Cow on the move

Baby Cow Productions (Manchester) are moving to The Greenhouse, MediaCityUK. They had to go somewhere - their previous office was in the BBC's New Broadcasting House in Oxford Road, now being cleared for new owners in the decampment to Salford Quays.

Mancunians Steve Coogan and Henry Normal set up the company in London first in 1999; the small Manchester operation only opened in 2005. In 2008, BBC Worldwide bought 25% of the Cow - producers of Gavin & Stacey and The Mighty Boosh, amongst other things. In June this year, Baby Cow Manchester and BBC Comedy (North), part of Vision Production, signed a year-long deal to develop scripts for production out of MediaCityUK.

Some readers will note that Baby Cow's London offices - at 33 Foley Street, W1 - are only paces away from The Crown and Sceptre, at number 26/27. We ought to hear funnier jokes..