Phil Dunning
- English
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings
Putting Middlesbrough on the map with comedy Smoggie Queens
With the final episode of BBC series Smoggie Queens recently airing, writer Phil Dunning shares what it was like growing up in northern England and how he wrote his LGBT comedy.
Sabrina Fearon-Melville, BBC, 3rd January 2025Smoggie Queens review
Smoggie Queens is a surreal love letter to Middlesbrough.
Nick Levine, i Newspaper, 28th November 2024Smoggie Queens review
An adorably sweet drag sitcom.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 28th November 2024Jazz Emu announces visual concept album Ego Death
Comedy musician Jazz Emu is releasing a "hubristic" visual concept album, a "self-indulgent" 30-minute music film featuring a host of comic talent, including Harry Enfield, Alex Horne, Al Roberts, Charly Clive, Ellen Robertson, Phil Dunning, Ed Jones and Will Hislop.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd November 2024"Stunning, but so wrong": inside raucous new drag sitcom Smoggie Queens
It's loud, proud and very, very daft: the new BBC comedy plunges viewers into Middlesbrough's hilariously catty drag scene. The creator and star Phil Dunning talks prosecco, parmos - and picking the worst wigs possible.
Scott Bryan, The Guardian, 22nd November 2024Charlie Cooper amongst guests for 'Am I Being Unreasonable?' Series 2
Daisy May Cooper is to be reunited with her brother in the new series of BBC comedy drama Am I Being Unreasonable?. The guest cast will also feature Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Chelsea Peretti, Tom Davis, Denise Black, Jamali Maddix and Kojey Radical.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd October 2024How RuPaul's Drag Race UK cleared the path for Smoggie Queens
Phil Dunning, who created and stars in Smoggie Queens, said a decade ago the series about drag queens in the north east of England may have struggled to get a greenlight.
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17th October 2024Smoggie Queens filming wraps, with Michelle Visage amongst guest stars
Filming has wrapped on Smoggie Queens, with first look photos of the characters revealed. Drag Race star Michelle Visage and Peaky Blinders actor Charlotte Riley are amongst those in guest roles.
British Comedy Guide, 18th September 2024BBC boss on importance of queer sitcom Smoggie Queens: "We're backing the creator"
BBC's Director of Comedy Jon Petrie has talked about the importance of giving a platform to queer artists, such as Phil Dunning, the creator of upcoming queer comedy Smoggie Queens.
Charlie Duncan, Pink News, 19th June 2024LGBTQ+ chosen family sitcom Smoggie Queens coming to BBC Three
BBC Three has ordered Smoggie Queens, a "chosen family" sitcom from Phil Dunning starring the character comic, Mark Benton and Alexandra Mardell, as "a gang of friends who are fiercely proud of their North-Eastern town of Middlesbrough and their small pocket of the LGBTQ+ community."
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2024