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BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase Jury

14 May 2014
Greg Daniels, creator of The Office and Parks And Recreation chairs a BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum at the New York Television FestivalBAFTA New York/ Seton Davey

This year's BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase entries will be judged by a jury of esteemed industry professionals. Find out more...

The jury

Tom Basden Writer and actor (, )
Jack Bayles Producer, Running Bare (, , )
Richard Boden Director of Programes, Delightful Industries and, comedy producer and director (, , )
Ben Boyer Head of Development, Sky Comedy
Sam Bryant BBC Comedy producer (BBC Three , , )
Ben Caudell Co-Founder and Creative Director, Zeppotron
Kevin Cecil Writer (, , , , )
Ri Chakraborty Creative Director and Executive Producer
Jim Field Smith Director (, ) and writer (, )
Margot Gavan Duffy Producer, Tiger Aspect (, , )
Elaine Gracie Comedy Development, Bonafide Films
Anil Gupta Writer/producer (, , )
Dan Hine Head of Comedy, Roughcut TV (, , )
Nana Hughes Comedy Producer, Retort (, , , )
Jamie Jay Johnson Director (, )
Simon Mayhew-Archer Deveopment producer - television and radio, BBC (, , )
Fiona McDermott Commissioning Editor - Comedy, Channel 4
Arabella McGuigan Development Executive - Comedy & Drama, CPL Productions
Sam Michell Producer, BBC (, )
Andrew Newman Chief Executive, Objective Productions -
Caroline Norris Producer (, , )
David Quantick Writer (, , , , )
Saskia Schuster Commissioning Editor - Comedy, Sky
Chris Sussman Executive Editor - Comedy Commissioning, BBC
Mark Talbot Producer, Hat Trick Productions ()
Sam Ward Producer, Big Talk Productions ()

!!BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase in New York and Edinburgh

In August the BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase returns to the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) for a second year. In October it will return to the New York Television Festival (NYTVF) for a fourth consecutive year.

BAFTA, with its branches in New York and in Scotland, and Rocliffe, are offering this opportunity in partnership with British Airways, GEITF and the NYTVF, and the chosen writers will receive:

• A BAFTA Rocliffe New Comedy Showcase featuring professional actors performing their work in front of an industry audience at GEITF or the NYTVF. Audience members across the festivals will include representatives from BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky, Comedy Central, Sky, FOX, FX, VH1, MTV, IFC and major independent production companies;
• Feedback during the event from top television industry guests – gaining vital tips and encouragement. The 2013 NYTVF/BAFTA New York event was chaired by Greg Daniels (, )
• One-to-one development mentoring sessions by top UK and US comedy commissioners and independent production companies

Last year’s winning writers have built on their BAFTA Rocliffe success to develop their careers in the industry. Examples include writing pair Tony Cooke and Brona C. Titley whose script was showcased in New York in 2013 and has since been optioned by a UK production company. Writing pair Andrea Hubert and Ryan Cull, whose script, , was showcased in Edinburgh last year, were offered a BBC development deal. They are currently working on a new sitcom as part of a development deal with Objective Productions.

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