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The Celebrity Voicemail Show. Kayvan Novak. Copyright: BBC
Kayvan Novak

Kayvan Novak

  • 46 years old
  • English
  • Actor and writer

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The Day Shall Come review

Chris Morris returns to the war on terror with an eye-opening satire that's as fresh as it is funny.

Emma Simmonds, The List, 7th October 2019

Film review: The Day Shall Come

Maybe Morris is getting more serious as he gets older or maybe we live in more serious times, but there are less laughs here than in Four Lions.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 7th October 2019

Novak, Berry & Demetriou join US pilot cast

Kayvan Novak, Matt Berry and Natasia Demetriou have joined the cast of US TV pilot What We Do in the Shadows.

Jack Shepherd, The Independent, 23rd January 2018

Kayvan Novak interview

Kayvan Novak, the BAFTA award-winning, shape-shifting comedian behind Fonejacker and Britain Today Tonight, is back with Celebrity Voicemail.

Andy Gregory, i Newspaper, 11th December 2017

Review: The Celebrity Voicemail Show, BBC3

The result is a show that is cleverer than it initially seems and another great showcase for Kayvan Novak. Whether they could make a full TV series out of it I don't know. I'm not sure if the BBC could afford that much rubber.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th December 2017

The Celebrity Voicemail Show review

It may be a grand idea for radio, and a good showcase for Novak's versatile vocal talents, but it's rather arbitrary for telly.

Steve Bennett, Chortle, 10th December 2017

Preview: Quacks

Victorian medical comedy Quacks begins Tuesday 15th August on BBC Two. Sophie Davies has had a sneak peak at the much anticipated new series...

Sophie Davies, The Velvet Onion, 12th August 2017

Quacks: one of the most original new shows of the year

"I gave myself a medical historical education and puked it back out as comedy", says Rev creator James Wood of his new BBC2 comedy Quacks. Gerard Gilbert meets the writer and cast members Rory Kinnear and Mathew Baynton.

Gerald Gilbert, The Independent, 8th August 2017

BBC Three to publish animated comedy Sticky

BBC Three is to show Sticky, an animated comedy starring Tom Hardy, Javone Prince, Kayvan Novak and Charlotte Riley.

British Comedy Guide, 26th July 2017

BBC Three confirms Celebrity Voicemail pilot

Kayvan Novak has adapted his critically acclaimed Radio 4 comedy, The Celebrity Voicemail Show, to become a BBC Three TV format.

British Comedy Guide, 26th July 2017

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