Gavin Smith

  • Producer, executive and executive producer

Press clippings

Gregor Fisher & Greg McHugh to star in BBC One sitcom Only Child

Gregor Fisher and Greg McHugh are reuniting to play father and son in a new BBC One sitcom, Only Child, in which McHugh is a budding author, returning to his family home in North-East Scotland to look after his recently widowed, ageing and wilful dad, (Fisher), as he slips into ever more eccentric and erratic behaviour.

British Comedy Guide, 5th February 2024

BBC Scotland announces £500k development fund for new series

BBC Scotland is on the search for its next returning series following its huge success with the multi-award winning comedy drama series Guilt and its other scripted titles including comedies The Scotts and Scot Squad.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd June 2023

Ashley Storrie's autism comedy drama Dinosaur picked up for BBC series

Dinosaur, the BBC comedy drama starring Ashley Storrie as an autistic woman negotiating the world has been picked up for a series. Written by Matilda Curtis, it focuses on Nina's life being turned upside down when her sister Evie gets engaged after just six weeks' dating.

British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2023

Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition 2023 opens 9th March

Entry opens for the 2023 Short Com TV Sitcom Writing Competition on 9th March, with the deadline to submit being 7th July.

British Comedy Guide, 27th February 2023

BBC Radio Scotland orders satirical sketch show Noising Up

BBC Radio Scotland has ordered satirical sketch show Noising Up, starring stand-up Stephen Buchanan and Scot Squad's Karen Bartke and Manjot Sumal, with an open submission policy for aspirant writers.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd August 2022

BBC Scotland orders more The Farm and three more comedies

The BBC has ordered another 30 minute episode of The Farm for BBC One Scotland, plus another instalment of sketch show Stevens & McCarthy, and two new sitcoms, The Islelanders and Stunners, for iPlayer.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd June 2022

BBC Scotland unveils female-led comedies

Janey Godley, Ashley Storrie and Karen Dunbar are among the stars of a raft of female-led comedies commissioned by BBC Scotland. Commissions include Dregs, Stevens & McCarthy, Who Runs The World? and Two For One.

British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021

Coma sitcom pilot Beep to air on the BBC this March

The BBC is piloting Beep, a tragi-comic sitcom about the family of a man in a long-term coma.

British Comedy Guide, 3rd March 2021

BBC Scotland sketch show 'Only An Excuse?' to end after 27 years

Only An Excuse?, the sketch show which has formed part of BBC One Scotland's festive schedule since the 1990s, is to end this December.

British Comedy Guide, 10th November 2020

Susan Calman to host BBC Scotland series from her home

BBC Scotland is to broadcast Socially Distant With Susan Calman, a topical six-part series which the comedian will present from her back garden.

British Comedy Guide, 27th March 2020

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