BAMOUS
- TV sketch show
- BBC Three
- 2021
- 1 pilot
Satirical comedy about the nature of fame amongst the BAME community. Stars Dane Baptiste, Richard Blackwood, Remel London, Toussaint Douglass, Munya Chawawa and more.
Press clippings
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022Why the BBC needs to stand for backing black comedy
There has been no shortage of black talent, and yet no such ensemble vehicle to showcase a new generation.
Nooruddean Choudry, JOE, 1st February 2021Bamous review
The sketches between Baptiste's straight-to-camera routines expand on the idea that the media has continuously marginalised or misunderstood black talent, either ignoring it completely or scheduling it after most people have gone to bed.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th January 2021I talk to Dane Baptiste
"I definitely want Black Britons who have previously felt marginalised or under-represented to watch and feel like they're being represented."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 12th January 2021Bamous review
It's long been a running joke that British TV operates a 'one-in one-out' policy when it comes to allowing black comedians to become famous. But don't blame comics for continuing to crack jokes about waiting for Lenny Henry to die to get their shot, blame the system that means the line is as true today as it ever was.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th January 2021Bamous, BBC Three, review
This felt like a British riff on American political comedies such as The Daily Show.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 12th January 2021Dane Baptiste to pilot BBC Three entertainment show Bamous
Dane Baptiste is to pilot Bamous, a BBC Three show based around a fictional stock index for diverse talent.
British Comedy Guide, 20th October 2020