Funny Girls! The BBC reveals that 58 per cent of comedy shows on BBC3 this year will be ‘female-led’

• BBC is ‘building on success of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Daisy May Cooper’ 
• Most BBC3 comedy shows are ‘either starring, written by or created by women’  
• There will be 58 per cent female representation for ‘long-form scripted comedy’

The BBC has revealed that the majority of comedy shows on BBC3 this year are going to be ‘female-led’.

The corporation said it was building on the success of Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge and This Country star Daisy May Cooper.

It said that it marked a ‘watershed moment in broadcasting history’, with most of the comedy shows on the service ‘either starring, written by or created by women’. 

The corporation said it was building on the success of Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge and This Country star Daisy May Cooper

Upcoming BBC3 comedies include Ladybaby, about a thirty-something woman unexpectedly reunited with her daughter who she had given up for adoption. (Pictured, This Country star Daisy May Cooper)

There will be 58 per cent female representation for ‘long-form scripted comedy writing’.

Upcoming BBC3 comedies include Ladybaby, about a thirty-something woman unexpectedly reunited with her daughter who she had given up for adoption.

Another called Britney, based on a sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show, is the true story about the relationship between two best friends after one is diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Kate Daughton, outgoing head of comedy at the BBC, said: ‘This marks a monumental achievement and is testament to the fact the most pioneering and exciting new voices in comedy are increasingly female.’

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