Nick Mohammed

Nick Mohammed: the comic who's a real pain in the neck

Being uncool hasn't stopped Nick Mohammed's alter ego Mr Swallow from storming Edinburgh and winning hipster acclaim. Now he's taking his creation mainstream in a spoof vampire musical.

The Nick Mohammed three minute interview

Nick Mohammed plays Malcolm in E4's new series Drifters and has featured in a host of TV comedies including Miranda, Uncle, and Hank Zipzer alongside Henry Winkler. He is currently writing Morning Has Broken for Channel 4 with Julia Davis. Somehow he has also found the time to bring a new live show, Mr. Swallow - The Musical, to his year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Video: An interview with Nick Mohammed

Nick Mohammed - character comedian, polymath, dude and bloke off the telly - sat down with London is Funny to talk about his creation Mr Swallow.

Nick Mohammed - review

It's not a substantial show, but the character's egoism, hyperanimation and the randomness of his commentary are highly amusing.

Nick Mohammed interview

Despite his hectic schedule, Nick was eager to answer a few questions before heading up to Edinburgh to get into his role.

An interview with Nick Mohammed

Like a lot of the greatest comedians of the last 50 years or so, Nick Mohammed became involved in comedy when he joined the Cambridge Footlights whilst at University.

For those unaware, Sorry, I've Got No Head is a sketch show broadcast on the CBBC Channel.

Despite this being a children's show, it's surprising in many ways. For starters, there is quite a lot of good comic talent involved. Amongst those starring in the show include Marek Larwood, Justin Edwards, James Bachman, Marcus Brigstocke, Mel Giedroyc, Nick Mohammed, David Armand and Graham Norton in a voice-over.

The sketches include Jasmine and Prudith, a pair of eccentric posh women who believe everything costs a thousand pounds; Ross the schoolboy from the Outer Hebrides whose school has been badly damaged in a storm and is thus he is the only one who attends; the easily-scared Fearless Vikings; and The Witchfinder General who accuses anyone of being a witch if he doesn't get his own way.

Another interesting thing about Sorry, I've Got No Head is that it has no laughter track. Most TV sketch shows tend to have one, and you would expect a children's sketch show to do so as well, but this doesn't.

In a way the show treats the audience a bit more like adults than many other sketch comedies. The laughter track provokes you into laughing, which might explain why shows such as That Mitchell and Webb Look and The Armstrong and Miller Show have them, to encourage the viewers to laugh along and keep watching. Sorry, I've Got No Head doesn't see the need for one. Perhaps it's because this show is less of a risk as it's on a digital channel for children.

Sorry, I've Got No Head is quite a diverting show, which in its own way is entertaining for people of all ages. And if you're bit a embarrassed about watching it with other people, you can always look at it on the iPlayer as if it were a guilty pleasure.

This new panel comedy presented by The Inbetweeners' Simon Bird is based around the theme of a recruitment drive. Each week, three C-listers jostle to be promoted to a fictional role in the community. In this first run, ex-CBBC presenter Kirsten O'Brien, model Caprice, and The Bill's Graham Cole fight it out to be named fictional chief of police. Their tasks involve drawing a self-portrait while handcuffed to a brass band and treading a vat full of meat. Co-presenter Nick Mohammed, wades in with a few good one-liners but overall it's more Chucklevision than Shooting Stars.

Brand new comedy The King is Dead

Let me introduce you to our anarchic new comedy panel show, The King is Dead, presented by Simon Bird with co-presenters and comedians Katy Wix and Nick Mohammed.

The King Is Dead interview

Inbetweeners favourite Simon Bird joins forces with fellow comics Nick Mohammed and Katy Wix to host a new celebrity panel show The King Is Dead...