Channel X are one of the UK’s leading comedy and entertainment specialists, with more than a 30 year history of producing award winning programmes for all the major UK broadcasters.

The company specialises in scripted comedy and drama, comedy entertainment, and documentary. Channel X have worked with all the leading comedy talent in the UK for the last three decades.

The last few years have been some of the busiest in Channel X’s history. A few recent successes include; Detectorists is a multi-award winning BBC sitcom written and directed by Mackenzie Crook, and starring Toby Jones. So Awkward is a BAFTA and Broadcast Award winning hit CBBC series that will enter its sixth series by 2020. The Jam: About The Young Idea is the most watched Sky Arts music documentary of all time.

The company is currently in development with Comedy, Drama and Documentary projects for all major broadcasters and platforms.

Managing Director

While working together on Channel 4’s Soul Train Alan and Jonathan Ross formed Channel X as the company to produce The Last Resort.

Since setting up the company with Ross, Alan went on to become the executive producer for most of Jonathan’s shows including The Incredibly Strange Film Show, Tonight Witth Jonathan Ross and Americana. He also established himself as an outstanding comedy producer with Vic Reeves Big Night Out, The Unpleasant World of Penn and Teller and the award winning The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.

As a BAFTA winning producer for Shooting Stars, Alan Marke has gone on to make shows for all the major broadcasters and digital stations; being equally at home with mainstream and alternative projects.

Director of Programmes

Jim Reid is Channel X’s Director of Programmes. After an extensive career in journalism as the editor of a music magazine, features editor of a left wing tabloid and a contributor to the Sunday Times, Guardian and Observer Jim started his TV career working on Channel X’s The Last Resort.

As a producer and devisor of entertainment formats and scripted comedy Jim has worked with most of the leading names in British television making shows as diverse as Eurotrash, Paul Zenon’s Magic Specials, Stupid Punts, Vic Reeves Examines, Modern Toss and Blunder.

Jim is overseeing Channel X’s push into the format markets of Europe, Asia and the US.

Was formed in 2006 originally based in Manchester. Joanna Blake now  fronts Channel X North based in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.

She joined Channel X on CBBC’s school-based comedy So Awkward, and went on to produce seven series of the brand. So Awkward Academy recently won an RTS NW Award for Best School-Age Children’s Programme.

Joanna also develops scripted comedy for the company.

Previously she has been a development producer at BBC Writersroom, BBC Comedy North and Freeform Productions.

Launched in 2020 Channel X Hopscotch is a new Indie based in Scotland, formed by London based Channel X and Glasgow based Hopscotch Films.

The two companies joined forces to develop scripted comedy and drama projects set and created in Scotland and has a large slate of scripts  in various stages of development; which is overseen by experienced Producer Carolynne Sinclair Kidd.

RTS Scotland winning Dog Days (6 x 10 mins BBC Scotland) is the company’s first production.