Channel 4 has appointed Catastrophe producer Jack Bayles to Commissioning Editor for comedy. He will join the channel in April. Bayles joins after having most recently produced all three series of Channel 4's hit comedy Catastrophe, starring Sharon Hogan and Rob Delaney. He begun his career working for comedian Frank Skinner before cutting his teeth on big hitting studio shows such as Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and Baddiel & Skinner's Fantasy Football.