BBC Studios Teams With ‘The Inbetweeners’ Star; ViacomCBS First-Look AGC Deal; Channel 4’s ‘Deceit’ Rounds Out Cast
BBC Studios Teams With ‘The Inbetweeners’ Star BBC Studios has signed a development, production, and distribution deal with People Person Pictures, the company recently co-founded by The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet (Chickens). BBC Studios will have global rights to People Person shows co-developed, co-produced and commissioned from BBC Studios Productions. Josh Cole, head of comedy at BBC Studios Production, said: “We are long-time admirers of Simon and Jonny’s work – they are not only exceptionally gifted writers and performers but also producers, working closely with the industry’s most exciting, emerging comic talent.”