Taj Atwal
- Actor
Press clippings Page 2
Christmas Carole review
Modern-day Scrooge is as flimsy as a party-hat cracker.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 24th December 2022Parenting sitcom Hullraisers to return
Parenting comedy Hullraisers, following a group of female friends and mothers in the northern city, has been recommissioned by Channel 4.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd August 2022Hullraisers review
Female-led Channel 4 comedy is irreverent, but flawed.
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 13th April 2022Hullraisers review
As one female-led comedy with a distinctive geographical flavour launches its final series, another starts its first. Airing straight after the season three premiere of Derry Girls, Hullraisers follows three working-class women at various stages of their adult journey.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th April 2022Hullraisers' Taj Atwal on new comedy
"It's not grey and grim up north."
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 12th April 2022Hullraisers sitcom series coming to Channel 4
Channel 4 has ordered Hullraisers, a sitcom series that "celebrates female talent, both on and off screen". Co-written by Lucy Beaumont, it focuses on three working class women living in Hull.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd July 2021Truth Seekers cancelled after one series
Nick Frost has revealed that Truth Seekers has ended after a single series.
British Comedy Guide, 14th February 2021Review: The Diary Of My Broken Vagina
The Diary Of My Broken Vagina is another of Channel 4's pilots from their Comedy Blaps series that might get a full series if it's popular enough or receives critical acclaim. It definitely deserves to as Fran Bushe's comedy is a smart, funny affair where she worries that her vagina might be broken as sex is either painful or very unsatisfying, and so decides she finally needs to remedy this situation asap.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 20th December 2019Death On The Tyne preview
Gold is primarily a reruns channel, so it's no surprise that its big commission is slightly old-fashioned in feel.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th December 2018Death On The Tyne now filming
Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson will star in Death On The Tyne, a sequel to Murder On The Blackpool Express. Guest stars include Sue Johnston, Felicity Montagu, Doon Mackichan and James Fleet.
British Comedy Guide, 24th July 2018