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This spring, BBC Creative, the BBC’s in-house creative agency, is launching Love at First Laugh, a playful new campaign using iPlayer’s comedy collection to explore whether shared humour could be the secret to sparking real-life connections by matching singles based on what makes them laugh.
BBC Children’s and Education and New Pictures (an All3Media Company) has revealed the cast and a first look at the upcoming series CRONGTON, a new ten-part comedy-drama for BBC iPlayer written by the award-winning writer and comedian Archie Maddocks and based on the best-selling British novels by Alex Wheatle.
Dawn French (French & Saunders, Murder Most Horrid, Roger & Val, Jam and Jerusalem, Delicious) and Mark Heap (Friday Night Dinner, Green Wing) star in Can You Keep a Secret? a new sitcom, written and created by Simon Mayhew-Archer (This Country, Josh) and directed by Simon Hynd (Ghosts, Motherland).
The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty is the brand new live audience sitcom from Christian Brighty and Amy Greaves.
Tom or Jerry? Messi or Ronaldo or Grande? Birds or Bees?
New BBC One quiz show, The Answer Run, gives its contestants the answers, they just need to take a 50/50 swipe at which one is right.
The Answer Run, made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, arrives on screens this month and sees comedian Jason Manford as host, guiding players through ‘The Run’.
Three pairs of contestants will compete in each episode swiping their way through the fast-paced, general knowledge questions hoping to bank a cash prize.
BBC Studios has appointed two new staff writers, Christina Riggs and Peter Tellouche, to work across comedy productions for BBC Studios Audio, it announced today.
As part of its commitment to develop and showcase emerging comedy talent and writing, two brand new series of comedy shorts are set to debut on BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer.
BBC Studios Comedy Productions is bolstering its team with the appointment of current Head of Jax UK, Molly Seymour, into the newly created role of Creative Director. Reporting to Head of Comedy Josh Cole, Seymour will take up the post in January 2024 to work on a rich and varied slate of scripted comedies and comedy dramas.
The BBC’s foremost comedy talent search, The New Comedy Awards, has reached its climax. Over 1,000 applied, more than 100 went head-to-head at showcases across the country and 30 battled it out in the regional heats. Now, six finalists take to the stage in their bid to win over the judges and be crowned the BBC New Comedian of 2023.
The BBC Comedy Festival is back for a third time and in May 2024 the host city will be Glasgow.
The BBC Comedy Festival is a chance for producers, both established and new, and those taking their first steps in the TV industry, to come and reflect, celebrate, and explore comedy in the UK. The Festival will kick start a year of development and production opportunities in the region supported by Screen Scotland.
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