{"id":5826,"date":"2015-03-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/03\/23\/bbc-commissions-original-comedy-content-for-iplayer\/"},"modified":"2015-03-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T00:00:00","slug":"bbc-commissions-original-comedy-content-for-iplayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2015\/03\/23\/bbc-commissions-original-comedy-content-for-iplayer\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Commissions Original Comedy Content for iPlayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: The BBC has ordered a slate of new, original comedies for its digital catch-up service BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn April 5, comedian Matt Berry premieres his topical comedy series <em>Matt Berry Does&hellip;<\/em>, which will consist of six shorts produced for the online platform. Frankie Boyle will debut the general-election comedy special <em>Election Autopsy<\/em> in May, while Jo Brand will host a private viewing of Grayson Perry&rsquo;s new exhibition at the Turner Contemporary gallery, which will go out in May.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn June, the digital hub will celebrate Muslim culture in <em>Fast Cuts<\/em> (working title), a series of comedy shorts starring established and emerging Muslim comedians. The collaboration between BBC Asian Network and BBC Writers Room will highlight Tez Ilyas and Guzzy Bear, aka Mobeen.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOn the non-comedy front, the three-episode drama series <em>My Jihad<\/em>, about a young Muslim couple, will go live this summer. Meanwhile, filmmaker and journalist Charlie Lyne will produce a horror documentary tentatively titled <em>Fear Itself<\/em>, set to feature material spanning more than 100 years of horror cinema. That film will launch on iPlayer in October. Additionally, <em>Women Who Spit<\/em> will spotlight five of the U.K.&rsquo;s most exciting young female poets tackling a range of tough topics. Those short films will launch on BBC iPlayer to coincide with the BBC&rsquo;s Young Artist Day this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: The BBC has ordered a slate of new, original comedies for its digital catch-up service BBC iPlayer. On April 5, comedian Matt Berry premieres his topical comedy series Matt Berry Does&hellip;, which will consist of six shorts produced for the online platform. Frankie Boyle will debut the general-election comedy special Election Autopsy in May, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC Commissions Original Comedy Content for iPlayer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BBC Commissions Original Comedy Content for iPlayer. LONDON, March 23: The BBC has ordered a slate of new, original comedies for its digital catch-up service BBC iPlayer.. 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