Phil Clarke
- Producer, executive producer and executive
Press clippings
The stars of Peep Show look back, 20 years later
It launched the careers of Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, Mitchell and Webb, plus Olivia Colman - but it nearly got cancelled. Two decades since its first episode, its stars reflect on the show that made them
Sean Cole, The Guardian, 18th September 2023Filming underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls
Filming is underway on Kat Sadler's BBC Three sitcom Such Brave Girls, in which she stars alongside her real-life sister Lizzie Davidson and Louise Brealey. Simon Bird directs the loosely autobiographical comedy about a dysfunctional family trying to piece their lives back together after their father walks out on them.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2023BBC Comedy Festival will be in Cardiff on 24th to 26th May
The second annual BBC Comedy Festival - which features sessions for comedy creatives - will take place in Cardiff from Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th May.
British Comedy Guide, 12th April 2023BBC orders 'Henpocalypse!' series
The BBC has ordered Henpocalypse!, a sitcom about five women on a hen weekend that takes place during the apocalypse, who must then survive in a world in where most of the population has been wiped out.
British Comedy Guide, 6th July 2022Jack Bayles appointed Head of Comedy at Various Artists Limited
Various Artists Limited, the production company founded by the creators of Peep Show, have appointed former Channel 4 commissioning editor Jack Bayles as their Head of Comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 15th June 2022Michelle de Swarte pilots comedy drama High End Homeless for Channel 4
Former catwalk model Michelle de Swarte channels her experiences of the fashion scene into pilot comedy drama High End Homeless.
British Comedy Guide, 10th June 2022Mawaan Rizwan's sitcom Juice gets full series
The BBC has confirmed it has ordered a full series of Juice, a new sitcom starring Mawaan Rizwan, for BBC Three
British Comedy Guide, 11th May 2022Russell Tovey joins Mawaan Rizwan's BBC sitcom pilot Juice
Russell Tovey has joined the cast of Mawaan Rizwan's BBC Three pilot Juice, alongside the stand-up's real-life brother and mother, plus fellow comic Jeff Mirza.
British Comedy Guide, 9th September 2021New company for Bain, Armstrong & Clarke
Peep Show creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong are teaming up with Channel 4 Head of Comedy Phil Clarke to launch their own production company.
British Comedy Guide, 10th February 2017Women take the comedy throne at Channel 4
Game of Thrones aside, it is the women who catch the eye in Channel 4's forthcoming comedy line-up.
John Plunkett, The Guardian, 5th June 2016