In 2010 we’ve said goodbye to familiar faces . . . Big Brother, Peggy Mitchell and Jonathan Ross. But, we’ve welcomed new additions . . . Downton Abbey, John Bishop and the Prime Minister Debates. Lambing Live was an unexpected hit, Seven Days a surprise miss. Daybreak dawned at ITV, the licence fee froze at [...]

How does a writer get a comedy script from their brain onto a tv screen? How does a producer sell that script to a commissioner? What exactly is a commissioner looking for in a script? And just what is it that a channel controller does, exactly? Guided by Richard Bacon, our extremely talented and beautiful [...]