Programme
8:00
Registration and refreshments
9:00
Opening address from the Chair
Commissioning sessions
- Revealing the requirements and budgets of key Comedy commissioners.
- Assessing the impact of new funding models and partnerships.
- Exploring what commissioners are looking for in the programme and pitch.
- Understanding the place and value of talent on screen, in the script and behind the camera.
9:10
Commissioning Session 1
PLUS: Live Q&A
Elaine Bedell
Director of Entertainment & Comedy
ITV
Steve North
Channel Head
Dave
Shane Allen
Head of Comedy
Channel 4
9:50
Commissioning Session 2
PLUS: Live Q&A
Simon Wilson
Executive Editor, Comedy
BBC
Pete Thornton
Commissioning Editor
Comedy Central
Lucy Lumsden
Head of Comedy
Sky
10:30
New Brand Funding Opportunities
- Secure additional funding, revenue and publicity through valuable brand partnerships
- Monetise your archives without compromising their content using new technology
- Work closely and confidently with brands across live shows, TV and online to build campaigns that advance your programs and talent.
Chair: Cate Murden
Business Director
Mindshare
Mark Popkiewicz
Chief Executive Officer
MirriAd
Caroline Edwards
Managing Director
Sparkle Productions
10:50
Break & Networking
11:20
The International Market
- Secure development funding by making the most of your rights worldwide.
- Learn which territories are hungry for comedy formats, what they want and how to reach them.
- Understand how to create formats and finished programs with worldwide export potential.
Dominic Schreiber
Rights Development Manager
4Rights
Cathy Payne
CEO
Endemol Worldwide Distribution
Angela Neillis
Comedy Manager
BBC Worldwide
Stuart Snaith
Managing Director, DVD and Video
2Entertain
12:10
Talent on TV
- The public appetite for comedy content is growing, and a thriving live scene is producing performers and writers of fantastic skill & variety. Will broadcasters’ aversion to risk choke the development route which brings them together? What new solutions can technology bring?
Chair:Graham Smith,
Producer & former Head of Comedy, Channel 5April Chamberlain
Founder and Managing Director
The Comedy Unit
Kenton Allen
Chief Executive
Big Talk Productions
Andrew Mackenzie
group creative director
TwoFour
Jon Thoday
Joint Managing Director
Avalon
12:40
Speed Networking: Bring Your Business Cards!
- Make new contacts, discuss key issues raised in the day’s sessions & identify possible future partnerships.
13:10
Lunch & Networking
14:10
Transatlantic Co-Productions
- Secure funding and distribution whilst pooling knowledge, skills and talent to create great quality content.
- Navigate culture clashes with ease, and avoid confusion by learning from others’ stories.
- Learn how to choose partners well- make sure your expectations, skills and sense of humour are complementary, not compromised.
Jimmy Mulville
Managing Director
Hat Trick
14:50
Writers Session
With comedy drama increasingly popular, but budgets increasingly squeezed, is there a place for scripted comedy in peak time? Will younger audiences’ darker tastes lead to conflict as online viewing undermines the watershed? As comedy entertainment & topical shows take up increasing amounts of airtime where are the opportunities for long-form writers?
Join the debate with Q&A.
David Schneider
Writer, Performer
Knowing Me Knowing You, the Day Today, Uncle Max
David Quantick
Writer
Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Screenwipe
15:20
Break & Networking
15:40
Online Futures
- Online viewers crave comedy and consume ever-increasing amounts of it but with so many commercial ventures folding, where are the opportunities right now and in the future?
- Will comedy ever be commercially viable online, and what place do the broadcasters have in supporting it?
- Hear two very different visions of the future and join the debate in a lively Q&A.
PLUS: Live, Anonymous Q&A
Justin Gayner
Co-Founder
ChannelFlip Media
Former Commercial Director
QI
Martin Trickey
Multiplatform Commissioner for Comedy
BBC
Jane Mote
Director of Multiplatform
UKTV
16:20
Interview: Robert Popper
Robert Popper, of Peep Show, The Inbetweeners, South Park, Look Around You, & The IT Crowd fame, will be talk about creating innovative, intelligent programmes at a challenging time.
16:50
Chair’s summary of the day & close of conference
17:00
Fun!
Funny Women presents a showcase of past winners- from this year's winner, fresh from the final on Monday 20th, to more established alumni who are starting to make their mark on radio & TV. Join us for a fun filled end to the day
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