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Fiona McDermott
Fiona McDermott

Fiona McDermott

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Charlie Perkins appointed Head Of Comedy at Channel 4

Channel 4 has appointed Charlie Perkins as its new Head of Comedy.

British Comedy Guide, 27th June 2022

Fleabag actor Brett Gelman to star in Channel 4 comedy Entitled

Channel 4 has commissioned Entitled, a sitcom series in which Brett Gelman plays an American widower who must get to know his British wife's estranged family as they compete for his newly inherited fortune.

British Comedy Guide, 1st June 2022

Simon Bird stars in apocalyptic Channel 4 sitcom Everyone Else Burns

Simon Bird stars in apocalyptic Channel 4 sitcom Everyone Else Burns with an ensemble cast of familiar comedy names.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd May 2022

Channel 4 orders The Horne Section TV Show

Channel 4 has commissioned "a unique blend of talk show and sitcom, music and mayhem" from The Horne Section.

British Comedy Guide, 14th April 2022

The oral history of Derry Girls

As the runaway Channel 4 success prepares to wave goodbye with its new series, we talk to all the key players and cast about its legacy.

Daniel Dylan Wray, Vice.com, 12th April 2022

Bridget Christie lands Channel 4 menopause comedy The Change

Bridget Christie is making The Change, a Channel 4 comedy drama about the menopause described as "Shirley Valentine meets Deliverance. With pigs."

British Comedy Guide, 14th March 2022

Channel 4 Head of Comedy Fiona McDermott leaves for Apple TV+

Channel 4 Head of Comedy Fiona McDermott is leaving the broadcaster for a new role at Apple TV+.

British Comedy Guide, 10th March 2022

Derry Girls stars reunite for "Oirish" spoof as Channel 4 sitcom ends

Channel 4 has confirmed that Derry Girls is to end after the forthcoming third series. But its stars Nicola Coughlan and Louisa Harland are reuniting for a new comedy podcast spoofing stage and screen 'Oirishness'.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd September 2021

Tom Davis and PJDN team begin filming Channel 4 heist comedy The Curse

Tom Davis, Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp and Hugo Chegwin write and star in Channel 4's 1980s crime caper The Curse.

British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2021

Friday Night Dinner's Robert Popper creates I Hate You

Robert Popper, the creator of Friday Night Dinner, has written a new sitcom for Channel 4 called I Hate You.

British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2021

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