Mawaan Rizwan
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Mawaan Rizwan piloting BBC comedy
Mawaan Rizwan is piloting a comedy for the BBC. Juice is based on the stand-up and Two Weeks To Live star's 2018 Edinburgh Fringe storytelling show of the same name.
British Comedy Guide, 17th August 2021Mawaan Rizwan becomes BBC's Young People's Comedy Laureate
The BBC Comedy Association has appointed Mawaan Rizwan as its first Young People's Comedy Laureate. The news was revealed as the BBC New Comedy Awards 2021 opens for entries.
British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2021Mawaan Rizwan interview
Mawaan Rizwan talks YouTube Pride, Sex Education and whether he'd ever do Eurovision.
David Craig, Radio Times, 25th June 2021Steve Bennett compiles his most memorable shows of 2020
The year when no gig was normal...
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 31st December 2020Review: Taskmaster
Taskmaster dumps Dave for C4.... and - hooray - is as silly as ever!
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 16th October 2020Taskmaster wins 1.7million viewers for Channel 4
That figure is roughly in line with what the show scored on Dave when catch-up viewing was also counted - which means the show is sure to grow its audience with the change in broadcaster, once on-demand requests are also counted. Channel 4 has also hailed the fact that the show won its 9pm slot among the key 16-34 year-old demographic.
Chortle, 16th October 2020TV review: Taskmaster, C4
First episode, as thoroughly entertaining as ever.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th October 2020Taskmaster series 10 review
Channel 4's task in poaching Dave's best programme was simple: don't screw it up. And by barely changing a single thing for Taskmaster's tenth series, they passed with flying colours.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th October 2020Taskmaster review - a delightfully daft diversion
Sure, test and trace might be more medically useful, but would it be as much fun? Take your pleasures where you can.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 15th October 2020Taskmaster, series 10, review
So much fun, you could almost forget the pandemic.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 15th October 2020