{
  "id": 3949847,
  "title": "BBC Names Chris Sussman Director of Comedy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/bbc-names-chris-sussman-director-of-comedy",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-28T11:14:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/bbc-chris-sussman-director-of-comedy-1236845870/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The BBC has a new comedy head. Chris Sussman, formerly director of scripted series at Netflix U.K. and prior to that head of comedy at BBC Studios, has rejoined the broadcaster as its director of comedy, where he’ll be responsible for leading what the BBC says is the “U.K.s largest generator of original British scripted […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}