Famalam
- TV sketch show
- BBC Three / BBC One / BBC Two
- 2017 - 2020
- 14 episodes (3 series)
Sketch show starring new BAME talent. Stars Samson Kayo, Vivienne Acheampong, John MacMillan, Tom Moutchi, Gbemisola Ikumelo and more.
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Press clippings Page 5
One of 12 new comedy pilots commissioned this year by the BBC, Famalam's focus on black British culture will remind over-30s of the much lamented 90s comedy show The Real McCoy. A committed cast, including Vine star Tom Moutchi and John Macmillan, ensure Famalam is frequently fresh and funny (especially the history lessons in a "UK garage stylee"), but it is also hit and miss in that way that sketch shows invariably are.
Ellen E. Jones, The Guardian, 20th September 2017TV preview: New On Two - Famalam, BBC2
After a lot of fairly trad sitcoms the latest pilot in the BBC's current raft of newbies is a sketch show. And although it is new Famalam feels like it has been around for a while. In both a good and bad way.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th September 2017Famalam: review
After last week's The Other One, this is another promising comedy pilot for BBC Two.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 20th September 2017BBC Two announces new sketch show pilot Famalam
Famalam is a new BBC Two sketch show pilot "where no area of the universe is off-limits".
British Comedy Guide, 26th July 2017