Production News Archive
Archived news for DLT Entertainment, Vera Productions, GAG Reflex Productions, Impatient Productions, and Juniper Productions.

Christian Brighty, Jessica Knappett, and Colin McFarlane Star In The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty
4 x 30 Minute Episodes Starting 11PM, 24TH AUGUST 2024 on BBC Radio 4.

Inverting the familiar worlds of BBC Period Dramas, Jane Austen, Poldark and Bridgerton, The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty follows a hedonistic Regency-era aristocrat (Christian Brighty) who has an epiphany and decides he must right all his many past wrongs.

Listen on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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Time Of The Week: New Character Comedy Series Launches 11pm 6th July on BBC Radio 4
Time Of The Week parodies live women’s current affairs and talk shows and stars BAFTA award winning actress Sian Clifford and is Created by award-winning comedian and former BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour producer Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield.

Listen on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

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Apr 10 25
Time Of The Week Nominated for Best Comedy Arias Award
Ceremony takes place on Wednesday 14th May at Leicester Square's Odeon Luxe.

The Radio Academy Arias are the UK's leading audio and radio awards celebrating outstanding shows and the creative teams behind them. This annual event recognises the thriving audio industry's global impact and importance to audiences, proudly showcasing the world-leading audio and talent coming from the UK today.

Learn about the Arias Awards and The Radio Academy.

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Time Of The Week, The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty, Derek Mitchell, and Rosco McClelland are Chortle Award Nominees

DLT productions of Time Of The Week and The Many Wrongs Of Lord Christian Brighty are both up for Best Radio Show.

Gag Reflex's Roscoe McClelland is nominated for Best Compere.

Impatient Productions' Derek Mitchell is nominated for Best Social Media.

Vote now and show your support.

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BBC Audio Drama Awards Nominees
DLT Congratulates its 2024 BBC Audio Drama Awards Nominees:
  • Sian Clifford, Time Of The Week - Best Comedy Performance
  • Colin McFarlane The Many Wrongs Of Lord Chrstian Brighty - Best Comedy Performance
  • Christian BrightyThe Many Wrongs Of Lord Chrstian Brighty - Best Debut Performance

Read the announcement.

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Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty: One of The Best Comedies Ever

From Angus Deayton's widower comedy, Alone, to 1978's Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty joins the list of the top 27 funniest radio shows to have graced the airwaves.

See the entire list.

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BBC Radio 4 Picks Up Two Series From DLT
The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty stars TikTok’s answer to Mr Darcy, Christian Brighty, in his first radio sitcom, in which the Regency rake tries to make amends for his past misdeeds.

Award-winning new comedian and former Woman’s Hour producer Lorna Rose Treen, with co-writer Jonathan Oldfield, parodies women's current affairs and talk shows in Time of the Week, alongside a brilliant cast of comedians and actors.

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Table Reads: New Comedy Script Showcase
Monkey Barrel 4 - 11:20 AM - Jul 30 to Aug 25

In the spirit of The Edinburgh Fringe, DLT Entertainment and Monkey Barrel Comedy have joined forces to try something new. Each day of The Fringe a table read of new comedy script will be performed by your favorite talent at The Fringe.

The Department of Happiness will be read from July 30 through August 7 and August 23 through 25.
Wenches will be read from August 8 through 13 and August 20 through 22.
Roll With It will be read from August 14 through 19.

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DLT Companies Had 70 shows At The 2024 Edinburgh Fringe
DLT Entertainment UK Limited and its affiliated companies Blue Book Artist Management, Gag Reflex Productions, The Soho Agency, Milburn Browning Associates, and Impatient Productions combined are either representing or producing 70 shows at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

See a list of DLT shows at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Donald Taffner, Jr. Appointed 2023 International Emmy Gala Chairman
In honor of DLT Entertainment's 60th Anniversary, Donald Taffner, Jr. has been appointed Chairman of this year's International Emmy Awards Gala where the leading television producers from around the world showcase their programming and compete to be recognized at the prestigious International Emmy® Awards with over one thousand international broadcasting, production and distribution executives convene to celebrate the best in global television.

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DLT Steps In To Fund 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards
When the sponsors for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards did not renew causing this year's awards to be in doubt, DLT Entertainment stepped in to fund and unsure another year of this prestigious award.

DLT anticipates that this will be the first of a multi-year commitment to ensure the awards continue for years to come.

Congratulations to this year's DLT Entertainment Newcomer Award Winner Urooj Ashfaq!

