TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville discuss the viability of self-funded programming, the increasing lack of stand up on British TV now that Live At The Apollo has been axed, and whether Channel 4 should reinstate their \"Red Triangle\" programme warning.
In this episode:
- Self funded to TV model
- Shane Gillis + Tires road to Netflix
- BBC cancels Live At The Apollo
- Do comedians need to be on television?
- Should C4 reinstate their \"Red Triangle\" programme warning?
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CHAPTERS
01:27 - Self-funded to TV model
07:31 - Ad-funded programming
11:45 - Shane Gillis + Tires road to Netflix
15:30 - BBC cancels Live At The Apollo
23:28 - C4 celebrates 40 years since Red Triangle debut
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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, 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. New episodes every Friday.
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