Emma
Strain

Comedy producer

Emma Strain is a multi-award winning Comedy Producer and Development Producer working in the UK and the USA. 

Emma has worked extensively for the BBC, producing hit comedy dramas and multi-camera sitcoms including two series of Miranda, two series of Up the Women, and most recently new comedy drama by Emma Kennedy: The Kennedys. She is currently working for BBC Worldwide.

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Television

Producer & Development Producer 

The Kennedys
Director Christine Gernon
Writer Emma Kennedy
Starring
  • Katherine Parkinson
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    Comedy drama

    BBC Comedy for BBC1
    Up the Women, series 1
    6 x 30'
    Creator Jessica Hynes
    Director Christine Gernon
    Writer Jessica Hynes
    Starring
  • Jessica Hynes
  • Judy Parfitt
  • Vicki Pepperdine
  • Rebecca Front
    •

    Multi-cam sitcom

    BBC Comedy for BBC4
    A Civil Arrangement
    1 x 30'
    Director Christine Gernon
    Writer Colin Hough
    Starring
  • Alison Steadman
  • Pik Sen Lim
  • Sarah Baxendale
    •

    Comedy drama

    BBC Comedy for BBC4
    Accidental Farmer
    1 x 60'
    Writer Daisy Coulam
    Starring
  • Ashley Jensen
    •

    Comedy drama

    BBC Comedy for BBC1
    World of Happy
    Writer Giles Andreae
    Starring
  • Geoffrey Palmer
    •

    Animation series

    BBC for CBBC

    Producer 

    Up the Women, series 2
    6 x 30'
    Director Christine Gernon
    Writer Jessica Hynes, Morwenna Banks, and Barunka O’Shaughnessy
    Starring
  • Jessica Hynes
  • Judy Parfitt
  • Vicki Pepperdine
  • Rebecca Front
    •

    Multi-cam sitcom

    BBC Comedy for BBC2
    Miranda, series 3
    6 x 30'
    Director Juliet May
    Writer Miranda Hart
    Starring
  • Miranda Hart
    •

    Multi-cam sitcom

    BBC Comedy for BBC1
    Miranda, series 2
    6 x 30'
    Director Juliet May
    Writer Miranda Hart
    Starring
  • Miranda Hart
    •

    Multi-cam sitcom

    BBC Comedy for BBC2
    Grown Ups
    8 x 30'
    Writer Susan Nickson
    Starring
  • Sheridan Smith
    •

    Multi-cam sitcom

    BBC Comedy for BBC4

    Development Producer 

    Name Dropping
    Writer Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Paul Powell
    Starring
  • Miranda Hart
    •

    Panel show

    BBC for BBC1
    Mr Swallow
    Writer Nick Mohammed
    Starring
  • Nick Mohammed
    •

    Comedy pilot

    BBC for BBC2

    News

    Emma Kennedy’s The Kennedys airs on BBC1
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    Christine Gernon directs the second series of Up the Women
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