What does a producer do?

Written by: Micheál Jacob
Published: Wednesday 3rd July 2024

Micheál Jacob's long career as an executive producer and script editor encompasses a plethora of television and radio comedies, including Birds Of A Feather, Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, Goodnight Sweetheart, My Family, Eyes Down, Thieves Like Us, The Smoking Room, Not For Turning and Dead Canny.

When thinking about how production is organised, it's sometimes helpful to see it as a department store, but perhaps more Selfridges than Grace Brothers.

On the other hand I have worked with the occasional Mrs Slocombe, various examples of Miss Brahms, and the odd Mr Humphries.

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