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Jon will lead the UK’s largest generator of original scripted comedy responsible for multi-awarding winning comedies and audience hits including The Young Offenders, Inside No. 9, This Country ...
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Brighton venue launches annual comedy festival. Headliners this year include stand-up comedians Fern Brady, Nish Kumar and Paul Foot. 15 Oct 2024.
- Tanya Qureshi - Head of BBC Comedy
- Emma Lawson - Commissioning Editor
- Ben Caudell - Commissioning Editor
- Gregor Sharp - Commissioning Editor
- Seb Barwell - Acting Commissioning Editor
- Hannah Rose - Assistant Commissioner, North England
- Navi Lamba - Head of Comedy Talent Development
Tanya started her career in commissioning at UKTV, primarily focused on scripted comedy across Dave and Gold. She acted as executive producer on sitcoms Undercover, The Rebel, Henry IX and all series of the critically acclaimed Crackanory. She went on to join Channel 4 as Commissioning Executive working across a varied development slate and was the...
Originating from County Durham, with over 20 years' experience in scripted television, Emma worked her way through the ranks on hours of scripted comedy with major indies including Objective (Peep Show, Star Stories), Fremantle (Count Arthur Strong) and Roughcut TV where she stayed for 10 years working with Ash Atalla on projects including five ser...
Ben has most recently been executive producer on two series of Mandy (BBC Two), and Famalam (BBC Three). He's also been the executive producer of several episodes of Rhys Thomas' A Year In The Life Of A Year (BBC Two) and The Kemps: All True (BBC Two), and Gbemisola Ikumelo's Bafta-winning short Brain In Gear (BBC Two). Before that he worked for Ch...
Gregor has worked as a writer, producer and executive producer for the BBC and in the independent sector. Based in Glasgow. He acts as executive producer on a range of titles including Starstruck, Inside No. 9 and Ghosts, and works across comedy from the Nations.
Seb started his career producing radio comedy for Angle Eye Media, working with rising talent such as Miranda Hart and Tim Key, before moving into TV with innovative sketch show Cowards (BBC Four) and acclaimed biopic Hattie (BBC Four), starring Ruth Jones. Since moving to Roughcut TV in 2012, he has developed and produced comedies including I Live...
Hannah Rose has developed and produced scripted and entertainment titles across the comedy portfolio at the BBC, working with established names such as Sofie Hagen as well as nurturing newer voices such as Jacob Hawley and Alison Spittle for BBC Sounds. Hannah's focus is to shine a light on talent in the North on and off screen.
Navi Lamba has worked as a commissioner at Channel 4 with a focus on E4 and Entertainment, while there she led the curation of the teen strand and worked with Head of Ents Phil Harris to devise social pilots - commissioning multi-platform shows across scripted and unscripted. Navi joined E4 in 2020 from BBC Three where she commissioned short-form f...
New film Saturday Night celebrates the legendary comedy show's origins – but last weekend's poor new season premiere confirmed it's on rockier ground than ever. What went wrong?
Nov 15, 2023 · The BBC New Comedy Awards is unearthing a rich and broad range of brand new comedy stars from all corners of the country, helping to put British comedy back at the heart of world-class...
Jul 9, 2021 · Jon Petrie as has been appointed to the top job in BBC comedy: director of comedy commissioning. He takes over from Shane Allen, who announced he was leaving the Corporation earlier this year after nine years at the helm to go back to making shows, rather than ordering them.
Nov 17, 2023 · The entertainer was well known in the 1970s and 1980s as one half of the comedy and musical act. All the latest content about British comedy from the BBC.
