Shane Allen
- Writer, executive producer, executive and commissioner
Press clippings
"We're going back to silly": what's the next turn for British comedy in era of nostalgia?
It's no joke for new shows as classic favourites live on while investment in sitcoms and sketches falters.
Alexandra Topping, The Guardian, 16th February 2024'Am I Being Unreasonable?' recommissioned for Series 3
Am I Being Unreasonable? has been recommissioned for a third series, before the second has even aired, co-creator and star Daisy May Cooper has revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 11th January 2024Still Open All Hours Series 7 cancelled by BBC One
A seventh series of Still Open All Hours has been cancelled, after coronavirus delayed its production.
British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2023Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli create BBC comedy thriller
Real-life best friends Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli have created and will star in a BBC comedy thriller series together. The show focuses on two friends who find their lives unravelling.
British Comedy Guide, 29th October 2021The Other One to return for Series 2
Filming is underway on a second series of BBC One sitcom The Other One.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd July 2021People Just Do Nothing documentary coming to BBC
The stars of People Just Do Nothing have reunited to make a documentary about their rise from internet obscurity to television popularity and upcoming feature film Big In Japan, for a new BBC Three documentary, Kurupting The Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story.
British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2021Mawaan Rizwan becomes BBC's Young People's Comedy Laureate
The BBC Comedy Association has appointed Mawaan Rizwan as its first Young People's Comedy Laureate. The news was revealed as the BBC New Comedy Awards 2021 opens for entries.
British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2021Analysis: what next for BBC comedy?
Roughcut TV founder Ash Atalla urged the corporation's next comedy director to "resend the message to the comedy community that they should come to the BBC first". Another indie sector source said Shane Allen's replacement must make the case internally for greater investment.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 14th May 2021Comedy commissioner Shane Allen quits BBC to form Boffola Pictures
Shane Allen, the BBC's comedy commissioning boss for the past nine years, is to leave the broadcaster and establish a new production company, Boffola Pictures, with Kate Daughton.
British Comedy Guide, 5th May 2021Comedy Slices revealed as BBC marks female representation milestone
Four Comedy Slices pilots have been confirmed - Dinosaur, Britney, Ladybaby and Amicable - as BBC Three reveals it has reached a "watershed moment" in broadcasting history with most of its comedy now starring, written by or created by women.
British Comedy Guide, 16th April 2021