Paul Forde is Commissioning Executive for Comedy at BBC Wales and is responsible for comedy development across all of BBC Wales’ platforms.

During a long career in TV and Radio he has specialised in comedy. He brought Rhod Gilbert to the BBC in 2006, producing his early radio and TV projects and has been executive producer on numerous comedy projects for BBC Wales since. In October 2018 he oversaw BBC Wales’ first TV comedy output in over a decade and as a result has commissioned several full series that will go into production in 2019.