Channel 4 gets out and about with Antisocial Media

Channel 4 has commissioned an anarchic, clip based topical comedy pilot as part of a commitment to experimentation at 11pm, from Electric Ray with Mother’s Best Child.

Antisocial Media w/t (1 x 30’ TX pilot) will be fast turnaround topical comedy which will put a subversive twist on the week’s events. Mother’s Best Child are Guy Davidson and Dan Clarke, writers and producers of comic news footage mash ups and sketches whose videos have racked up over 250 million hits online.

Syeda Irtizaali, Commissioning Editor for Entertainment said, “This felt like a very fresh, anarchic and modern take on satirising news with some brilliant new digital talent teaming up with a fantastic set of producers. I can’t wait to see the final results.”

Josh Buckingham, Commissioning Editor for All 4 and Entertainment said, “We aim to combine the immediacy and irreverence of the internet in a show that spans across linear, social and All 4. We are delighted to be working with the brilliant Mother’s Best Child to produce a fast turnaround anarchic show that will reflect the topical events of the moment.”

Karl Warner from Electric Ray added, “It’s going to take some genuinely disturbed minds to make the world look weirder than it already is. We’re thrilled to be working with Guy and Dan of Mother’s Best Child.”

Guy from Mother’s Best Child said, "We’ve been in our basement writing sketches and making mashes for so long that Dan has lost the ability to speak, but he’s really excited to partner with Electric Ray and Channel 4 to make this seismic piece of satirical broadcasting. Either that or he’s hungry, I don’t know anymore."

Antisocial Media (1 x 30’ TX pilot) was commissioned by Head of Entertainment Ed Havard, Syeda Irtizaali, Commissioning Editor for Entertainment and Josh Buckingham, Commissioning Editor for All 4 and Entertainment. The Executive Producers for Electric Ray are Karl Warner and Shaun Parry. Electric Ray is a joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment.