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Jon Petrie
Jon Petrie

Jon Petrie

  • Producer, executive producer and executive

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Ghosts Series 5 starts on Friday 6th October

The final series of Ghosts will premiere on BBC One on Friday 6th October at 8:30pm.

British Comedy Guide, 20th September 2023

Black Ops Series 2 ordered by BBC

The BBC has commissioned a second series of undercover police sitcom Black Ops.

British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023

Writer Simon Carlyle dies aged 48

Simon Carlyle, co-writer of Two Doors Down and Changing Ends, has died suddenly aged 48.

British Comedy Guide, 10th August 2023

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

BBC New Comedy Awards 2023 open for entries

Entry is now open for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023. The deadline to apply is Sunday 9th July.

British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2023

BBC announces raft of comedy shorts

The BBC has formally unveiled a line-up of new comedy pilots, being released as individual short films on iPlayer this Friday.

British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023

Gym comedy Peacock returns to BBC Three for a full series

BBC Three has recommissioned the gym comedy Peacock for six new episodes following a mini-series last year. Allan "Seapa" Mustafa will return as personal trainer Andy Peacock, struggling to adjust to a woke world of selfies and Instagram.

British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023

BBC unveils 2023 TV comedy commissions

The BBC has unveiled a number of new TV comedies, as well as announcing the recommission of several popular shows, at the opening of the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff.

British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2023

Filming underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls

Filming is underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls, in which she stars alongside her real-life sister Lizzie Davidson and Louise Brealey. Simon Bird directs the loosely autobiographical comedy about a dysfunctional family trying to piece their lives back together after their father walks out on them.

British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2023

Ashley Storrie's autism comedy drama Dinosaur picked up for BBC series

Dinosaur, the BBC comedy drama starring Ashley Storrie as an autistic woman negotiating the world has been picked up for a series. Written by Matilda Curtis, it focuses on Nina's life being turned upside down when her sister Evie gets engaged after just six weeks' dating.

British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2023

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