About

Known credits:
13
Birthday:
1972-06-18
Place of birth:
Cairo, Egypt
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Ash Atalla

Overview

Ash Atalla (born 18 June 1972) is an Egyptian-born British television producer. He has produced several British TV series such as The Office, The IT Crowd, Man Stroke Woman and People Just Do Nothing. He has also made cameo appearances in productions such as Ricky Gervais's Politics.

Atalla was born into a middle-class family in Cairo. He developed polio as a baby and uses a wheelchair. He emigrated to London due to his father's job. He read business and finance at the University of Bath. He briefly worked as a stockbroker and a currency trader before, at 22, he found unpaid work on BBC Watchdog.

Atalla made his first appearance on TV in 1999 when he co-presented a Channel 4 series on disability, Freak Out. In 2001, he produced the sitcom The Office. Atalla joined the production company Talkback Thames in 2004 as Head of Comedy and produced both the science spoof Look Around You for BBC2, and the third series of Bo Selecta! In 2005 he devised and began work on Man Stroke Woman, a comedy sketch show about "growing up" which aired from 2005 to 2007. He also produced The IT Crowd (2006-2010).

In 2007, Atalla set up Roughcut TV, an independent production company. Atalla and Roughcut produced Trinity for ITV2 in 2008. Roughcut TV has since produced shows for all the UK's major broadcasters, including Trollied (Sky 1), Cuckoo (BBC Three), World's Craziest Fools - starring Mr. T (BBC Three), Anna & Katy (Channel 4), People Just Do Nothing (BBC Three), Mad Mad World (ITV 1) and Top Coppers (BBC Three). He has also made cameo appearances in productions such as Ricky Gervais' Politics.

Known for

Acting

2019 Heston's Marvellous Menu Back to the Noughties Actor Self N/A
N/A
2011 Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties Actor Self 59
Average
2006 When Comedy Changed Forever Actor Self N/A
N/A
2005 Man Stroke Woman Actor 70
Good

Production

2025 Little Disasters Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2024 We Might Regret This Production Executive Producer 70
Good
2024 Coma Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2024 Things You Should Have Done Production Executive Producer 69
Fair
2021 Kurupting the Industry: The People Just Do Nothing Story Production Executive Producer 58
Average
2019 Love the Sinner Production Executive Producer N/A
N/A
2018 Stath Lets Flats Production Executive Producer 68
Fair
2006 The IT Crowd Production Executive Producer 81
Very good
2001 The Office Production Producer 77
Good