Iain Coyle and Joe McVey set up Square Pears

Former Dave commissioners Iain Coyle and Joe McVey have launched their own comedy production label Square Pears.

The new outfit will create comedy and entertainment content for ‘brands, influencers and traditional broadcast media’.

McVey was most recently director of development for Jack Whitehall’s Jackpot Productions while Coyle was previously head of comedy at Dave’s parent company UKTV.

McVey said: ‘I’m super excited to team up again with Iain because making people laugh is the best job in the world, I don’t care what billionaire nepo-babies claim. We’re really looking forward to bringing a funny and entertaining angle to different types of content and eating too many Colin the Caterpillars in brainstorms.’

Square Pear will be working with Nest Productions, which specialises in putting together partnerships.

Managing director  Derek Drennan said: ‘At Nest we go by the mantra to make good shows with good people. Joe and Iain are just that. 

‘They bring brilliant ideas, dedication to their craft, and a good dose of fun to everything they work on. And Colin the Caterpillar cakes are a fantastic bonus – other bug themed cakes are available. We can’t wait to help bring their style of funny and hugely entertaining shows to the screen. We all need to laugh, and these two really are the best in the business.’

Published: 19 Nov 2024