Danny Cohen - sitcom pilots.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/15352482

Fifth paragraph down. They make mention of further details being available on the BBC Commissioning website, but I can't find anything specific; can anyone else see anything?

Thanks.

Go straight to the comedy department

http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/whos-who/tv/fiction/#comedy_1

You'll need a sitcom script already attached to a production company with BBC supplier status to get anywhere with this. Said prod co will then pitch to the BBC.
It's clearly not an open submission.

Of course, there might be other avenues, such as going through a good agent with BBC contacts.

Mikey

I was not specifically referring to a specific comedy brief - just suggesting going straight to the broadcaster.

Though I agree a writer will have a better chance going through a producer, the demand for good material is such that good scripts/treatments will not be ignored.

I don't suggest anyone emails Danny Cohen or Cheryl Taylor (or Lucy Lumsden at Sky), but their respective development executives are a decent first port of call.

This is the original debate!

https://www.comedy.co.uk/forums/thread/22219/

For this opportunity and to pitch to the team, you need to go through ecommissioning; this from their website

Please note, if you are a member of the public or an individual without broadcast production or online experience as a director, writer or producer for a broadcaster, please do not register for e-commissioning. You can find out more about your options in the ideas from the public page.

This suggests, as per usual, going through writers room

http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/pitching-ideas/ideas-from-the-public.shtml

I was at the BBC drama department last week. They tell me e-commissioning is going to be knocked on the head.

As AJGO says, writers room (I forgot about the WR) or a producer or a dev executive.