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Alex Smith
Alex Smith

Alex Smith (I)

  • Executive producer

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Things You Should Have Done gets Series 2

BBC Three comedy Things You Should Have Done is to return to screens for a second series.

British Comedy Guide, 6th September 2024

BBC Two orders comedy from disability activist Kyla Harris

The BBC has ordered We Might Regret This, an autobiographical comedy from disability activist and filmmaker Kyla Harris, co-starring Sally Phillips and Darren Boyd, and co-written by Harris with her fellow Canadian Shannon 'Lee' Getty.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd June 2023

Jerk to return for Series 3

Jerk, the BBC Three sitcom starring Tim Renkow, is to return for a six-part third series.

British Comedy Guide, 11th May 2022

Inez Gordon and Ben Worsfield join Roughcut as development producers

Roughcut TV has appointed two new development producers, Inez Gordon and Ben Worsfield.

British Comedy Guide, 24th January 2022

Hugo Chegwin and Big Zuu to star in new Dave sitcom Sneakerhead

Channel Dave has ordered Sneakerhead, a new three-part sitcom set in a sports shop. Hugo Chegwin and Big Zuu star.

British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022

The art of a successful comedy

Roughcut TV's head of comedy Alex Smith on how comedy has had to up its game in the multichannel VoD landscape.

Alex Smith, Televisual, 5th September 2017

Edinburgh Comedy Awards judging panel announced

Nica Burns, Director of the lastminute.com Edinburgh Comedy Awards, has revealed the judging panel for this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including the editor of the British Comedy Guide.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 27th July 2017

Comedies must be given time to find an audience

Finding a show's humour and tone often takes more than one series, says Alex Smith.

Alex Smith, Broadcast, 26th November 2016

14 comedy shows up for BBC Audio Awards 2017

The shortlists for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2017 has been revealed, with 14 comedies in the running across the Best Scripted Comedy and Best Comedy with a Live Audience categories.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2016

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