impatient was founded in 2013 by Mark Watson and Lianne Coop, and the name reflects our desire to produce high-quality work without waiting so long that we die before it eventually comes to fruition. We aim to be prolific, creative and adventurous in an industry which calls out for those qualities but we feel frequently fails to find them.
We are passionate about our projects and will go to all possible lengths to make other people passionate about them, but we have never yet received a restraining order from a commissioner. We represent the famously broad artistic spectrum of Mark Watson and a select number of other people with genuine originality.
impatient have been successfully producing critically-acclaimed comedy as an indie for the last 5 years – we have produced various original scripted comedy series for BBC Radio 4, including multiple series of Mark's own long-running show Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life; Elephant In The Room with Sarah Millican; Passport Paddy with Zoe Lyons, recorded on location in Ireland; Angela Barnes' You Can't Take It With You; How To Love Your Fat with Sofie Hagen; The Price of Happiness with Kate Fox and Coaches, a sitcom pilot starring Sara Pascoe and Paapa Esseidu. This is in addition to productions in the podcast world: The Andy Field Experience (Radio 1 Kench); Mark Watson's Comedy Marathon - a 13-part original podcast series for Audible with over 40 contributors; WTB with Jen Brister and menkind with Mark Watson and Michael Chakraverty released independently on Acast.
impatient have accomplished a lot in a short time. In addition to their audio work they also produce live tours for a roster of some of the best talent in the UK, including Mark Watson, Josie Long, Gary Delaney, Shappi Khorsandi, Justin Moorhouse, Sofie Hagen, Daliso Chaponda, Zoe Lyons, John-Luke Roberts and Laura Lexx. They produce an impressive roster of talent every year at the Edinburgh festival and have taken shows internationally to Berlin, Montreal and Melbourne festivals.
impatient's team is headed by Lianne, who boasts 15 years experience of radio production (in-house BBC Radio Comedy for 10 years) – with expertise both in staging live recordings and editing. Mark has been a successful stand-up and writer for even longer, and exec producers and script edits across Impatient projects. They are aided by a strong and experienced squad of live and audio producers including Siren Turner and production assistants Claire McCluskey and Alex Preston.
