Andy Hamilton (I)
- 70 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director and producer
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Kate & Koji review
Kate & Koji is funny - and funny enough to make me snort with laughter. The script is well-honed by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin, who wrote Outnumbered. But what raises this show far above the ordinary are the performances by Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola as the title characters.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 19th March 2020Kate & Koji: Over 5 million viewers watch new ITV sitcom
Over 5 million viewers tuned in to Kate & Koji, ITV's new studio audience sitcom starring Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola.
British Comedy Guide, 19th March 2020Kate & Koji revels in outdated prejudice
The makers of Outnumbered have created a distasteful comedy about a cafe owner and an asylum seeker, that even the talent of Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola can't save.
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 18th March 2020Kate & Koji review
Whisper it, but ITV could just have created that rarest of creatures - a mainstream sitcom that's constantly funny; deserving of critical praise as well as strong audiences.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th March 2020Katie & Koji doesn't shy away from the truth
Although from very different worlds, it's soon evident they share similar traits, including a dogged determination to never back down.
The Herald, 14th March 2020Brenda Blethyn in new Hamilton & Jenkin ITV sitcom
Brenda Blethyn and Jimmy Akingbola will star in a new ITV sitcom from the writers of Drop The Dead Donkey.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2019Report: Jeremy Hardy's memorial service
Friends and family of Jeremy Hardy gathered to celebrate his life on Monday 13th May at the Battersea Arts Centre.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 16th May 2019Andy Hamilton, Brighton Festival 2019 review
Gently amusing night of reminiscence.
Thomas H Green, The Arts Desk, 14th May 2019Andy Hamilton interview
Currently on tour with his show An Evening with Andy Hamilton, here Andy tells Mandy News about the production, the challenges of writing comedy for TV and radio and what aspiring comedy writers can do to succeed.
Mandy, 26th October 2018Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin's long-running Channel 4 comedy dwelt on the staff of GlobeLink News, constantly fending off the attentions of Gus Hedges (Robert Duncan), hatchet man for their (unseen) new owner, Sir Roysten Merchant.
Hedges, a management droid speaking exclusively in jargon, is determined to make GlobeLink more sensationalist and tabloid but embattled editor George Dent (Jeff Rawle) sticks to his guns. Stephen Tompkinson and Neil Pearson brought a plausibly worn quality to their hack characters.
A brilliant satire on the commercialisation of news in the era of Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell, Drop the Dead Donkey must surely have been an inspiration behind W1A (2014-) in its targeting of mind-boggling managerial interference.
Joe Sommerlad, The Independent, 6th September 2018