New comedy execs and producers at Sky and the BBC
Sky and the BBC have both announced new appointments in their comedy commissioning and producing teams.
The BBC’s comedy department has appointed I May Destroy You producer Tanya Qureshi as a commissioning editor.
She will replace Alex Moody, who is leaving the BBC to join Sky in the same role this summer. Her commissions for the Corporation included Mackenzie Crook’s Worzel Gummidge, King Gary, Motherland, and Frankie Boyle’s New World Order.
Meanwhile, Sky has also appointed BBC producer Adnan Ahmed and Katie Churchill, from independent production company Tiger Aspect, to work on the programme-making side. Their remit includes identifying writing and performing talent and working to develop scripted comedies.
Sky greenlights Greg Davies therapy comedy
Safe Space coming next year
Sky has commissioned a sitcom starring Greg Davies as a demotivated small-time therapist, following a successful pilot.
The comic also co-wrote the eight-part series, entitled Safe Space, which is set to air next year.
He previously said of the project: ‘We thought it d be an interesting starting point to have a psychotherapist who isn t as together as his patients might want him to be.
‘We have had some very interesting chats with psychotherapists. When they re anonymous… they re very candid about their job and about some of the people that they treat. It s a really fascinating world, I think.