British Comedy Guide

Jim O'Hanlon

  • Director, producer and executive producer

Press clippings

Jimmy Carr's film Fackham Hall is now in production

Damian Lewis, Harry Potter star Tom Felton and Masters Of The Air actor Ben Radcliffe are amongst the cast for Fackham Hall, the new comedy film created by Jimmy Carr.

British Comedy Guide, 7th November 2024

Jimmy Carr writes his first film, the Downton Abbey spoof Fackham Hall

Jimmy Carr has written his debut screenplay, Fackham Hall, a Downton Abbey period spoof in the style of Airplane!. Co-written with his brother Patrick and The Dawson Brothers, it will begin shooting in the UK next year and stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Thomasin McKenzie, Emma Laird and Katherine Waterston.

British Comedy Guide, 7th September 2023

Your Christmas Or Mine? sequel starts filming next month

Your Christmas Or Mine?, the festive rom-com starring Asa Butterfield, Cora Kirk, Daniel Mays and Angela Griffin, written by sketch comic Tom Parry, is returning for a sequel set in the French Alps.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd March 2023

Apple TV+ recommissions Trying

Apple TV+ has recommissioned its British sitcom success, Trying. The comedy will return for a fourth series next year.

British Comedy Guide, 31st August 2022

Tom Parry writes first film

Tom Parry has written his first film, a festive family comedy - Your Christmas Or Mine? - now filming at Pinewood. Meanwhile, Joe Lycett and Rich Hall will appear in new Sky film A Christmas Number One.

British Comedy Guide, 25th August 2021

Trying, Apple TV+ review

Esther Smith triumphs anew in adoption-centred comedy-drama.

Matt Wolf, The Arts Desk, 21st May 2021

Trying Series 2 review

With Esther Smith and Rafe Spall back in delightful form, it would be hard to find a better pair to build a heartwarming comedy around.

Steve Greene, IndieWire, 21st May 2021

Trying 2 review

In an era of TV/streaming shows celebrating diversity, Andy Wolton's programme feels like something of a throwback to a Richard Curtis-style period when London was populated entirely by white people, i.e. never.

Dan Meier, The Upcoming, 17th May 2021

Trying, review

Apple TV's first British comedy isn't as funny or as quirky as it's trying to be.

Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 1st May 2020

Review: Trying, Apple TV+

Apple TV+'s first British original comedy is an interesting one. It both plays it very safe, with its cosy thirtysomething Camden Town environment and also goes into some unusual territory as it deals with a young couple going through the difficult process of adopting.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 1st May 2020

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