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Pollyanna McGirr

  • Writer and executive producer

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Sky orders comedy dating show Gagging For It & Kae Kurd fitness series

Sky has commissioned a dating show hosted by stand-up Kyrah Gray that rewards singles with a good sense of humour, with Gagging For It one of four short-form comedy series that the broadcaster is launching on its YouTube channel next month, along with shows from comics Kae Kurd, Andrew Mensah and Stevo The Madman.

British Comedy Guide, 27th March 2025

Mo Gilligan + Friends: The Black British Takeover coming to Channel 4

Channel 4 is to broadcast stand-up comedy showcase Mo Gilligan + Friends: The Black British Takeover.

British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2022

Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan to return for two more series

Channel 4 has made a double-series order commitment to comedy entertainment format The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan.

British Comedy Guide, 27th January 2022

The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan to return

Channel 4 has ordered a second series of The Lateish Show With Mo Gilligan, to air in 2021.

British Comedy Guide, 19th June 2020

The new comedy agents steering stand-ups' careers

An alternative style of artist management is helping talents such as James Acaster and Dane Baptiste take a long-game approach. Rule No 1? Be nice.

Ben Williams, The Guardian, 31st January 2017

A nervous producer's guide to working with new talent

A Free Fringe show in The Rush Bar in Edinburgh 2011 is not the obvious starting point of a commission. Hats off to Up The Creek Comedy Club's new talent tsar, Pollyanna McGirr, who dragged me to see Inel Tomlinson and Johnny Cochrane - sharing a slot to save on costs.

Rebecca Papworth, Chortle, 22nd January 2013

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