Adam Kay

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TV

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This Is Going To Hurt - Series
Director Lucy Forbes
Starring
  • Ben Whishaw
    •  
    Sister Pictures for BBC One
    Crims
    Director Alex Winkler and Ben Kellett
    Writer co-written with Dan Swimer
    Starring
  • Elis James
  • Kadiff Kirwan
  • Cariad Lloyd
  • Ricky Champ
    •  

    Original comedy series about a young man sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders Institution. 

    BBC for BBC Three

    Additional Writer 

    Bounty Hunters
    Creator Freddy Syborn
    Producer Morwenna Gordon & Pippa Brown
    Starring
  • Jack Whitehall & Rosie Perez
    •  

    Comedy action & adventure series starring Jack Whitehall.

    Sky One
    Blind Date
    Producer Lee Connolly
    Director Steve Smith

    Classic dating show.

    LWT for Channel 5
    Mrs Brown's Boys
    Producer James Farrell
    Director Ben Kellett
    Starring
  • Brendan O'Carroll
    •  

    Comedy about a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch.

    BOC for BBC
    Plebs
    Creator Sam Leifer
    Writer co-written with Dan Swimer
    Starring
  • Tom Rosenthal
  • Ryan Sampson
  • Tom Basden
    •  

    Comedy series about a group of friends hanging out in Ancient Rome.

    Rise Films for ITV2
    Flat TV
    Creator Tom Rosenthal & Naz Osmanoglu
    Producer James Farrell
    Director Declan Lowney

    Comedy series about two flatmates trying to entertain themselves.

    BBC Comedy for BBC
    Very British Problems
    Director Lorry Powles
    Starring
  • Julie Walters
  • David Tennant
  • James Corden
    •  

    Comedians and celebrities talk about the peculiarities of the British psyche.

    Alaska TV
    Our Ex-Wife
    Producer James Kay
    Director Ben Taylor
    Starring
  • Robert Webb
    •  

    Comedy about a divorcee whose new relationship is threatened by his ex-wife. 

    BBC for BBC Two
    Up The Women
    Creator Jessica Hynes
    Producer Emma Strain
    Director Christine Guernon

    Nominated for Best Situation Comedy at the Writers Guild Awards 2014.

    BBC for BBC Two
    Mongrels
    Creator Adam Miller
    Producer Stephen McCrum
    Starring
  • Katy Brand
  • Rufus Jones
    •  

    Original BBC puppet comedy series.

    BBC for BBC Three

    Theatre

    Writer & Performer 

    This Is Going To Hurt Live

    Starting with a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, before moving to the Soho Theatre then graduating to a four-month residency at the Garrick Theatre and a UK tour of the country's largest theatres, the absolute sell-out This is Going to Hurt LIVE was one of the most watched comedy shows of the year.

    ***** 'Blissfully brilliant' - Mail on Sunday
    **** 'An artful night of the darkly funny, the impish and the
    impassioned' - The Times

    Writer & Performer & Presenter 

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