Gill Isles

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Gill Isles (born 14 December 1972), is a freelance TV comedy producer.

Originally from Castleford, Yorkshire, Gill graduated from the BA Media Production course at Bournemouth University and began working at BBC Radio Leeds as a Broadcast Assistant. After moving to London to work at Radio 1's Newsbeat, Gill moved into TV comedy, working on shows such as ITV's The British Comedy Awards and The 11 O'Clock Show. BBC3 comedy credits include Cyderdelic, The State We're In and Up Late With?, as well as working with the late Ronnie Barker on his BBC1 BAFTA Tribute Night.

Gill moved to Manchester in 2005 to work at BBC Comedy North, the corporation's comedy unit based in Manchester before spending seven years running the northern arm of Steve Coogan's company Baby Cow. Whilst in Manchester Gill has produced shows including Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special, four series of the award winning Ideal starring Johnny Vegas, the second series of the comedy drama Starlings for Sky and the BBC2 sitcom Hebburn. Gill has most recently produced Peter Kay's Car Share for Goodnight Vienna Productions which was broadcast on BBC1 in April 2015.

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