Mo Gilligan: Black British & Funny
- TV documentary
- Channel 4
- 2020
- 1 episode
Mo Gilligan looks at the black comedy circuit. Also features Othman Reid, Dane Baptiste, Slim, Llewella Gideon, Angie Le Mar and more.
Press clippings
Why 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 2021Staged and After Life win I Talk Telly Awards
Staged starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, and Ricky Gervais comedy After Life, both won two awards each in the I Talk Telly Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 6th December 2020I Talk Telly Awards 2020 nominations
After Life, Friday Night Dinner, Gavin & Stacey, Ghosts, Home, Inside No. 9, Man Like Mobeen and This Country are amongst the nominees for the I Talk Telly Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 8th November 2020Review: Black, British and Funny
The documentary is very funny, engaging, easy to understand and inspiring. I do feel, however, that it coddled and tried to wrap viewers in cotton wool by not naming the elephant in the room: institutional racism.
Keziah Spaine, Forge Today, 1st November 2020Mo Gilligan: Black, British And Funny review
Mo Gilligan's Black, British And Funny was as much polemic as celebration, asking those awkward questions about the dearth of opportunities for black comics.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th October 2020Mo Gilligan: I can't be the poster boy for diversity
For things to change we need more representation on TV, in front of the camera, behind the camera, and at the top levels.
Mo Gilligan, i Newspaper, 15th October 2020Mo Gilligan to present Channel 4 documentary Black, British And Funny
Channel 4 is to broadcast Black, British And Funny, a documentary looking at the black comedy circuit's history. Mo Gilligan will present.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2020