To mark the 20th anniversary of the premiere, THR talked with some of the people who were there at the start — the writers of ...
Projects are being kept under wraps but we are told writers’ rooms have opened ... s time since he took on the biggest job in British comedy more than three years ago and he has already greenlit ...
eccentric comedy-dramas" like "Fleabag", said the paper, which are "easier to sell to global streaming services". It's "not as though British writers aren't coming up with good sitcoms", said the ...
The BBC, which commissioned half of all scripted TV shows, greenlit 16 per cent more crime and thriller titles than the year before, but comedy was down 27 per cent. In short: when budgets get tight, ...
The creators, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, and others look back on the highly influential British comedy that remains a cult item for American audiences.
Nick Frost, best known for his collaborations with director Edgar Wright and actor Simon Pegg on films such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and At World's ...
A documentary series celebrating the careers and achievements of the group of writers who formed a writers' collective in the late 1950s and went on to dominate British TV and radio comedy writing.
Dolly Wells Genres Comedy Rating TV-14 Writers Richard Naylor, Jon Brittain, Stuart Lane, Ian Jarvis, Claire Downes Streaming Service(s) AppleTV+ ...
And just like the radio version, the show was a mix of improvisation from the actors, plus contributions from first-rate, like-minded comedy writers, pre-recorded segments (including ...
The doyen of British comedy writers, Barry Cryer, is in conversation with Steve Wright as he recalls the early part of his career.
This hit satirical British sitcom is written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn ... in particular Permanent Secretary Sir Humphrey Appleby. The political comedy started life in 1980 under the title of ...