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Rude Britannia! Adam Kay on the death of good manners
From slammed doors to bad drivers, litterbugs to Lycra louts - we're in the grip of a rudeness epidemic. What (the hell) happened?
Adam Kay, The Sunday Times, 26th February 2023Broadcast Awards 2023 winners
Derry Girls has won the Best Comedy Programme in the Broadcast Awards 2023. Meanwhile This Is Going To Hurt triumphed in the Drama category.
British Comedy Guide, 9th February 2023Comedy.co.uk Awards results 2022
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared has been named Comedy Of The Year 2022 in the Comedy.co.uk Awards. There were also wins for Ghosts, Ellie & Natasia, Would I Lie To You?, Taskmaster, This Is Going To Hurt, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?, 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp, The Unbelievable Truth and You're Dead To Me.
British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2023Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards 2023 winners
The Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards 2023 winners include David Quantick, Rhys Thomas and Lucy Montgomery, Michael Spicer, Jack Rooke and Adam Kay.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2023Undoctored by Adam Kay review
Although he left medicine twelve years ago (and his training began two decades ago), Kay's experiences have had a lasting impact on his work as a writer and stand-up comedian. They have also left emotional scars.
Julia Bueno, The Times Literary Supplement, 22nd December 2022Did you hear the one about the doctor who went into stand-up? Meet the medics who love to make you laugh
Whether it's for light relief from a stressful day job or to make a political point, a surprising number of doctors are swapping the stethoscope for the microphone.
Elle Hunt, The Observer, 11th December 2022The 50 best TV shows of 2022, No 10: This Is Going To Hurt
Former doctor Adam Kay's tale of an arrogant gynaecologist struggling in an NHS hospital was shocking, hilarious - and revealed a horrifying truth.
Alexi Duggins, The Guardian, 8th December 2022Big Boys, Dead Canny and Derry Girls creators up Writers' Guild awards
Jack Rooke (Big Boys), Anna Costello (Dead Canny) and Lisa McGee (Derry Girls) are amongst the nominees for the Writers' Guild of Great Britain awards 2023
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2022Adam Kay writing Med School series for Netflix
Adam Kay is developing Med School, a Netflix comedy drama based on his medical school experiences, made by Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong's production company.
British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022Adam Kay: 'If you were casting yourself, wouldn't you choose Ben Whishaw?'
In his intensely personal new memoir, the doctor turned comedy writer describes his eating disorder and being sexually assaulted. Here he takes questions from politicians, health workers, authors and Observer readers.
Kate Kellaway, The Observer, 18th September 2022