Shane The Move

The BBC is parting company with its Director of Comedy, Shane Allen - well, sort of. 

Mr Allen is setting up a new company, Boffola Pictures, which is operating as part of Lookout Point, which is wholly owned by BBC Studios.  So that's all good then. 

Mr Allen joined the BBC in August 2012, a matter of weeks before George Entwistle became DG. His appointment was welcomed by acting Director of Vision, Roger Mosey, who described himself as 'delighted'. 

Mr Allen has been locked down at home in Brighton for much of the past year, sharing duties of caring for three children.  This may not be a move associated with The Mash Report, which was commissioned by BBC Entertainment, not BBC Comedy, but one suspects that Tim Davie and Shane don't share the same sort of funny bone...