{"id":11105,"date":"2021-06-30T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/simon-bird-jonny-sweet-sign-bbc-studios\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:59:01","slug":"simon-bird-jonny-sweet-sign-with-bbc-studios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/06\/30\/simon-bird-jonny-sweet-sign-with-bbc-studios\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Bird &#038; Jonny Sweet Sign with BBC Studios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has entered into a development, production and distribution partnership agreement with the award-winning comedy talents Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Studios will hold global rights on all new scripted TV programs co-developed, co-produced and commissioned from BBC Studios Productions and People Person Pictures, the new company formed by Bird and Sweet.<\/p>\n<p>Bird and Sweet have been involved in comedy titles such as the BAFTA Award-winning <em>The Inbetweeners<\/em>, <em>Friday Night Dinner<\/em> and <em>Johnny English<\/em>, and co-wrote and starred in the Sky One comedy <em>Chickens<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Cole, head of comedy at BBC Studios Production, said: \u201cWe are long-time admirers of Simon and Jonny\u2019s work\u2014they are not only exceptionally gifted writers and performers but also producers, working closely with the industry\u2019s most exciting, emerging comic talent. We\u2019ve wanted this to happen for a long time and can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Blyth, director of comedy at BBC Studios Content Partnerships, added: \u201cThere is strong international appetite for Simon and Jonny\u2019s warm and irreverent brand of comedy. We are thrilled to be partnering with them to help bring their brilliant projects to life for both U.K. and global audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bird and Sweet said: \u201cBBC Studios has been the beating heart of British comedy for decades and we\u2019re humbled to be joining its ranks. We look forward to continuing the work we started at Guilty Party Pictures, putting writers and comedians at the center of the production process, to create inventive, diverse, high-quality television.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios has entered into a development, production and distribution partnership agreement with the award-winning comedy talents Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":11106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-11105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-studios"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Simon Bird &amp; Jonny Sweet Sign with BBC Studios - 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\/06\/30\/simon-bird-jonny-sweet-sign-with-bbc-studios\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Simon Bird &amp; 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