A new BBC comedy pilot show, Where it Ends, recently premiered in Cardiff at this year’s BBC Comedy Festival. The show has a talented cast, including those who learnt their trade at Gateshead College.

The show was created by a former Gateshead College student, Jack Robertson and boasts an impressive cast including Charlie Hardwick of Emmerdale and Billy Elliot, comedian Lauren Pattinson and Dave Johns of I, Daniel Blake.

The creator, writer and lead performer Jack Robertson is a former performing arts student of Gateshead college. In the show, actor Jack is part of a touring off-season budget two-person pantomime performing in a care home. It is there that he is confronted with the existential question of where life ends, and this causes him to become more self-aware of his own existence and mortality.

In addition to this, even more Gateshead College alumni had instrumental roles in the development of the show. Liv Playfair and Callum Johnson, former TV and film students, as well as videographer Ben Michael Smith were also part of the TV show’s crew.

The show was developed and pitched to production company Tier Aspect by Mark Wilson (known as Mark Kenny), former Gateshead College art, design and media teacher who now works in the film production industry.



A positive Ofsted report from March 2023 highlighted just how Gateshead College used its strong partnerships with employers and sector specialists to plan and deliver an up-to-date curriculum in emerging technologies such as film and television screen skills.



Back in May, the show was featured at the BBC Comedy Festival in Cardiff, an annual event that celebrates all different forms of comedy. Where it Ends is available now on BBC iPlayer and will subsequently be shown on BBC Three.