Baby Cow Productions
Successful production company founded by Steve Coogan and Henry Normal in 1999. Baby Cow have created audience-winning comedies like Gavin & Stacey, Nighty Night, The Mighty Boosh, and Moone Boy. Their film output includes Stan & Ollie, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and the Oscar-and Golden Globe nominated Philomena.
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Current productions
| Status | Medium | Production | Broadcaster | Genre | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In development | TV |  |
Alan Carr Sitcom Project | Sitcom | A semi-autobiographical sitcom about Alan Carr's life growing up in Northampton in the 1980s. | |
| New | TV |  |
Alan Partridge's British History | BBC1 | Sitcom | Alan Partridge documents the history of Britain. |
| New | TV |  |
Chivalry | C4 | Comedy Drama | Steve Coogan stars as a producer who has to detoxify his film in the wake of the #MeToo movement. |
| In development | TV |  |
Old Baggage | Comedy Drama | Vicki Pepperdine and Joanna Scanlan star in the TV adaptation of the book by Lissa Evans. | |
| New | Film |  |
The Fantastic Flitcrofts | Film | Comedy film from Simon Farnaby about a dreadful golfer who blagged his way into the 1976 British Open. | |
| New | Film | The Lost King | Film | Comedy drama based on the discovery of Richard III's grave beneath a council car park in Leicester. | ||
| New | TV |  |
The Witchfinder | BBC2 | Sitcom | Tim Key and Daisy May Cooper star in this comedy series set in the 1600s. |
| Returning | TV |  |
This Time With Alan Partridge | BBC1 | Sitcom | Alan Partridge returns to BBC television as co-host of an evening weekday magazine show. |
Notable archive productions
| Medium | Production | Broadcaster | Genre | Summary | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online |  |
Pls Like | BBC3 | Sitcom | Mockumentary starring Liam Williams as a man learning how to become a YouTube star. |
| TV |  |
Red Dwarf | Dave | Sitcom | Science fiction sitcom based in space. The crew aboard the damaged mining spaceship Red Dwarf are doomed to drift in space for the rest of eternity. |
| TV |  |
The Trip | Sky1 | Sitcom | Improvised comedy with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon on a series of road trips. |
| TV |  |
Gavin & Stacey | BBC1 | Sitcom | A critic-pleasing, gentle and warm comedy about the romance between an Essex lad and Welsh girl. |
| TV |  |
Zapped | Dave | Sitcom | Fantasy comedy series about a man abruptly transported to a parallel world. |
| TV |  |
Uncle | BBC3 | Sitcom | BBC Three sitcom in which Nick Helm stars as an out-of work musician forced to look after his young nephew. |
| TV |  |
Moone Boy | Sky1 | Sitcom | Semi-autobiographical sitcom written by Chris O'Dowd about a boy growing up in Ireland accompanied by his imaginary friend. |
| TV |  |
Ideal | BBC3 | Sitcom | Cult BBC Three sitcom starring Johnny Vegas as a small-time drug dealer. A large ensemble cast of characters visit Moz's flat each week. |
| Radio |  |
Nebulous | Radio 4 | Sitcom | A post-apocalyptic sci-fi radio sitcom set on an environmentally ruined Earth in 2099. |
| TV |  |
The Mighty Boosh | BBC3 | Sitcom | Surreal cult sitcom following the adventures of Vince Noir and Howard Moon. |
| Film |  |
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | Film | Alan Partridge makes a long-awaited transfer to the silver screen. | |
| Film |  |
The Look Of Love | Film | Steve Coogan stars in a comic tale of the life of the 'King of Soho' and porn baron Paul Raymond. | |
| Film |  |
Down Terrace | Film | Darkly unsettling kitchen sink comedy about a father and son who are both just out of prison and desperate to discover who sold them out. |
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