Tag: BBC Comedy

At the BBC Comedy Festival, Director of Comedy Jon Petrie revealed that the BBC will invest an extra £10 million ($12.2 million) in comedy programming over the next two years.

Jon Petrie, director of BBC Comedy, has unveiled his new commissioning team, which will be in place by the end of January 2022.

I May Destroy You producer Tanya Qureshi has been appointed as commissioning editor for BBC Comedy.

BBC One has greenlit the brand-new six-part comedy series The Goes Wrong Show from Mischief Theatre, the U.K.-based comedy ensemble behind The Play That Goes Wrong.

BBC has unveiled its slate of upcoming and returning comedies, which features a lineup of up-and-coming comedic talent.