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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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville debate whether it’s coming home after 60 years of hurt in this 2026 World Cup episode that covers The Rest Is Football’s lucrative Netflix deal, extortionate live sport paywalls, and nostalgic chat about previous world cups.

Topics discussed:

• England winning the World Cup in 1966
• The Rest Is Football Netflix series
• World Cup Coverage tussles between BBC and ITV
• Are sport paywalls taking the piss?
• The ongoing issue of viewers illegally streaming live sports events
• Will the 2026 World Cup make Americans finally love football or, as they continue to call it, soccer
• What is the future relationship between live sports and free-to-air television?
• Geopolitics and football
• The World Cup and Brazil at Goodison Park, 1966
• Players who were destined for greatness but sadly never achieved it

Chapters:

00.00 - The 1966 World Cup

05.27 - The Rest Is Football World Cup coverage

13.37 - Live sport behind paywalls / Illegal live sport streaming

17.10 - Will America learn to love football?

20.12 - Listed events / World Cup coverage

24.26 - Watching the 2026 World Cup / Geopolitics in football

28.05 - World Cup at Goodison Park

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#2026WorldCup #TVPodcast #TheRestIsFootball #paywalls #soccer #GoodisonPark #DonaldTrump #ColePalmer #BBC #ITV #LiveSports

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.

YouTube: / @insiderstvpodcast

Email: podcasts@hattrick.com

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville debate the BBC's controversial Sarah Everard drama and whether a man should be writing it, explore how the Married at First Sight UK fallout could threaten Love Island, and confirm your suspicions: your favourite TV shows DO keep disappearing for longer and longer…

Topics discussed:

• The 400 female screenwriters who signed an open letter against the BBC commissioning Jeff Pope to write the Sarah Everard drama
• Should men write dramas about violence against women? Or is it too soon for a factual drama about Sarah Everard at all?
• Love Island relaunching under the shadow of the Married at First Sight UK/Panorama scandal
• What next for MAFS UK after all episodes taken down from Channel 4, TUI pulls sponsorship and the "hush email" sent to workers?
• The Stranger Things Effect: why the gap between TV seasons has more than doubled in a decade – and does it actually matter?
• After the success of ice hockey romance dramas Heated Rivalry and Off Campus, is sport + sex TV's hottest new genre?
• Could croquet, bowls or darts be the UK's answer to ice hockey romance?

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Chapters:

• 0:00 Intro and Jon Petrie joining Hat Trick Productions
• 2:51 The Sarah Everard Drama: Should a Man Be Writing It?
• 14:35 Love Island, Married at First Sight UK & Reality TV's Reckoning?
• 25:06 The Stranger Things Effect: Why TV Shows Disappear for Years
• 30:33 Ice Hockey Romance: TV's Hottest New Genre?

#BBCDrama #SarahEverard #LoveIsland #MarriedAtFirstSight #StrangerThingsEffect #TVNews #BehindTheScenes #UKTelevision #PeterFincham #JimmyMulville #InsidersPodcast #BBCControversy # #TwinPeaks #HappyValley #StrangerThings #Euphoria #TVPodcast #BritishTV #RealityTV #JeffPope #MAFS #Channel4 #HatTrick #TVIndustry #ScreenwritingDebate #HeatedRivalry #OffCampus #TVDrama

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.

YouTube: / @insiderstvpodcast

Email: podcasts@hattrick.com

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.