Liza
Tarbuck

Presenter and actor

Liza is an actor, presenter and author. She hosts her own BBC Radio 2 show which showcases her truly personal playlist of music.

For Comedy Central, she presents Comedy Game Night. She is a regular guest on Just a Minute, QI and has guest hosted Have I Got News for You. For Channel 4, she presented two series of the Emmy award-winning show Without Prejudice as well as She's Gotta Have It, The Big Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan and was the winner of series 6 of Taskmaster.

Her acting credits include the title role in Linda Green, two series of Mount Pleasant, Extras, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. The League of Gentlemen and played Anne Hathaway in BBC's Upstart Crow. Liza made her debut in the West End in Franco Zeffirelli's Absolutely! (Perhaps) alongside Joan Plowright.

Her first book, I An Distracted by Everything was published by Penguin Books Ltd to critical acclaim and is on its second reprint.

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Liza Tarbuck photographed by Wendy Carrig

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Liza Tarbuck as Helen in Bonkers

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Liza Tarbuck is crowned the champion of Taskmaster Series 6

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Liza Tarbuck in Linda Green

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Celebrity Games Night

Liza Tarbuck Saturday Night Show

Upstart Crow (Series 1-3)

Mount Pleasant (Series 1 & 2)

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

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Liza Tarbuck hosts Celebrity Game Night for Channel 5
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What To Watch Over Christmas & New Year
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Liza Tarbuck and Asim Chaudhry in Taskmaster
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CV

Television

How Europe Stole My Mum
Mum 
Writer Kieran Hodgson
Channel 4 / Guilty Party Pictures
Upstart Crow (Series 1-3)
Anne Hathaway (Lead) 
Director Matt Lipsey
BBC 1 / BBC Television
Silent Witness
DI Rankin 
Director David Drury
BBC 1 / BBC Studios
Miranda
Dawn 
Director Mandie Fletcher
BBC 1 / BBC Television
Psychobitches
Stygian Witch Dread / Little Miss Muffet 
Director Jeremy Dyson
Sky Arts / Tiger Aspect
It's Kevin
Various 
Director Al Campbell
BBC 2 / BBC Television
Mount Pleasant (Series 1-2)
Kate 
Director Dewi Humphreys
Sky 1 / Tiger Aspect
Skins
Anita 
Director Sam Donovan
E4 / Company Pictures
The Walkers
Katy 
Director Tim Whitby
Sky / Endor Productions
Soapington Way
Babs 
Director Spencer Millman
ITV
Extras
Rita 
Director Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant
BBC 2 / BBC Television
Bonkers
Helen (Lead) 
Director Juliet May & Hugh Warren
ITV / Acorn Media
Extras
Rita 
Director Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant
BBC 2 / BBC Television
Saxondale
Rock Chick 
Director Matt Lipsey
BBC 2 / Baby Cow Productions
Bleak House
Mrs Jellyby 
Director Justin Chadwick
BBC 1 / BBC Television
French and Saunders
The Producer 
Director Jo Sargeant
BBC 1 / BBC Television
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Mrs Barrymore 
Director David Atwell
BBC 1 / Tiger Aspect
Linda Green
Linda Green 
Director Syd Macartney
BBC 1 / Red Production Company & BBC Television
The League of Gentleman
Donna 
Director Steve Bendelack
BBC 1 / BBC Television
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
DI Fiona Knight 
Producer Sharon Hughff
BBC 1 / Acorn Media
Tumble Down
Angie 
Director Richard Eyre
BBC 1 / BBC Television & BBC Drama
Watching
Pamela 
Director Les Chatfield
ITV 1 / Granada Television

