Kenton Allen
- Executive producer and producer
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Friday Night Dinner's Robert Popper creates I Hate You
Robert Popper, the creator of Friday Night Dinner, has written a new sitcom for Channel 4 called I Hate You.
British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2021Mae Martin and Joe Lycett amongst RTS winners
Mae Martin, The Ranganation, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Youssef Kerkour, The Young Offenders and Joe Lycett's Got Your Back were amongst the winners at the Royal Television Society Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 17th March 2021Royal Television Society Awards 2021 nominations
Brassic, Sex Education, The Young Offenders, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Sophie Willan, Ruth Jones, Youssef Kerkour, O-T Fagbenle and Paul Chahidi are amongst the nominees for the RTS Programme Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2021Channel 4 announces Friday Night Dinner Night
Channel 4 has announced a whole evening's programming to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its hit sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
British Comedy Guide, 14th January 2021Stephen Merchant's The Offenders gets second series
Stephen Merchant's new BBC One comedy, co-starring Christopher Walken, has been renewed for a second series whilst filming on the first is ongoing.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2021Interview with Big Talk CEO Kenton Allen
Big Talk Productions CEO Kenton Allen is typically straight when reflecting on 2020. "A disaster," he says, surveying the economic wreckage of Covid-19 over a Zoom call from his home in London last month. Like countless others, the pandemic has blown a huge hole in Big Talk's earnings and created unthinkable headaches for the company, which should have been celebrating a very healthy 12 months.
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13th January 2021Friday Night Dinner gets documentary but maybe no new series
The executive producer of Friday Night Dinner has said there may not be a further series of the sitcom. However, Channel 4 are making a documentary to celebrate the show's 10th anniversary.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2021Timewasters to be piloted in America
American TV network ABC is set to film a pilot adaptation of ITV2 sitcom Timewasters this spring.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2021Christopher Walken confirmed for Stephen Merchant's The Offenders
Christopher Walken has been confirmed as leading the cast of Stephen Merchant's BBC comedy drama The Offenders, which has resumed filming.
British Comedy Guide, 14th December 2020Filming starts on Friday Night Dinner Series 6
Filming is now underway on the sixth series of Friday Night Dinner. Plots will include Jim getting a new dog.
British Comedy Guide, 28th October 2019