Jo Sargent is one of the UK’s leading Emmy, BAFTA and Royal Television Society award-winning producers. Previous Creative Head of Comedy at the BBC, she was the driving force behind iconic shows such as French and Saunders, the multi-award-winning Miranda, and also produced the cultural phenomenon Absolutely Fabulous.
In 2014, Sargent, along with David Walliams OBE formed King Bert Productions. A UK television and film production company based in London, specialising in comedy, children, and family programmes, most recently producing Fing!, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2026 to critical acclaim.
At King Bert Sargent is responsible for executive producing the internationally successful Malory Towers, a children’s drama series which has received fourteen Emmy nominations to date. Sargent also led the team to an International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie for Ratburger, a production based on Walliams’ best-selling book.
King Bert Productions past projects also include The Moonstone, Sandylands and The After Ever After series, with shows appearing on the CBBC, Sky, BBC, UKTV, and BBC2.
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