Gina Lyons
Gina Lyons

Gina Lyons

  • English
  • Producer

Press clippings

Comedy Poster Awards 2023 winners revealed

The winning artwork for 2023's Edinburgh Festival Fringe comedy shows have been revealed by the Comedy Poster Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 22nd August 2023

Spring Sitcom Selection scripts chosen

Eleven projects have been selected from BCG Pro's Spring Sitcom Selection exclusive opportunity.

British Comedy Guide, 7th October 2022

Producer Gina Lyons named on BAFTA's new elevate list

Lyons is a producer with more than 18 years' experience working in British comedy entertainment and scripted comedy.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th May 2022

Dreaming Whilst Black series coming to the BBC

The BBC has ordered a series of Adjani Salmon's sitcom Dreaming Whilst Black.

British Comedy Guide, 25th April 2022

Dreaming Whilst Black: from web to BBC1

Our Comedy Slice adaptation of Adjani Salmon's online hit shows people of colour given senior positions create brilliant programmes, says Gina Lyons.

Gina Lyons, Broadcast, 27th April 2021

BBC snaps up acclaimed comedy about racism in British film industry

The BBC is working to adapt cult-hit web series Dreaming Whilst Black, about racism in the film industry.

British Comedy Guide, 15th January 2021

BBC Three commissions In My Skin series

BBC Three has commissioned a series of In My Skin, its recent Welsh comedy drama pilot about a teenage girl struggling to hide the truth of her home life, with her mother sectioned in a mental health facility.

British Comedy Guide, 21st December 2018

BCG partners with revived Comedy Poster Awards

After a year's hiatus, the Comedy Poster Awards return to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018 with new sponsors Beer52 and British Comedy Guide.

British Comedy Guide, 11th June 2018

ITV2 orders Christmas stand-up 'rant' show

ITV2 has commissioned a feature-length special featuring comedians "ranting" about Christmas.

British Comedy Guide, 16th November 2017

Comedy Poster Awards: Edinburgh Fringe 2016 interview

Come August any wall, bus stop, railing or window in Edinburgh is likely to have poster on it. Fall asleep on a park bench and it's likely you will have one pasted on to your very own face. There's more posters in Edinburgh during the Fringe than in an undergraduate student's bedroom, so it only feels right that the often overlooked art-form of the Edinburgh poster has it's own awards.

Laugh Out London, 3rd August 2016

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