Jimmy Mulville
- 70 years old
- English
- Actor, producer, executive producer, comedian, director and writer
Press clippings Page 4
Interview with Hat Trick producer Jimmy Mulville
It's a decade this year since Jimmy Mulville brought his TV comedy-hit factory Hat Trick back from the brink after a private-equity deal.
Alex Lawson, Evening Standard, 27th March 2017Radio 4 Extra to interview comedy producers
Radio 4 Extra is making The Real Comedy Controllers, a series in which some of Britain's most prolific comedy producers are interviewed.
British Comedy Guide, 16th December 2016BBC comedy boss: BBC3 bidders are like Bond villains
In a light-hearted speech at a BBC comedy reception last night the controller of comedy commissioning Shane Allen added: "Unfortunately Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville cannot be here tonight - they are doing an aggressive takeover bid of Woolworths"
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 5th March 2015Steve Coogan backs bid to buy BBC Three
The comedian Steve Coogan, and his independent TV production company Baby Cow, have backed Jimmy Mulville and Jon Thoday's bid to buy BBC Three.
Neil Midgley, The Guardian, 4th March 2015Avalon and Hat Trick executives to bid for BBC Three
Jon Thoday and Jimmy Mulville are expected to submit a formal proposal to the BBC to prevent network going online-only.
Neil Midgley, The Guardian, 20th January 2015Hat Trick boss hits out at BBC 'dinosaurs'
Jimmy Mulville, the boss of Hat Trick Productions, the television production company behind Have I Got News For You, has labelled the BBC and ITV "dinosaurs" after lacklustre competition from their in-house production units led to a surge in his own business's profits.
Katherine Rushton, The Telegraph, 7th October 2012Interview with Hat Trick boss Jimmy Mulville
All the successive BBC suits know that in Have I Got News For You, they have enduring comedy gold. Yet Jimmy Mulville's original expectations were low. "I didn't even like the title, and the pilot was the worst programme made by human beings up to that point"
Brian Viner, The Independent, 30th April 2012BBC Two's Episodes: The first buzz comedy tip for 2011
"If you like shows like Extras, 30 Rock, The Office and Outnumbered, you'll probably like this," says producer Jimmy Mulville of Episodes, the first "buzz" TV show of 2011 - and he's right.
Adam Sherwin, Beehive City, 31st December 2010Top producer Jimmy Mulville slams 'lazy' BBC
Jimmy Mulville, the managing director of Hat Trick Productions, has criticised the BBC for 'aiming low' and not promoting shows properly.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd September 2010Jimmy Mulville: Cocaine, cancer and my father's suicide
As the creative force behind independent TV company Hat Trick Productions, Jimmy Mulville is regarded as one of the most influential figures in British television. But the man who brought Father Ted, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Have I Got News For You and Room 101 to our screens today reveals a personal tragedy that is in stark contrast to the anarchic comedy of his most memorable shows.
Mail on Sunday, 1st August 2010