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Pollyanna McGirr

  • Writer and executive producer

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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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