Gareth Edwards (I)
- Producer, executive producer, writer and director
Press clippings
Can Mitchell & Webb revive the sketch show?
As David Mitchell and Robert Webb begin shooting a new comedy show for Channel 4, Dominic Maxwell finds out why sketch shows fell out of fashion in the first place.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 6th March 2025Mitchell & Webb return to sketch on Channel 4
David Mitchell and Robert Webb are reuniting to make a new sketch show for Channel 4.
British Comedy Guide, 13th February 2025Dawn French joins Radio 4 Cornish sketch show Wosson Cornwall
Dawn French stars in Cornish sketch show Wosson Cornwall, coming to Radio 4 next month. French joins a cast that includes Edward Rowe, Joanna Neary and Tamsyn Kelly, with the writing team featuring Morwenna Banks, Paul Kerensa, James Henry and Max Davis.
British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2023Still Open All Hours Series 7 cancelled by BBC One
A seventh series of Still Open All Hours has been cancelled, after coronavirus delayed its production.
British Comedy Guide, 16th February 2023Suranne Jones to star in Christmas Carole, a festive special for Sky
Suranne Jones is to take the lead role in Christmas Carole, a festival comedy drama special for Sky that is loosely based on the story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2022Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders star in Audible sitcom 'Raj!'
Audible has launched Raj!, a seven-part audio sitcom set in 19th Century India. Meera Syal and Jennifer Saunders star.
British Comedy Guide, 25th May 2021David Mitchell and John Finnemore to star in Radio 4 sitcom
David Mitchell and John Finnemore are to star in Time Spanner, a time travel sitcom for Radio 4.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd May 2016Victorian television-making techniques
When Mark Evans, writer of The Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff, first suggested we make a Victorian television programme I assumed he meant a programme set in Victorian times.
Gareth Edwards, BBC Blogs, 27th February 2012You may have heard this when it first went out in the 6.30pm comedy zone but if you are generally averse to what's offered in those slots and thus missed it, grab it now. Mark Evans writes one of the wittiest, most ingenious scripts on the air, a Dickensian pastiche with a slight Rocky Horror Show echo. Director Gareth Edwards has cast it beautifully and the actors (Richard Johnson and Anthony Head among them) give it their considerable all.
Gillian Reynolds, The Telegraph, 20th January 2011Ronnie Corbett Christmas return: Puns upon a time
Gareth Edwards says the comedy of word play deserves a revival.
Gareth Edwards, BBC Magazine, 24th December 2010