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 2024LGBTQ+ 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 2024Outnumbered 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 2024Have 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 2024The 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 2024Jimmy 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 2024Lisa 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 2023Edinburgh 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 2023Jimmy 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 2023Hat 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