Revealed: The British Comedy Producers Hoping To Land The Next Breakout BBC Sitcom
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The BBC is inching towards greenlighting its next big sitcom and we can reveal which producers are in the running.
The corporation’s comedy boss Jon Petrie said last May his team would fund writers’ rooms for original sitcom ideas, which we understand have been awarded to BBC Studios, Big Talk Studios, Various Artists Limited, Roughcut and Hat Trick.
Between them, these storied outfits have made some of the biggest British sitcoms of recent years including Derry Girls, Two Doors Down, Friday Night Dinner, Stath Lets Flats and Such Brave Girls, securing many a BAFTA along the way.
Projects are being kept under wraps but we are told writers’ rooms have opened and are beginning to staff up. The indies are tasked with coming up with a pilot script, episode outlines and a writing team ready to go.
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