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Dave's One Night Stand. Chris Addison
Chris Addison

Chris Addison

  • 53 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, director and stand-up comedian

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James Nesbitt pilots BBC comedy drama Close

James Nesbitt is plotting a return to TV comedy with a new primetime BBC comedy drama, with a pilot for Close, written by Simon Blackwell and directed by Chris Addison, shot in Bristol in November.

British Comedy Guide, 1st April 2025

Armando Iannucci & Chris Morris interviewed for BBC arts documentary

Armando Iannucci is to be profiled by the BBC's imagine arts series, in a film that also features interviews with Chris Morris, Steve Coogan, Michael Palin, Rebecca Front, Chris Addison, Jesse Armstrong, Peter Capaldi and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2025

Brits land roles in This Is Spinal Tap sequel

Nina Conti, Kerry Godliman and Chris Addison have been cast in the sequel to This Is Spinal Tap.

Chortle, 27th March 2024

Breeders review

I'll miss its cynicism-fuelled sparkle.

Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 22nd October 2023

Rebecca Bain & Alex Garrick-Wright win David Nobbs competition

The winners of the David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2023 writing competition are Rebecca Bain and Alex Garrick-Wright, with their script Borderline. The runners-up are Alex Nash and Amy Harrison.

British Comedy Guide, 20th July 2023

In The Loop: this is the greatest political comedy of all time

Before Armando Iannucci made Veep, this spinoff of another political comedy series set the bar high for the genre.

Liam Gaughan, Collider, 25th April 2023

David Nobbs Memorial Trust 2023 writing competition opens

The David Nobbs Memorial Trust comedy writing competition is open for 2023 entries. The deadline to submit is 31st March.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd February 2023

These computer generated posters of comedians will give you nightmares

Artificial intelligence is getting good at generating images... but it's not perfect yet. Comedy writer and performer David Reed has demonstrated this by getting a computer to generate posters for some well-known comedians, and posting the results on Twitter. Prepare to have nightmares...

British Comedy Guide, 13th October 2022

Sky orders Breeders Series 4

Sky Comedy and US channel FX have co-commissioned a fourth series of Breeders, the sitcom starring Daisy Haggard and Martin Freeman.

British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2022

Simon Amstell making Maria, film comedy with Star Wars' Felicity Jones

Simon Amstell has revealed details of his latest film, Maria, a comedy starring Felicity Jones, about a woman trying to escape the reality of getting older. Meanwhile, Chris Addison has also begun work on his first British film, Miri, about an Orthodox Jewish teen falling in love with ice skating

British Comedy Guide, 5th May 2022

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