Jimmy Mulville

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MUSIC PLAYS My castaway this week is Jimmy Mulville.

He began his life in comedy as a performer and writer, but success in front of the camera clearly wasn't enough.

His production company, Hattrick, has turned out more hits than is, frankly, decent.

And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day.

That was The Pogues and Kirstie McCall and Fairytale of New York.

And you said, Jimmy Mulville, that it was really to remind you of the weekends and the atmosphere and the parties and the robustness of life at home with your mum and dad.

Yeah.

at the movies?

I'm Jimmy Mulville, the managing director of Hattrick Productions, the company behind shows like Have I Got News For You and Derry Girls.

I'm Peter Fincham, former controller of BBC One, ex-head of television at ITV and co-CEO of Expectation.

And this is Insiders, the TV podcast.

He has been spearheading a bid to produce Doctor Who after the BBC launched its competitive tender.

So Deadline is told that Hat-Trick Mercurio, the production team he runs with Hat-Trick founder Jimmy Mulville, has submitted a proposal with Mercurio attached as executive producer.

He is himself a sci-fi fan.

He created a BBC TV series called Invasion Earth in the 90s, which I've not heard of.

Deadline can reveal that the Line of Duty showrunner is spearheading a bid to produce Doctor Who after the BBC launched a capacitive tender, a bake-off style process in which producers have to put forward plans to regenerate the iconic sci-fi series.

Deadline is told that Hattrick Mercurio, the production company that Mercurio runs with Hattrick founder Jimmy Mulville, has submitted a proposal with Mercurio attached as executive producer.

He himself is a sci-fi fan and created BBC series Invasion Earth in the 1990s and has since become one of the nation's pre-eminent...

Wow, the way they've formatted that is terrible.

Yeah, so look, a few quotes here from an article in Deadline.

The first one says, Could Jed Mercurio be about to take control of the TARDIS? We are told Hattrick Mercurio, THM, the production company Mercurio runs with Hattrick founder Jimmy Mulville, has submitted a proposal with Mercurio attached as an executive producer.

Mercurio is a sci-fi fan and created the BBC series Invasion Earth in the 1990s.

He has since become one of the nation's preeminent TV scribes, with credits including Bodyguard and Cardiac Arrest.

Hello and welcome to Insiders, a podcast all about the world of television with me, Peter Fincham.

Me, Jimmy Mulville.

This is the podcast, as you know by now, for people who love TV and want to know a bit more about what goes on behind the scenes.

So we're going to do another episode where we look at a top 10 because, Peter, apparently they've been very popular.

Yeah.

at various comedy shows, and it's run by Jimmy Mulville, who actually, interestingly, he was in Chelmsford 1, 2, 3, and they did Doctor Who skit ones, didn't they? Where the TARDIS materialises in the woods.

Oh, I

didn't know that.

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Inside, the podcast all about the world of television with me, Jimmy Mulville.

And me, Peter Fincham.

This is the podcast for people who love television and wanna find out a bit more about what goes on behind the scenes.