{"id":8871,"date":"2018-11-14T11:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/channel-4-appoints-new-commissioning-editor-comedy\/"},"modified":"2018-11-14T12:31:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T17:31:37","slug":"channel-4-appoints-new-commissioning-editor-for-comedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2018\/11\/14\/channel-4-appoints-new-commissioning-editor-for-comedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Channel 4 Appoints New Commissioning Editor for Comedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Petrie has been named commissioning editor for comedy at Channel 4, after having most recently produced the network\u2019s new comedy <em>Stath Lets Flats<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Petrie began his career working on comedy entertainment shows such as <em>Never Mind the Buzzcocks<\/em>, <em>QI<\/em> and <em>Comic Relief<\/em>. Since 2009, Petrie has produced the sketch show <em>Anna and Katy<\/em>, five seasons of the BAFTA Award-winning <em>People Just Do Nothing<\/em> (after he discovered the show on YouTube) and <em>Hospital People<\/em>. Petrie also ran his own production label, Little A, in partnership with Roughcut Television. He will join the channel early in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Fiona McDermott, head of comedy at Channel 4, said: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome Jon to the team. He\u2019s rightly earned a reputation as a real craftsman of original British comedy, from <em>People Just Do Nothing<\/em> to<em> Stath Lets Flats<\/em>. He has a proven eye for distinct young comedy talent and we can\u2019t wait to see what he brings at a time when comedy has never been stronger for Channel 4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Petrie added: \u201cI can&#8217;t wait to get started at Channel 4. Offers like this don&#8217;t come up very often. It&#8217;s a very exciting time for comedy at the channel and I&#8217;m looking forward to working with Fiona and the comedy team very much.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Petrie has been named commissioning editor for comedy at Channel 4, after having most recently produced the network\u2019s new comedy Stath Lets Flats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":8872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[117,1805],"class_list":["post-8871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-jon-petrie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Channel 4 Appoints New Commissioning Editor 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\/2018\/11\/14\/channel-4-appoints-new-commissioning-editor-for-comedy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Channel 4 Appoints New Commissioning Editor for Comedy - 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