Presenter 

Comedy Game Night
Host/Presenter 
Director Barbara Wiltshire
Comedy Central / Monkey Kingdom
Curvy Brides Boutique (Series 1 -3)
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
TLC UK / TLC
Celebrity Games Night
Host/ Presenter 
Director Jeanette Goulbourn
Channel 5/ Monkey Kingdom
Taskmaster
Guest 
Director Andy Devonshire/Peter Orton
Dave / Avalon Television
Eat Well For Less (Series 1-3)
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
BBC 1 / RDF Television
Supersize V Superskinny (Series 2-6)
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
Channel 4 / Remarkable Television
Wussyway The Clumsy Cat
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Tom Edgar
CBeebies / CBBC
One Born: What Happened Next?
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Lorraine Charker-Phillips
Channel 4 / Dragonfly Film and Television Productions
Did The Earth Move For You?
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
Channel 5 / RDF
We Love The Monkees
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
ITV1 / Shiver
The Real Brassed Off
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
ITV / Hot Bed
20 Moments That Rocked Pop
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
Channel 5 / Crackit Productions
Britain's Bariatric Ambulance
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director James Dawson
BBC / IWC Media
Steve Winwood: English Soul
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Paul Bernays
BBC Music Entertainment
My Big Fat Cycle Challenge
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
Sky Real Lives / Sky TV
Peter Kay: 20 Years Of Funny
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Cybele Rowbottom
Channel 4 / Shiver
Legends Louis Prima Documentary
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
BBC 4 / BBC Television
Liverpool's Babies
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Various
Richochet
Baby Race
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Jenny Byrom
Channel 4 / October Films
Who Rules The Roost?
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Luisa Diaz
BBC3 / Richochet
Desperate Midwives
Narrator (Voiceover) 
Director Joanna Brame
BBC3 / BBC Television
The Big Breakfast
Presenter 
Director Various
Channel 4 / Planet 24
Win, Loose or Draw
Presenter 
Director Kim Kinney
ITV1 / STV Productions
Round The Houses
Presenter 
Director Paul Freeman
ITV 1 / Anglia TV
Liza and Huey's Pet Nation
Presenter 
Director Stuart McDonald
Sky 1 / Two Four Production
The Weekend Show
Presenter 
Director Fiona Cotter-Craig
BBC / Planet 24
I Suppose You Think You're Funny
Presenter 
Director Pete Ward
ITV2 / Celador
Homemaker II
Presenter 
Director Various
Anglia TV
Crufts
Presenter 
Director David Stranks
Channel 4 / More 4
World's Most Dangerous Road
Presenter 
Director Ewen Thomson
BBC 1 / Renegade Pictures
8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Guest Appearance 
Director Richard Cohen
Channel 4 / Zeppotron
GBBO An Extra Slice
Guest Appearance 
Director Various
BBC 2 / Love Productions
QI (Series 4 - 12)
Guest Appearance 
Director Ian Lorimer
BBC 2 / Talkback Thames
Alan Davies As Yet Untitled
Guest Appearance 
Director Dave Skinner
Dave / Phil McIntyre Television Ltd.
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Guest Appearance 
Director Nick Harris
BBC 2 / Talkback Thames
Have I Got News For You
Guest Appearance 
Director Colin Swash
BBC1 / Hat Trick
Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe
Guest Appearance 
Director Al Campbell
BBC 4 / Zeppotron
You Have Been Watching
Guest Appearance 
Director Richard Valentine
Channel 4 / Zeppotron
8 Out Of 10 Cats
Guest Appearance 
Director Ian Lorimer
Channel 4 / Zeppotron

Film

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Head Nurse Karen 
Director John Madden
Bestmar Limited
The Be All and End All
Tina 
Director Bruce Webb
Be All Films Ltd / Sayle Screen

Radio

Presenter 

Liza Tarbuck Saturday Night Show
Presenter 
Producer Jessica Rickson
Production Company BBC Radio 2
Liza Tarbuck's Christmas Wrapping
Presenter 
Producer Jessica Rickson
Production Company BBC Radio 2
The Wilsons Save The World (Series 1-3)
Pauline 
Director Julia McKenzie
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Broadcaster
The Jonathan Ross Show
Presenter 
Producer Andy Davies
Production Company BBC Radio 2
Steve Mayo Drive Time
Presenter 
Producer Lewis Carnie
Production Company BBC Radio 2
Ken Dodd: How Tickled I’ve Been!
Presenter 
Producer Graham Pass
Production Company BBC Radio 2
Ronnie Corbett Tribute
Presenter 
Producer Liz Anstee
Production Company BBC Radio 4 / CPL Productions Ltd
Happy Campers - The Story of Britain's Holiday Camps
Presenter 
Producer Victoria McArthur
Production Company BBC Radio 2
The Comedy Quiz
Host 
Production Company Radio 2 / Heavy Entertainment
Steve Wright Show
Co-Presenter 
Producer Kerry Reece
Production Company BBC Radio 2

Theatre

Absolutely! (Perhaps)
Amalia 
Director Franco Zeffirelli
Wyndhams Theatre
Three Way Split
Joan 
Director Sue Blake
Edinburgh Fringe

Book

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