer behind ABC's version of Wife Swap, has promoted three key executives within its creative team.
-
NewsRDF's Manners hired by Hat Trick as first COO
Have I Got News For You producer Hat Trick Productions has hired RDF commercial director Debbie Manners as its first chief operating officer.
-
NewsHat Trick to produce its first online drama
Hat Trick's multimedia and drama departments have teamed up for the first time to produce the indie's first online drama, commissioned by car manufacturer Ford's media agency MindShare.
-
NewsHat Trick plans to extend HIGNFY and Room 101 online
Hat Trick is in talks with the BBC about extending the Have I Got News For You brand into a UK equivalent of US satirical website The Onion.
-
NewsHat Trick plans to extend HIGNFY and Room 101 online
Comedy Forum: Hat Trick is in talks with the BBC about extending the Have I Got News For You brand into a UK equivalent of US satirical website The Onion.
-
News
BBC2 to co-produce Hat Trick comedy
BBC2 is to screen medieval comedy Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire after signing up as co-production partner on the Hat Trick Productions comedy.