This week, Jimmy and Peter ask what Channel 4’s plans to push into in-house production could mean for the UK indie sector. They discuss the BBC’s latest report into the state of British comedy (and whether they might perhaps be better to just commission more comedy, rather than write reports about it). And they talk the art of note giving, and ask whether there’s ever a good way of telling a star they’re anything other than fabulous? Plus, buying Baywatch, the perils of slippery glass bridges, and why you should hire unhinged lunatics. Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You (series 69 now airing), Father Ted , Derry Girls , Outnumbered , and Episodes . In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer. Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I’m Alan Partridge , Never Mind The Buzzcocks , and Da Ali G Show . He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal . Our email address is InsidersTVPod @expectationtv.com , or you can get in touch via our socials at @InsidersTVPod. New episodes every Friday. Insiders: The TV Podcast is an Expectation and Hat Trick co-production. The producer is Owen Braben. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
