One of Manchester's finest Comedians and Writers has been given a green light to make a pilot for a comedy he's been developing, thanks to a initiative which encourages new comedy writers. The new pilot sitcom titled "The Inn Mates" is written by Stand Up comedian John Warburton and is to be developed by BBC Comedy North in Manchester for exposure on BBC Three. The show is the first to come through the ranks of the Comedy College, a year long initiative set up by the BBC to give help & support to new comedy writers.
The show centres around the King’s Ransom, a pub where the viewers get to witness the happenings of the Sunday lunch time crowd, some who are friends and other who are strangers. John said on hearing the news "The College of Comedy is a superlative scheme, it has been invaluable to me as a writer in terms of learning and support. I'm incredibly chuffed the BBC have decided to pilot this. Over the last 20 years I have spent a great deal of time drinking in pubs in the name of research and this means I can now claim the whole lot back against tax."
The show has been commissioned by BBC3 controller Danny Cohen and Cheryl Taylor, who is the controller of comedy commissioning at the BBC based in Manchester. Jon Mountague, who heads up BBC Comedy North, will be one of the executive producers and those of you who are familiar with Jon's work will know that he has been behind some great comedy shows including the BAFTA nominated Funland, Ideal with Johnny Vegas, the RTS nominated We Are Klang and Gavin and Stacey.
The pilot episode will be made by BBC Comedy North in Manchester. To follow the progress of John's new journey, visit his blog called Scroobler where he'll give you the low down on this and other projects he's working on
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