C4's Charlie Perkins on Comedy
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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville are joined by Channel 4's Head of Comedy Charlie Perkins to discuss the importance of comedy for a channel identity, monetising comedy on YouTube, SNL's budget, talent deals and how hit comedies can prove a good investment years after their first release.
Topics discussed:
Channel 4's sitcom commissions
Comedy + YouTube
SNL UK
New comedy talent
Producer's rights
Monetising comedy on YouTube
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:40 Channel 4's sitcom commissions
04:25 The value of comedy
08:10 Comedy on digital platforms
09:27 The trickle down effect in comedy
11:45 SNL UK's on C4?
14:13 TV + Comedy talent
19:45 Will YouTube change how we make TV?
27:26 How to monetise comedy on YouTube
38:07 What's your pitch for more comedy on Channel 4?
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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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