Ash Atalla
- Producer and executive producer
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BBC Comedy Festival 2022 set for 11th to 13th May in Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne will host the BBC's first Comedy Festival. The three day event - 11th to 13th May 2022 - is aimed at comedy producers and those looking to break into or advance their career in the industry.
British Comedy Guide, 12th April 2022Hugo Chegwin and Big Zuu to star in new Dave sitcom Sneakerhead
Channel Dave has ordered Sneakerhead, a new three-part sitcom set in a sports shop. Hugo Chegwin and Big Zuu star.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022Stath Lets Flats Series 3 guest stars revealed
Stath Lets Flats Series 3 has finished filming, ahead of broadcast later this year. Guest stars in the new series will include Julia Davis and Charlie Cooper.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd September 2021Ash Atalla: white people now complain of TV struggle
Ash Atalla, the Bafta-winning TV producer behind The Office, says that he has overheard white people complaining that they can no longer get on television as the industry grapples with systemic diversity issues. The Egyptian-born producer, who runs the production company Roughcut TV, voiced surprise that white people were worried about being marginalised given that underrepresented communities have endured decades without a proper platform on TV.
Jake Kanter, The Times, 26th August 2021Ash Atalla: Ricky Gervais disability jokes went too far
The award-winning producer on why he's had enough of 'cripface'.
Stephen Armstrong, The Times, 15th August 2021TV preview: The People Just Do Nothing Story
On the face of it, a comedy about a group of very unlikely lads running a pirate radio station in Brentford, west London, sounds as though it might not be the average middle-aged woman's Americano (your previewer being the MAW in question). I mean, drum and bass, garage music, Brentford, tracky bottoms and baseball caps? But funny is funny.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 7th August 2021People Just Do Nothing documentary coming to BBC
The stars of People Just Do Nothing have reunited to make a documentary about their rise from internet obscurity to television popularity and upcoming feature film Big In Japan, for a new BBC Three documentary, Kurupting The Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story.
British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2021Analysis: what next for BBC comedy?
Roughcut TV founder Ash Atalla urged the corporation's next comedy director to "resend the message to the comedy community that they should come to the BBC first". Another indie sector source said Shane Allen's replacement must make the case internally for greater investment.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 14th May 2021Bloods: Mining a fresh vein of comedy
Samson Kayo, Nathan Bryon and Ash Atalla explain how a sliding-doors moment led to the two young talents being entrusted with a major sitcom.
Broadcast, 5th May 2021Stath Lets Flats to be remade in America
US network Fox is to remake hit Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats. The new version of the show will be called Bren Rents.
British Comedy Guide, 16th December 2020