{"id":2471779,"date":"2026-06-23T10:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2471779"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:05:08","slug":"bbc-entertainment-and-uktv-join-forces-on-first-joint-comedy-entertainment-co-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bbc-entertainment-and-uktv-join-forces-on-first-joint-comedy-entertainment-co-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Entertainment and UKTV join forces on first joint comedy entertainment co-commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"textComponent\">\n<p>UKTV and BBC Entertainment have unveiled a joint co-commissioning brief, inviting production companies to pitch bold new comedy entertainment formats. The resulting 10 x 30\u2019 series will premiere on U&amp;Dave and UKTV\u2019s free streaming service U, before airing on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>Marking a first-of-its-kind collaboration between UKTV and BBC Entertainment, the partnership combines commissioning budgets to support a scalable, cost-efficient comedy format designed for high-volume viewing across both streaming and linear audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The brief calls for a fresh, funny and distinctive concept, aligned with both broadcasters\u2019 comedic sensibilities \u2013 light, warm and driven by camaraderie, with a strong, repeatable format that works for both binge viewing and dipping in and out. Talent should combine established and emerging comedic voices, anchored by at least one audience-drawing name.<\/p>\n<p>Production companies are invited to submit ideas, with the process being jointly led by UKTV\u2019s Mark Iddon and Jason Dawson, alongside BBC Entertainment commissioners Pinki Chambers and Sarah Clay.<\/p>\n<p>Hilary Rosen, UKTV&#8217;s Director of Commissioning, says: \u201cLaughter is the order of the day and collaborating with BBC Public Service in this space has been a long-standing ambition. UKTV has a strong track record of investing in innovative comedy formats, and this partnership feels like an excellent next step. By using our combined commissioning power we can work with production companies to create something fresh and funny for audiences across both of our networks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC says: \u201cWe are really looking forward to this exciting new partnership with UKTV. We hope to discover a brand-new format that is bursting with big laughs and big personalities that viewers will want to return to on both the BBC and UKTV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Submissions are now open to eligible UK-based independent production companies with pitches to be submitted to bbcuktvsubmissions@uktv.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>The full commissioning brief can be found on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Opens BBC Commissioning website in a new window.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/commissioning\/ideas\" target=\"_blank\">the BBC Commissioning website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CM2<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"followformore\"><strong>Follow for more<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bbc.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTV and BBC Entertainment have unveiled a joint co-commissioning brief, inviting production companies to pitch bold new comedy entertainment formats. The resulting 10 x 30\u2019 series will premiere on U&amp;Dave and UKTV\u2019s free streaming service U, before airing on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. Marking a first-of-its-kind collaboration between UKTV and BBC Entertainment, the partnership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2471780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2471779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/BBC-Entertainment-and-UKTV-join-forces-on-first-joint-comedy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2471779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471781,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2471779\/revisions\/2471781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2471780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2471779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2471779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2471779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}