Shane Allen
- Writer, executive producer, executive and commissioner
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Analysis: what next for BBC comedy?
Roughcut TV founder Ash Atalla urged the corporation's next comedy director to "resend the message to the comedy community that they should come to the BBC first". Another indie sector source said Shane Allen's replacement must make the case internally for greater investment.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 14th May 2021Comedy commissioner Shane Allen quits BBC to form Boffola Pictures
Shane Allen, the BBC's comedy commissioning boss for the past nine years, is to leave the broadcaster and establish a new production company, Boffola Pictures, with Kate Daughton.
British Comedy Guide, 5th May 2021Comedy Slices revealed as BBC marks female representation milestone
Four Comedy Slices pilots have been confirmed - Dinosaur, Britney, Ladybaby and Amicable - as BBC Three reveals it has reached a "watershed moment" in broadcasting history with most of its comedy now starring, written by or created by women.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2021Back To Life Series 2 filming now with Meera Syal and Adrian Edmondson
Meera Syal and Adrian Edmondson have joined the cast of Daisy Haggard's dark comedy drama Back To Life. The second series of the BBC Three show is being filmed now.
British Comedy Guide, 31st March 2021Jerk Series 2 begins filming
Filming has started on Series 2 of Jerk, the BBC Three sitcom starring Tim Renkow.
British Comedy Guide, 29th March 2021Seriously funny: the shift away from traditional sitcom
What's behind the recent shift away from traditional sitcoms to hybrid comedy dramas and where is the genre heading next?
Oli Hammett, C21 Media, 29th March 2021In 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 2021BBC comedy boss: Netflix don't take the risks we do
Shane Allen says Auntie makes funnier shows than the streaming giants, as he's accused of leftie bias and cutting the Fawlty Towers major.
Ben Dowell, The Times, 4th March 2021Coma sitcom pilot Beep to air on the BBC this March
The BBC is piloting Beep, a tragi-comic sitcom about the family of a man in a long-term coma.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd March 2021BBC Two's Funny Festival Live line-up revealed
Jason Manford, Jo Brand, Sara Pascoe and Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be amongst the hosts of Funny Festival Live, the nightly BBC Two stand-up series which starts on Sunday 7th March.
British Comedy Guide, 24th February 2021