James Corden’s Fulwell 73 Hires ITV Comedy Controller Saskia Schuster
Schuster joins as head of scripted at the “Late Late Show with James Corden” producer in early May. Based in London, she will report into managing partner Leo Pearlman.in 2014 as controller for comedy, and her commissions include “The Trouble With Maggie Cole,” “The Keith and Paddy Picture Show,” “Birds of a Feather” and “Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule” for ITV, as well as “ Shopping with Keith Lemon,” “The Stand Up Sketch Show,” “Don’t Hate The Playaz” and “Timewasters” for ITV2.
As part of this drive, Schuster was responsible for a change in ITV’s terms of commission, stipulating that no comedy entertainment shows with all-male writing teams would be commissioned, and that scripted comedy productions must demonstrate best endeavours to employ women in the writing room. Before joining the broadcaster, Schuster was a comedy commissioner at Sky, where her credits include “Yonderland” and “Little Crackers” for Sky One, “A Young Doctor’s Notebook” for Sky Arts and “Ronna and Beverly” for Sky Atlantic.
Meanwhile, its recent TV slate includes the hit documentary “Bros: After the Screaming Stops” for BBC, “Drop the Mic” for TBS, “Sounds Like Friday Night” for BBC One, “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” for Apple, “Sunderland ‘Til I Die” for Netflix, and the “Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special” for BBC One.
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