Tessa Le Bars
- Executive producer, agent and producer
Press clippings
Galton & Simpson archive funding drive enters final push
The University of York has launched a fundraising campaign to secure the archive of comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The university needs to raise £30,000 to ensure that some of the archive's greatest gems, including The Blood Donor sketch script, aren't split up and sold into private hands.
British Comedy Guide, 20th May 2025Electric Head duo win Big Finish script writing competition
The winners of The Big Finish Comedy Playhouse Script Writing Competition have been announced, with Cy Henty and Alan Ronald - known as The Electric Head - winning the inaugural Galton & Simpson Godfathers of Comedy Award for their script The Cracks Are Showing.
British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2023Big Finish Comedy Playhouse competition launched
The Big Finish Comedy Playhouse Script Writing Competition, which is endorsed by the estate of legendary comedy writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, is in search of "hilarious scripts which are suitable for a pilot episode of an audio production".
British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2023BBC Comedy Collective and BBC Comedy Grants launched
The BBC has launched the BBC Comedy Collective, a collection of bursary schemes for writers, producers and directors. It has also announced BBC Comedy Grants, funding to increase access opportunity in comedy.
British Comedy Guide, 19th December 2022