Holly Walsh
- 44 years old
- English
- Writer, director, executive producer, script editor and stand-up comedian
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The Other One bigamy comedy returns
Bigamy sitcom The Other One - about two very different mother-and-daughter pairs brought together when their one, single husband/father dies - has been commissioned for a full series on BBC Two.
British Comedy Guide, 30th April 2018Motherland to return for Series 2
BBC Two sitcom Motherland is to return for a second series, Sharon Horgan has revealed.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2018Preview - QI: O Christmas
Sandi Toksvig and Alan Davies celebrate Christmas with some interesting festive facts.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 26th December 2017The 20 best TV comedies of 2017
Here - in no particular order - are the 20 best shows from 2017.
Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 11th December 2017Motherland, series 1
Watching Motherland feels somewhat like how I imagine it feels to watch a car crash unfold. But this is disaster comedy that never takes the easy route.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 3rd December 2017Episode four of Linehan, Linehan, Horgan and Walsh's excellent comedy about the Ocado-flavoured trials of suburban motherhood, and Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) is struggling to cope. In what is now a running gag, she calls husband Paul, who is super busy (read: enjoying punting and Pimms). He offers to send his parents to help, but Elizabeth and Geoff only aggravate Julia further, despite Kevin stepping in to offer his "expertise" with the elderly.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 28th November 2017Motherland / Detectorists, review
From fundraising cash to buried treasure, these sitcoms are comedy gold.
Barney Harsent, The Arts Desk, 15th November 2017Holly Walsh on writing Motherland
Motherland is a new comedy from the minds of Sharon Horgan, Holly Walsh, Graham Linehan and Helen Linehan. After a successful pilot episode which went out on BBC Two last year a full 6-episode series has just launched on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. We spoke to Holly Walsh...
Holly Walsh, BBC, 14th November 2017Motherland: one of the best comedies in the last decade
I cannot recommend it highly enough, thanks to its knuckle-chewing awkwardness and leftfield casting.
Ian Hyland, The Mirror, 14th November 2017Review: Motherland, episode two, BBC2/iPlayer
If you are or you've been a parent you'll love it, but you'll be watching it through your fingers.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th November 2017