Production
Ash Atalla
Born
1972-06-18 (54)
Place of birth
Cairo, Egypt
Known for
Production
Credits
7 titles
Ash Atalla (born 18 June 1972) is an Egyptian-born British television producer. He has produced several British TV series such as The Office, The IT Crowd, Man Stroke Woman and People Just Do Nothing. He has also made cameo appearances in productions such as Ricky Gervais's Politics. Atalla was born into a middle-class family in Cairo. He developed polio as a baby and uses a wheelchair. He emigrated to London due to his father's job. He read business and finance at the University of Bath. He briefly worked as a stockbroker and a currency trader before, at 22, he found unpaid work on BBC Watchdog. Atalla made his first appearance on TV in 1999 when he co-presented a Channel 4 series on disa…
Known for
8.2The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
The IT Crowd
2006
7.8Man Stroke Woman is a British television comedy sketch show directed by Richard Cantor and produced by Ash Atalla and starring Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost. In addition to being broadcast on digital channel BBC Three in the United Kingdom, all the episodes were available for streaming from the BBC website. Series 2 started in January 2007 and is also available for streaming from the BBC website. There is no studio audience or laugh track.
Man Stroke Woman
2005
NRThe Office Christmas specials are the two-part series finale episodes of the British mockumentary comedy television series The Office.
The Office: The Christmas Special
2003
10.0Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets with comedy glitterati Alan Carr, David Walliams, Noel Fielding, Rob Brydon and her Doctor Who co-star, David Tennant, all of whom reflect on the greatest comedy moments in recent history. As well as showcasing all the most entertaining, memorable comedy of the time, the documentary also features newsreel and pop culture archive that contextualises the gags. It reveals not just what was funny, but why it was funny. Catherine's journey provides new insight and revelations and features anecdotes from some of the biggest names in comedy.
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
NRA behind-the-scenes portrait of comedy writer Graham Linehan as he develops *The IT Crowd*, revealing the meticulous process behind his seemingly effortless humour. From scattered ideas and cork-board story cards to rewrites, rehearsals and production, the documentary offers an intimate look at how one of British and Irish television’s most distinctive sitcom writers turns fragments of inspiration into finished comedy.
Graham Linehan: Funny Business
2008
NRThe history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer provided a link between old-style acts such as Bernard Manning and modern phenomena like Little Britain.
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
10.0Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets with comedy glitterati Alan Carr, David Walliams, Noel Fielding, Rob Brydon and her Doctor Who co-star, David Tennant, all of whom reflect on the greatest comedy moments in recent history. As well as showcasing all the most entertaining, memorable comedy of the time, the documentary also features newsreel and pop culture archive that contextualises the gags. It reveals not just what was funny, but why it was funny. Catherine's journey provides new insight and revelations and features anecdotes from some of the biggest names in comedy.
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
In this nostalgic documentary, restaurant critic Giles Coren challenges Heston Blumenthal to take his restaurant The Fat Duck back to 2001 for a magical feast.
Heston's Marvellous Menu Back to the Noughties
2019
2000s · 2 titles
NRA behind-the-scenes portrait of comedy writer Graham Linehan as he develops *The IT Crowd*, revealing the meticulous process behind his seemingly effortless humour. From scattered ideas and cork-board story cards to rewrites, rehearsals and production, the documentary offers an intimate look at how one of British and Irish television’s most distinctive sitcom writers turns fragments of inspiration into finished comedy.
Graham Linehan: Funny Business
2008
NRThe history of British comedy from the 1970s to today, showing how the work of Reeves and Mortimer provided a link between old-style acts such as Bernard Manning and modern phenomena like Little Britain.
When Comedy Changed Forever
2006
Series credits
8.2The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
The IT Crowd
2006
7.8Man Stroke Woman is a British television comedy sketch show directed by Richard Cantor and produced by Ash Atalla and starring Amanda Abbington, Ben Crompton, Daisy Haggard, Meredith MacNeill, Nicholas Burns and Nick Frost. In addition to being broadcast on digital channel BBC Three in the United Kingdom, all the episodes were available for streaming from the BBC website. Series 2 started in January 2007 and is also available for streaming from the BBC website. There is no studio audience or laugh track.
Man Stroke Woman
2005