Next Session: Gavin Smith

Wednesday 8th May 2024, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Gavin has worked in scripted television for most of his career having spent 14 years at The Comedy Unit where he started in development and worked through various roles before becoming Creative Director. In 2018 he moved to the BBC to take up the role of Scripted Commissioning Executive for BBC Scotland. Since joining, Gavin has worked as co commissioner of UK scripted series including Guilt (BBC Scotland and BBC Two), Dinosaur (BBC Scotland and BBC Three), Mayflies (BBC Scotland and BBC One), Granite Harbour (BBC Scotland and BBC One), Still Game Series 9 (BBC Scotland and BBC One), Limmy's Homemade Show (BBC Scotland and BBC Two), as well as exec for many locally broadcast BBC Scotland scripted series including River City, Scot Squad and The Scotts. Gavin will be joining us to talk about, amongst other things, BBC Scotland's comedy plans and togive us insight into how the commissioning process works in his department.

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