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Nick Knowles

  • Writer and executive producer

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Nick Knowles slams Jimmy Carr's new quiz show

Nick Knowles has slammed Jimmy Carr's new quiz show and The Weakest Link for 'pitting charities against one another'.

Dan Cain, The Sun, 31st December 2021

For comedy fans with a flexible quality threshold, here's another hour-sized chunk of chat from Chez Brown. Agnes and family shuffle up the sofa to make way for choirmaster Gareth Malone and singer Peter Andre, Nick Knowles joins Dermot and Buster's Celebrity Boat Tour, while Foley's pub clears out the snug for a performance by Steps. Light entertainment? Light on entertainment, more like.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 22nd April 2017

Golden Years review

Gentle comedy about elderly bank-robbers ends up reconfirming the very cliches it sets out to challenge.

David Kettle, The Arts Desk, 28th April 2016

Interview: Nick Knowles

It took seven years for the DIY SOS presenter to make The Golden Years, a film about bank-robbing pensioners. At first no one would take him seriously. Then some old-time crooks struck with the Hatton Garden heist ...

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 14th April 2016

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