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DLT Companies Had over 45 Shows 2023 Edinburgh Fringe
Blue Book Artist Management, Gag Reflex Productions, The Soho Agency and Impatient Production's combined either represent and produce over 45 shows at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Congratulations to our award winning and nominated acts:

  • Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - Comedians' Choice Awards 2023 Best Show
  • Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - (ISH) Edinburgh Awards Best Show
  • Julia Masli: ha ha ha ha ha ha ha - Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show Nominee
  • Dan Tiernan: Going Under - (ISH) Edinburgh Awards Best Newcomer
  • Dan Tiernan: Going Under - Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Nominee

See a list of DLT shows at the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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BBC Scotland commissions Pilot of The Remotely Amusing Gameshow
Pilot broadcast on BBC Scotland Aptil 11.

Broadcast on April 11, Karen Dunbar hosts a new comedy game show featuring daft challenges from people across the nation. Can you bake a cake in the shape of a famous celebrity? Recreate a moment from history in your front room? Karen and her celebrity guests Sanjeev Kohli, Julie Wilson Nimmo and Ray Bradshaw want to know!

Watch on BBC iPlayer.

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DLT's Second Audible Production, Panic Room Is Now Available
News is everywhere and it’s all bad! So, John Robins has sealed himself in his panic room and he won’t come out until the world’s fixed. Did you know that we’re rapidly running out of Grave Space? Or that the increasing convenience of modern life is slowly infantilizing us? When is someone going to stop social media ripping society apart? And is it possible to eat anything at all without contributing to the destruction of the planet? Each episode John discovers something that makes him so anxious he can barely sit still, and his two trusted comedian advisors Olga Koch and Eshaan Akbar compete to find an ingenious solution by consulting with experts and road-testing ideas.

Listen to the BBC Radio 4 Extra review (41:00 mark)

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Very Modern Quests Now Available On Audible
Join Quest Master Alice Levine as she guides celebrity guests including Greg James, Rose Matafeo, Phil Wang, Joe Lycett through an everyday adventure with the help of character comedian Emma Sidi, embodying the everyday individuals we’d rather avoid. Listen in as they navigate their way through a choose-their-own adventure game with a difference; no goblins, no elves, just the nitty gritty of everyday life and no idea what’s about to happen.

Watch a trailer featuring Joe Lycett and Rose Matafeo

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CBBC's Monster Court Available On iPlayer
Monster Court is aimed at 6 – 12-year-olds and is centred around a monster puppet, the Rt Hon Judge Martin Smudge, who dishes out justice for children who send in their light hearted problems, such as embarrassing parents, boring teachers, bedtimes or being made to do things like eat vegetables or wear shoes. Children apply with their crimes and Judge Smudge delivers justice in the form of a monstrous punishment.
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DLT Invests In Gag Reflex, Creates Regional Indie
DLT continues its expansion into talent management and live comedy with a significant investment in Manchester based Gag Reflex Limited. As part of the investment, DLT and Gag Reflex will form new regional indie Gag Reflex Productions to be based out of Gag Reflex's offices in Manchester.
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DLT Entertainment Invests In Impatient Productions
DLT entertainment has joined forces with Impatient Productions, the independent creative production company set up by comedian Mark Watson and ex BBC producer Lianne Coop with a significant investment.
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Katya Balfour-Lynn Joins DLT as Development Producer
Former United Agents live comedy producer has worked with talent including Tom Rosenthal, Nick Mohammed, Richard Gadd, Lloyd Griffith. Nick Helm, Katherine Ryan, Ben Bailey Smith, DENIM, Kieran Hodgson, Spencer Jones, Liam Williams, Cardinal Burns, Tim Renkow, Natasia Demetriou & Ellie White, Maddie Rice, Lucy McCormick, Angelos Epithemiou and many more.

Katya joins the DLT team tasked with developing both scripted and unscripted comedy and entertainment projects.

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Darren Smith Appointed DLT's Creative Director
Phil Tredinnick joins as Head of Entertainment Development
They have been tasked with developing new entertainment and comedy formats for domestic and international audiences. Smith will report directly to Donald Taffner Jr., President of DLT Entertainment, with Tredinnick and the current DLT team reporting into Smith.
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Dara O'Briain's Go 8 Bit
Award winning comedian and well-known gaming and technology fan Dara O Briain (Mock the week, Robot Wars) hosts celebrating the world of video games. Part comedy panel show, part physical game show and wholly competitive, each week Dara is joined by guest stars who battle it out – very vocally and passionately!
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