{"id":10886,"date":"2021-03-29T10:53:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T14:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/uktv-taps-bbcs-sarah-asante-comedy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-29T13:40:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T17:40:40","slug":"uktv-taps-bbcs-sarah-asante-for-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/03\/29\/uktv-taps-bbcs-sarah-asante-for-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"UKTV Taps BBC\u2019s Sarah Asante for Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has brought in Sarah Asante, a BBC alum, as commissioning editor to ramp up its scripted comedy slate.<\/p>\n<p>Asante will join UKTV\u2019s commissioning team on April 12 and will be responsible for seeking out, developing, commissioning and executive producing brand-new scripted comedy shows for both Dave and Gold. She joins from the BBC and with more than 16 years of experience working in commissioning. She started in the BBC\u2019s comedy team as a development and digital content editor in 2015 and was promoted to commissioning editor in 2018. Her recent commissions include the cult hit sketch show <em>FAMALAM<\/em> and comedy pilot <em>Behind the Filter<\/em>, written by Phoebe Walsh.<\/p>\n<p>Pete Thornton, UKTV&#8217;s head of scripted, to whom Asante will report, said: \u201cThis is a transformative hire for us. I know that UKTV is going to benefit hugely from Sarah\u2019s experience and enthusiasm and I\u2019m really looking forward to working with her on our burgeoning scripted slate. She joins the company at an exciting time and I\u2019m sure she\u2019ll quickly make her mark. As well as taking the reins on a number of returning series, Sarah will be integral in generating a portfolio of fresh content for the network. So with all that in mind, I can\u2019t wait for her to join the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asante added: \u201cHaving admired both the comedy and comedy entertainment titles on Dave and Gold over the years, I\u2019m beyond thrilled to play a role in seeing those channels go from strength to strength. The added commitment to amplifying more underrepresented voices in comedy matches my ambition to deliver exciting and distinctive content that audiences across the portfolio will love.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV has brought in Sarah Asante, a BBC alum, as commissioning editor to ramp up its scripted comedy slate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-10886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-uktv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UKTV Taps BBC\u2019s Sarah Asante for Comedy - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/03\/29\/uktv-taps-bbcs-sarah-asante-for-comedy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UKTV Taps BBC\u2019s Sarah Asante for Comedy - 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