{"id":11647,"date":"2022-02-16T11:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/bbc-studios-hires-comedy-development-team\/"},"modified":"2022-02-16T11:24:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T16:24:18","slug":"bbc-studios-hires-for-comedy-development-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2022\/02\/16\/bbc-studios-hires-for-comedy-development-team\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Studios Hires for Comedy Development Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC Studios Comedy Productions has appointed Laurie Farrugia, Ben Hough and Natasha Heliotis as development producers.<\/p>\n<p>Farrugia will focus on comedy-drama series. She joins from Benedict Cumberbatch\u2019s SunnyMarch, where she spent five years helping build the TV slate from the ground up and developed a wide range of comedy-drama and drama series.<\/p>\n<p>Hough will develop new projects in addition to working on the upcoming production of a new BBC Two comedy, set to begin shooting later this year. Prior to joining BBC Studios, he was script editor at Sister Pictures on <em>This is Going to Hurt<\/em>, currently airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. He also spent several years in development at Tiger Aspect Drama, including a stint in Sri Lanka script editing <em>The Good Karma Hospital<\/em> (ITV).<\/p>\n<p>Heliotis joins BBC Studios after having most recently worked on Sister Pictures\u2019 <em>The Power<\/em>. She is currently working as script editor on the upcoming third season of <em>Tryin<\/em>g for Apple TV+. Her background in comedy and drama includes credits on <em>War of the Worlds<\/em> (Fox\/Canal+) and\u00a0<em>The One<\/em> (Netflix).<\/p>\n<p>Josh Cole, head of comedy, said, \u201cLaurie, Ben and Tash are super smart with impeccable taste. 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