Insiders: The TV Podcast

Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville rank the 10 best British sitcoms ever, debating Fawlty Towers, The Office, Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Dad’s Army, Peep Show, Absolutely Fabulous and more.

In this episode:
Peter and Jimmy discuss Ann Droid and what makes a great sitcom
How each episode of Fawlty Towers is constructed so well
Why Dad’s Army has survived across generations
How The Office became a timeless British comedy
The cultural importance of Derry Girls
Why Blackadder works despite its unlikeable central character
Whether Only Fools and Horses deserves a higher place
The enduring appeal of Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave
The difference between British and American comedy
Whether shorter series create a stronger television legacy
Whether controversial sitcoms such as Till Death Us Do Part can still be watched today
And the worst comedy note Jimmy ever received…

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and rules
03:39 Dad’s Army
06:15 Peep Show
08:10 Blackadder
10:43 Miranda
12:22 Fawlty Towers
16:03 One Foot in the Grave
18:14 Till Death Us Do Part
20:52 The Office
24:04 Only Fools and Horses
28:26 Absolutely Fabulous versus Not Going Out

#BritishSitcoms #BestBritishSitcoms #FawltyTowers #TheOffice #OnlyFoolsAndHorses #Blackadder #DadsArmy #PeepShow #AbsolutelyFabulous #Miranda #OneFootInTheGrave #TillDeathUsDoPart #DerryGirls #AlanPatridge #FatherTed #AnnDroid #BritishComedy #TVComedy #Comedy #Television #TVPodcast #InsidersTVPod

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 its biggest shows, including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, Director of Television at ITV and 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 are joined by the brilliant Steph McGovern to talk about her career, the television industry, and slime!

In this episode:
The Rest Is Money Podcast
Steph's Career
BBC News
The TV Industry
Steph's Packed Lunch
Steph's Novels
Have I Got News For You

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CHAPTERS
01:26 Robert Peston / The Rest Is Money
03:01 Steph's engineering roots
03:56 Steph's first steps into TV
05:25 Steph's background
09:30 Steph's first job at the BBC
11:40 The Big Deal
13:27 Working full time at the BBC
15:49 Is TV harder now?
17:40 Steph's Packed Lunch
24:08 Post Packed Lunch life
28:16 Steph's businesses
30:09 Steph's novels
33:50 Steph's first time on HIGNFY
35:48 Steph's first TV appearance

#StephMcGovern #RobertPeston #TheRestIsMoneyPodcast #BlackAndDecker #BBC #Middlesbrough #TheBigDeal #StephsPackedLunch #Gootopia #Deadline

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 discuss Ofcom vs Satire, Eurovision's voting rule changes, the "Sub v Dub" debate, and Roku's new A.I channel.

In this episode:
The TV Festival
Ofcom vs Satire
Eurovision's voting rule changes
Subtitles vs Dubbing
Roku's A.I channel

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CHAPTERS
00:27 - Intro
01:24 - The TV Festival
03:16 - Ofcom vs Satire
19:44 - Eurovision's voting rules change
26:48 - Subtitles vs Dubbing
34:27 - Roku's A.I. channel
43:24 - Outro

#EdinburghFringeFestival #EdinburghTVFestival #BBC #StewartLee #Radio4 #ArmandoIanucci #JamesPrice #LBC #HaveIGotNewsForYou #DonaldTrump #Ofcom #BorisJonhson #Channel4 #EurovisionSongContest #Subtitles #Dubbing #Roku #FairgroundTV

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 discuss the viability of self-funded programming, the increasing lack of stand up on British TV now that Live At The Apollo has been axed, and whether Channel 4 should reinstate their "Red Triangle" programme warning.

In this episode:
- Self funded to TV model
- Shane Gillis + Tires road to Netflix
- BBC cancels Live At The Apollo
- Do comedians need to be on television?
- Should C4 reinstate their "Red Triangle" programme warning?

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CHAPTERS
01:27 - Self-funded to TV model
07:31 - Ad-funded programming
11:45 - Shane Gillis + Tires road to Netflix
15:30 - BBC cancels Live At The Apollo
23:28 - C4 celebrates 40 years since Red Triangle debut

#ShaneGillis #Tires #Netflix #BBC #Channel4 #YouTube #LiveAtTheApollo #BlanketyBlank #CelebrityMastermind #MaryWhitehouse #NeverMindTheBuzzcocks #

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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Comedy producer Ash Atalla joins Jimmy Mulville and Peter Fincham to tell the inside story of The Office, his struggles trying to sell the IT Crowd and what the worst TV show he ever made was…

In this episode:
•How The Office got off the ground — and why nobody was guaranteed to believe in it
•Why Ash left the BBC and founded Roughcut Television
•The tough reality of trying to sell shows like The IT Crowd
•What the worst TV show Ash ever made was and what he learned from it
•Why streamers will buy shows like How to Get to Heaven from Belfast but not Big Boys
•What the future holds for the TV industry
•PLUS: The BBC, Channel 4, Netflix, new comedy, old-school commissioning, and more

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Coming Up...
01:53 Unearthing The Office, Big Boys and Stath Lets Flats
10:10 Joining Talkback & Starting Rough Cut
19:10 The Worst Show Ash Ever Made
22:45 How to Sell Shows Today
29:54 The Future of TV

#TheOffice #AshAtalla #JimmyMulville #PeterFincham #TVPodcast #BritishComedy #BBC #Channel4 #RoughcutTelevision #TheITCrowd #PeopleJustDoNothing #StathLetsFlats #BigBoys #Television #Comedy
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