Christine Gernon, Gill Isles and Emma Strain — Blue House Productions founders. Portrait by Andy Hollingworth.

Comedy, made in Manchester by people who know how.

Founded by the producers behind Detectorists, Gavin & Stacey, Alma's Not Normal and Peter Kay's Car Share.

Small Prophets

"The biggest new scripted launch of the year."

Pearce Quigley and Lauren Patel in Small Prophets, BBC Two. Image: Matt Squire.

Mackenzie Crook's Small Prophets launched on BBC Two and iPlayer this spring — a six-part comedy created, written and directed by Mackenzie, produced by Gill Isles, with Christine Gernon and Emma Strain as executive producers for Blue House.

A Treasure Trove and Blue House production for the BBC.

Who we are

Blue House is a Manchester comedy company. Not a London indie with a Manchester postcode — a company built here, by people who have made comedy in this city for the better part of three decades.

We make scripted comedy with writers and directors we trust, for broadcasters who back the show. Small Prophets is the first thing we have put out as Blue House. There will be more.

Meet the team

Christine Gernon — founder and director, Blue House Productions.

Christine Gernon

Founder · Director

Comedy director with BAFTA-winning credits across One Foot in the Grave, Absolutely Fabulous and Gavin & Stacey — including the 2024 finale, watched to date by almost 20 million people. US credits include New Girl, Black-ish, Superstore, The Goldbergs, and three years as EP and lead director on Speechless for ABC. Currently directing Ghosts on CBS and St Denis Medical on NBC between Blue House projects.

Emma Strain — founder and producer, Blue House Productions. Portrait by Andy Hollingworth.

Emma Strain

Founder · Producer

Multi-award-winning comedy producer. Produced single and multi-camera shows for BBC Studios in London — Miranda, Up the Women, The Kennedys — before moving to Los Angeles as Vice President Scripted at BBC Studios LA, where she was part of the team that landed the FOX commissions for Call Me Kat (a reformat of Miranda) and Welcome to Flatch (a reformat of This Country).

Gill Isles — founder and consulting producer, Blue House Productions.

Gill Isles

Consulting producer

Multi-award-winning comedy producer. RTS and BAFTA wins for Alma's Not Normal; a Rose d'Or for Detectorists; two National Television Awards and a BAFTA for Peter Kay's Car Share; and an RTS Award for Power of Parker on BBC One. Named Producer of the Year at the Women in Film and TV Awards. Produced Small Prophets for the BBC.

Get in touch

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