Ben Caudell
- Writer, executive producer, executive, producer and script editor
Press clippings Page 2
Lucy Pearman creates BBC pilot Please Help Me
Lucy Pearman has written and stars in Please Help Me, a Comedy Threesome pilot coming to BBC iPlayer later this year.
British Comedy Guide, 14th May 2021Simon Bird directs Pls Like Series 3
Pls Like is to launch a third series next weekend. The social media mockumentary's latest batch of episodes have been directed by The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2021Ben Caudell joins BBC comedy team
Famalam exec moves over from BBC Studios as maternity cover for commissioner Alex Moody.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 17th March 2020TV review: Cunk and Other Humans on 2019
I really hope this is a one off and next year Charlie Brooker pulls his finger out and returns to the Wipe format. Or does nothing at all, as that would be better than this gigantic mess.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 21st December 2019BBC Studios risk court case from President Obonjo
The claim was that no-one at all at any point in the development and commissioning process had ever heard of or seen the President Obonjo character... (Reminder: the previous BBC response to viewing the President Obonjo character: "We like what you do").
John Fleming's Blog, 12th August 2019BAFTA TV Awards nominations
Derry Girls, Mum, Sally4Ever, Stath Lets Flats and Car Share are amongst the comedy-related nominations in the 2019 BAFTA TV Awards and BAFTA Craft Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 28th March 2019Kayvan Novak, Sally Phillips, Morgana Robinson and Blake Harrison take turns to spoof a series of generic dramatic set-ups (the crime scene, the politician's mea culpa, the workplace) in this promising new sketch show scripted by a team including Charlie Brooker and Ben Caudell. A quality supporting cast of 'serious' actors, including Simon Callow, Ewen Bremner and Bill Paterson, provide the essential foundation of gravitas - it's worth a look just to see a poker-faced Denis Lawson ask, 'What kind of trousers does a cunt wear?' - while someone has also taken the smart decision not to risk trying the audience's patience with catchphrases or recurring characters. The result is fresh, funny and, impressively, even springs the occasional surprise. Better still, there's more tomorrow.
Gabriel Tate, Time Out, 21st August 2012