TV insiders Jimmy Mulville and Peter Fincham ask whether brands such as John Lewis, M&S and Waitrose could help save British comedy and whether The Pitt really is too similar to ER. They also look at Monty Don’s departure from Gardeners’ World and ask who could possibly replace him…
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Chapters
00:00 – Introduction
04:47 – Christmas adverts: Waitrose, M&S and John Lewis
10:40 – Could brands fund British comedy?
17:30 – ER, The Pitt and the Michael Crichton lawsuit
26:34 – Replacing TV legends: Monty Don and Jeremy Clarkson
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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 Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson’s Farm and Alma’s Not Normal.
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