Ash Atalla
- Producer and executive producer
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Myriad Comic Cuts graphic novel competition launched
Roughcut TV has partnered with graphic novel publisher Myriad to launch a comedy-related competition.
British Comedy Guide, 5th July 2017Ash Atalla: white middle class 'swept away' BBC3
As the producer of The Office and The IT Crowd, Ash Atalla is familiar with awkward situations and how to get a laugh out of them. That was what he did on Newsnight in 2014 when he likened the decision to make BBC Three online only to "a 60-year-old man wearing a golf jumper has just walked into a really good nightclub and turned the music off".
Tara Conlan, The Guardian, 27th November 2016People Just Do Nothing film planned
The creators of pirate radio station-set sitcom People Just Do Nothing are "talking about" the idea of making a film when the programme has finished on TV.
British Comedy Guide, 27th November 2016BBC Three to launch Sexy Murder series
BBC Three is to launch Sexy Murder, a comedy series that spoofs reality crime series like Making A Murderer and Serial.
British Comedy Guide, 27th October 2016How People Just Do Nothing made sitcoms funny again
In an age of bleak comedy that barely makes you snigger, one show has been keeping up the lost art of making people laugh - the hilarious, half-witted pirate radio mockumentary. Now, finally, the BBC are throwing their weight behind it.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 22nd September 2016Sky 1 orders Trollied Series 6
Sky 1 has ordered a sixth series of supermarket comedy Trollied. Rufus Hound and Georgia May Foote join the cast.
British Comedy Guide, 30th August 2016People Just Do Nothing producer Ash Atalla on Kurupt FM
Ash Atalla, whose production credits include The Office, and producer Jon Petrie tell The Independent why they think YouTube series-turned BBC Three cult hit People Just Do Nothing is set to break into comedy's big league
Sally Newall, The Independent, 17th August 2016Sky1 orders new sitcom Carters Get Rich
Sky1 has ordered Carters Get Rich, a new family sitcom about a teenager who sells a phone app for millions of pounds.
British Comedy Guide, 28th June 2016Interview with Ash Atalla
Ash Atalla has managed, so far, to bookend his career with two fantastic pieces of work. First there was the game-changing The Office, way back in 2003, and now his fingers are in the THC-addled pie of BBC3's People Just Do Nothing.
Joe Bish, Vice.com, 19th April 2016Comedy producer Ash Atalla talks about Twitter
Comedy producer loves social media really, and also relishes the fact that new online TV platforms mean he has more places to sell his shows than ever.
Stuart Dredge, The Guardian, 13th April 2015