Grant O'Rourke
- Actor and comedian
Press clippings
Unfair: The new comedy inspired by living a life with Scotland's showpeople
She has been harbouring dreams of becoming a TV drama writer for years. But Emma Lennox has got her big breakthrough with a new Scottish comedy inspired by a dramatic change in her own life.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 29th April 2022Coma sitcom pilot Beep to air on the BBC this March
The BBC is piloting Beep, a tragi-comic sitcom about the family of a man in a long-term coma.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd March 2021Group, BBC One Scotland, review
The problem with Group is it lacks laughs. There are moments when you will smile, particularly at the passive-aggressiveness of some of the female characters ("You're the one person who will never be too busy to pick up the phone"), but laugh out loud moments come there none.
Alison Rowat, The Herald, 13th January 2020Group: Addict comedy to be Scotland's Friends?
It is the new Scottish comedy billed as Scotland's answer to Friends, but with one significant difference - all the characters are addicts of some kind. New York-born writer and director Annie Griffin, creator of the hit Channel 4 series The Book Group, has joined forces with Scottish crime writer Denise Mina to create a show set at a weekly therapy session.
Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 11th January 2020Grant O'Rourke is so proud to play Jocky Wilson
Grant O'Rourke used to play the Jocky Wilson computer game when he was a youngster - and now he's playing the Scottish darts legend in a one-man show.
Murray Scougall, The Sunday Post, 7th August 2017