Ash Atalla
A special film celebrating People Just Do Nothing’s rise from web series to BAFTA-winning TV comedy series and major motion picture, featuring interviews with the cast and creators.
11-year-old Joanna tries to understand grief through her mother’s reaction to Princess Diana’s death.
Jerk follows the life of acclaimed stand up Tim Renkow, who plays a heightened version of himself; an American art school dropout who needs to get a visa to stay in the UK. The only problem is that Tim has cerebral palsy. This means that people judge him… all the time. Although usually they judge him wrongly, because what they don’t realise is that inside that severely disabled, vulnerable body is a bit of an asshole.
Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a range of customers, from the irate to the downright bizarre.
Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets with comedy glitterati Alan Carr, David Walliams, Noel Fielding, Rob Brydon and her Doctor Who co-star, David Tennant, all of whom reflect on the greatest comedy moments in recent history. As well as showcasing all the most entertaining, memorable comedy of the time, the documentary also features newsreel and pop culture archive that contextualises the gags. It reveals not just what was funny, but why it was funny. Catherine's journey provides new insight and revelations and features anecdotes from some of the biggest names in comedy.
UK Comedy series about two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
Man Stroke Woman is a British television comedy sketch show directed by Richard Cantor and produced by Ash Atalla and starring Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost. In addition to being broadcast on digital channel BBC Three in the United Kingdom, all the episodes were available for streaming from the BBC website. Series 2 started in January 2007 and is also available for streaming from the BBC website. There is no studio audience or laugh track.
The Office Christmas Specials are the two-part final episode of the British mockumentary comedy television series The Office.
The story of how a group of mates from Brentford took their online mockumentary and turned it into a smash hit British comedy. People Just Do Nothing has gone from YouTube to Bafta-winning sitcom and is now about to make its big-screen debut as a new feature film, Big in Japan. We hear from the producers who helped guide the show from YouTube to the BBC and beyond. Celebrity fans and collaborators Craig David, Dizzee Rascal, Clara Amfo and Martin Freeman explain why they think the show has become such a huge success, and the creators and cast of Kurupt FM reflect on their journey from teenage friends to winning the biggest prize in UK comedy. Beyond the show itself, they have sold out gig venues, performed at some of the world's biggest music festivals and worked with some of the biggest artists on the planet. And as they now prepare for their upcoming film release, what next for Brentford's biggest pirate radio crew and the legion of fans they have made all over the world?
