Ash Atalla
- 52 years old
- Producer and executive producer
Press clippings
BBC Comedy Collective opens for applications for a third year
Applications open on Monday 13th January 2025 to join the third cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective, the "supercharged bursary scheme" that supports 10 mid-level comedy creatives.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2025We Might Regret This to return for two more series
BBC comedy We Might Regret This has been renewed for two more six-part series.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd October 2024Things 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 2024Is it curtains for scripted comedy?
Comedians flocked to Edinburgh in their droves this month - but speakers at the TV Festival painted a bleak picture of scripted comedy's future.
Heather Fallon, Broadcast, 29th August 2024Ash Atalla: "I cry easily. I get nostalgic about the passing of years"
The comedy producer, 51, reflects on early ambitions to be a stockbroker, dodging racism by being a wheelchair user, and being noisy enough to get invited to the party.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 15th June 2024BBC Comedy Collective 2024 applications open 11th January
Applications open on 11th January for the second cohort of the BBC Comedy Collective - the collection of bursaries focused around up-and-coming comedy writers, producers and directors.
British Comedy Guide, 8th January 2024Streamers are coming back to comedy, says Ash Atalla
Roughcut chief believes appetite for comedy is returning as 'world is a darker place'.
Heather Fallon, Broadcast, 4th January 2024Big Boys Series 2 launches in January
Series 2 of Big Boys will arrive on Channel 4 in January. A collection of first look images have been revealed today.
British Comedy Guide, 14th November 2023BBC 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 2023Ash Atalla: Today's commissioners would find The Office 'a pretty boring pitch'
Sitcom's original producer says audiences now demand "more action".
Ellie Khan, Broadcast, 1st June 2023