TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville are joined by Channel 4's Head of Comedy Charlie Perkins to discuss the importance of comedy for a channel identity, monetising comedy on YouTube, SNL's budget, talent deals and how hit comedies can prove a good investment years after their first release.

Topics discussed:

Channel 4's sitcom commissions

Comedy + YouTube

SNL UK

New comedy talent

Producer's rights

Monetising comedy on YouTube

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

02:40 Channel 4's sitcom commissions

04:25 The value of comedy

08:10 Comedy on digital platforms

09:27 The trickle down effect in comedy

11:45 SNL UK's on C4?

14:13 TV + Comedy talent

19:45 Will YouTube change how we make TV?

27:26 How to monetise comedy on YouTube

38:07 What's your pitch for more comedy on Channel 4?

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Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

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