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Nerys Evans
Nerys Evans

Nerys Evans

  • Producer and executive producer

Press clippings

Is the sitcom dead? Not Going Out's Lee Mack and TV comedy bosses weigh in

They're expensive, risky and tricky to write, but if you get them right, there's a big audience wanting a laugh.

Stephen Armstrong, Radio Times, 2nd July 2024

BCG Pro and Expectation seek new TV comedy scripts

A new comedy script-writing contest has been launched by leading television producers Expectation and career-support/educational platform BCG Pro.

British Comedy Guide, 30th May 2024

Kiri Pritchard-McLean writes foster carer sitcom for the BBC

Kiri Pritchard-McLean is writing a sitcom about foster caring for the BBC based upon the experience of providing respite care for vulnerable children. She and her partner are also developing a second loosely autobiographical sitcom with Ellie White attached.

British Comedy Guide, 7th May 2024

BBC Comedy Festival will be in Cardiff on 24th to 26th May

The second annual BBC Comedy Festival - which features sessions for comedy creatives - will take place in Cardiff from Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th May.

British Comedy Guide, 12th April 2023

The BBC show that shaped me

To celebrate the corporation's centenary, key industry figures reveal the shows that have had a lasting impact on their lives and careers. Nerys Evans picks French And Saunders and Seb Barwell selects The Fast Show.

Broadcast, 21st December 2022

Alma's Not Normal Series 2 confirmed

BBC Two has ordered a second series of Alma's Not Normal, the critically acclaimed comedy created by and starring Sophie Willan.

British Comedy Guide, 21st 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

Alma's Not Normal series filming in Bolton

Filming is underway on Alma's Not Normal, Sophie Willan's BBC Two sitcom about a Boltonian woman and her family of eccentric, unruly women.

British Comedy Guide, 10th May 2021

In My Skin to return for Series 2

BBC Three comedy drama In My Skin is to return for a second series.

British Comedy Guide, 17th March 2021

Sophie Willan sitcom Alma's Not Normal gets a series

BBC Two has ordered a series of Alma's Not Normal, the new sitcom by Sophie Willan. It follows wide critical praise for a pilot episode broadcast earlier this month.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2020

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