Bill Dare
- English
- Actor, writer, producer, comedian, executive producer and composer
Press clippings
Chortle Awards 2025 results
Rob Copland, Jin Hao Li, Emma Sidi, Flo & Joan, Michael Odewale, Phil Ellis and Sam Campbell are amongst the winners of the Chortle Awards 2025.
British Comedy Guide, 17th March 2025Bill Dare obituary
Comedy producer behind many popular satire shows, notably Spitting Image, The Mary Whitehouse Experience and Dead Ringers.
Anthony Hayward, The Guardian, 7th March 2025Bill Dare obituary
The creative force behind comedy shows from Spitting Image to Dead Ringers.
The Telegraph, 5th March 2025Super-producer Bill Dare dies
Prolific comedy producer and writer Bill Dare, perhaps best known as the creator of Dead Ringers, has died following an accident.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd March 2025Stephen Mangan faces The Island in Radio 4's Desert Island Discs spoof
Desert Island Discs meets Lord Of The Flies in The Island, a new Radio 4 sitcom spoofing the channel's classic interview format, starring Stephen Mangan.
British Comedy Guide, 9th May 2024Comedy.co.uk Awards 2023 winners
Ghosts, Queen Of Oz, Taskmaster, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Good Omens, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?, Dead Ringers, The Unbelievable Truth and You're Dead To Me are the winners in the public-voted Comedy.co.uk Awards for 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 12th February 2024Ken Cheng and Please Use Other Door win BBC Audio Awards
This year's comedy winners at the BBC Audio Drama Awards are Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian and sketch show Please Use Other Door.
British Comedy Guide, 20th March 2023Please Use Other Door, The Skewer and Milton Jones up for BBC Awards
Please Use Other Door, The Skewer, Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones!, The Downing Street Doppelganger, Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian and Tudur Owen: United Nations Of Anglesey are finalists in the 2023 BBC Audio Drama Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2023BBC Audio Awards 2023 nominees
The shortlist for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2023 has been revealed. DMs Are Open, Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out, Please Use Other Door, SeanceCast, The Skewer and Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! are amongst the nominees.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd December 2022Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 results
Taskmaster, The Cleaner, Ghosts, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Inside No. 9, Michael Spicer: Before Next Door, Dead Ringers, The Unbelievable Truth and You're Dead To Me are the winners in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 21st February 2022