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Daily Mirror UK
|August 27, 2025
David Mitchell says comedy shows don’t get the respect or money they deserve.
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The Upstart Crow star explained: “When the starting point for budgets was agreed back in, I imagine, the 1950s, there was an expectation that comedy shows - be they sitcoms or sketch shows - would be made entirely in studio with a live audience, and that dramas would be made on location with a single camera.
This story is from the August 27, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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