British Comedy Guide
Jimmy Mulville
Jimmy Mulville

Jimmy Mulville

  • 69 years old
  • English
  • Actor, producer, executive producer, comedian, director and writer

Press clippings

TV producer Hat Trick pays £4.2m to founder Jimmy Mulville and wife

Revenues dip to £48.4m and company behind Derry Girls stays in red after it makes fewer series.

Alex Lawson, The Guardian, 11th October 2024

LGBTQ+ chosen family sitcom Smoggie Queens coming to BBC Three

BBC Three has ordered Smoggie Queens, a "chosen family" sitcom from Phil Dunning starring the character comic, Mark Benton and Alexandra Mardell, as "a gang of friends who are fiercely proud of their North-Eastern town of Middlesbrough and their small pocket of the LGBTQ+ community."

British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2024

Outnumbered to return for 2024 Christmas special

After eight years off air, Outnumbered is to return this Christmas for a new special.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2024

Have I Got News For You launches in America with US version for CNN

CNN is to make an American version of Have I Got News For You.

British Comedy Guide, 15th May 2024

The Kumars to return to TV

Fictional comedy family The Kumars are returning to television, via a new version of their show commissioned by American network Fox.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd February 2024

Jimmy Mulville: Making comedy is no laughing matter

Production company Hat Trick is behind TV favourites such as Father Ted, but soaring costs and a squeeze on commissioning are hitting the industry hard.

William Turvill, The Sunday Times, 7th January 2024

Lisa McGee gets Channel 4 comedy mystery thriller series

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee has landed a new comedy thriller series with Channel 4, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2023

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 26 photos looking back at the Fringe in the 1980s

So many memories from August in Edinburgh in the 1980s.

Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 23rd July 2023

Jimmy Mulville swore at cyclist as he used phone in his Aston Martin

Jimmy Mulville was caught out by cyclist Mike van Erp - known as 'Cycling Mikey' - who filmed as he used his mobile phone to read a text while driving.

Tristan Kirk, Evening Standard, 26th May 2023

Hat Trick Productions courts sale

Hat Trick Productions, the storied British production company behind Derry Girls and Have I Got News For You, is courting sale talks.

Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14th December 2022

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