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Lee And Dean. Dean (Mark O'Sullivan)
Mark O'Sullivan

Mark O'Sullivan

  • Actor, writer and director

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James Corden & Ruth Jones win RTS Judges' Award

James Corden and Ruth Jones picked up the Judges' Award at the The Royal Television Society Awards for Gavin & Stacey. Other winners at the ceremony included Things You Should Have Done, Alma's Not Normal and Junior Taskmaster.

British Comedy Guide, 26th March 2025

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom review

O'Sullivan has done something really memorable here, breaking down a taboo using humour.

Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th May 2024

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom review

Is humour hardwired into us? This powerful documentary - about comic Mark O'Sullivan creating a TV show from his childhood trauma - makes you think it might be.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 28th May 2024

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom review

Mark O'Sullivan grapples with the sexual abuse he experienced as a child in a compelling programme that's part documentary, part sitcom and part public therapy session.

Katie Rosseinsky, The Independent, 28th May 2024

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom review

Mark O'Sullivan's comedy documentary was confronting, funny and raw.

Emily Watkins, i Newspaper, 28th May 2024

My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom review

Mark O'Sullivan explored his childhood abuse by turning it into a knockabout family sitcom.

Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 28th May 2024

"It helped me through dark moments": the male comedians turning their trauma into TV

After the runaway success of Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer, fellow standup Mark O'Sullivan has a new sitcom about personal pain.

Michael Hogan, The Observer, 26th May 2024

'My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom' to air on Channel 4

Channel 4 is to air a "bold and moving" documentary which follows comedian Mark O'Sullivan as he writes and directs a studio audience sitcom about the sexual abuse he survived as a child.

British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2024

Anna Morris to record Radio 4 stand-up special

Anna Morris has landed her debut stand-up special on Radio 4. She is also working on two sitcoms for Channel 4 with Lee And Dean co-creator Mark O'Sullivan, and has a number of other projects in development.

British Comedy Guide, 14th August 2020

Channel 4 passes on Lee And Dean Series 3

The creators of Channel 4 sitcom Lee And Dean have revealed the sitcom has ended after two series, as it didn't get enough viewers to guarantee a Series 3.

British Comedy Guide, 14th April 2020

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