Liam Williams - Ladhood
- Radio sitcom / comedy drama
- BBC Radio 4
- 2015 - 2017
- 8 episodes (2 series)
Liam Williams recounts his youthful misadventures in this autobiographical Radio 4 sitcom. Also features Alfie Field, Paul Copley, Sally Grace, Kieran Hodgson, Freya Parker and more.
Press clippings
BBC Three commissions second series of Ladhood
Liam Williams's coming-of-age comedy series Ladhood has been recommissioned for a second series by BBC Three.
British Comedy Guide, 10th February 2020Liam Williams on decline of radio-to-TV commissions
Liam Williams on how embracing Radio 4's 'spirit of experiment' helped shape his latest BBC3 show.
Max Goldbart, Broadcast, 21st November 2019Comics who fictionalise their lives
Three comics starring as versions of themselves reveal where they draw the line.
Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 20th November 2019Chortle Awards 2018 nominees
The nominees for the Chortle Awards 2018 have been announced. Mat Ewins, Hannah Gadsby, John Kearns and Joseph Morpurgo are up for Best Show.
British Comedy Guide, 7th February 2018Radio comedies shortlisted for BBC Audio Awards 2018
Liam Williams, The Penny Dreadfuls, Sarah Kendall, The Absolutely Radio Show, Harry And Paul Present and It's Jocelyn are amongst the shortlisted nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 4th January 2018Radio comedies up for BBC Audio Awards 2018
Shows starring Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, John Finnemore, Marcus Brigstocke, David Jason and Jocelyn Jee Esien are amongst the nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2017Radio 4 announces 18 new comedy shows
Radio 4 has announced a raft of new shows, including series from Matt Berry, Sara Pascoe, Richard Herring, Sam Bain, Andy Hamilton and Fred MacAulay.
British Comedy Guide, 26th August 2016Sheeps member and cataloguer of Generation Y ennui Liam Williams is the latest up-and-coming comic to be handed his own Radio 4 series. Ladhood sees him recount moments from his Leeds upbringing - fights, romantic entanglements, house parties - in florid, heraldic monologues, intercut with re-enactments by Yorkshire teens. The results are daft, nostalgic and more than a little affecting.
The Guardian, 14th December 2015