Award-winning writer and comedian
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| 2024 | Breaking The News - Series 3
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| 2024 | Breaking The News - Series 29
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| 2024 | Breaking The News - Series 28
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| 2023 | DMs Are Open - Series 2
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| 2022 | Women in Comedy Festival | Self |
| 2022 | Xander and Cheng: Pig Business | Self |
| 2022 | Breaking The News - Series 21
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| 2021 | Breaking The News - Series 20
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| 2021 | Breaking The News - Series 19
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| 2021 | Breaking The News - Series 18
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| 2021 | Newsjack - Series 24
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| 2020 | Newsjack - Series 23
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| 2020 | Newsjack Unplugged - Series 5
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| 2019 | Babes / Pigs In The City | Self |
| 2019 | The Now Show - Series 54
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| 2019 | Newsjack Unplugged - Series 3
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| 2018 | Newsjack - Series 19
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- Nationality
- British
Amy Xander is a comedian and writer originally from Dorset, now based in London. She has written for various BBC Radio comedy shows such as Breaking the News, The Now Show, DMs Are Open and Newsjack. She was selected by the BBC Writersroom for their 2019/2020 comedy development scheme, after they chose her sitcom script from over 3,000 entries. She also received the runner-up prize in the 2019 David Nobbs Memorial Competition and in 2021 she was a finalist in the Chorts! sketch competition. In 2023 she was a runner-up in the Big Finish Comedy Playhouse competition, with her sitcom set to be recorded by Big Finish in 2025. In 2022 she won the Female Pilot Club Script Callout, and was nominated again in both 2024 and 2025. As a stand-up, she reached the semi-finals of both the So You Think You're Funny new act competition and the Max Turner Prize.
- Galton & Simpson Godfathers of Comedy Award 2023
- Main Award (Runner-up)
- Comedy Crowd Chorts 2020
- Industry Judges Award (Nominee)
- David Nobbs Memorial Trust Competition 2019
- Main Award (Runner-up)
