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PRAISE FOR MY FAMILY: NOT THE SITCOM
“no-holds-barred comedy… this is dangerous stuff. But then the best comedy often is”
John Nathan, Metro ★★★★★
PRAISE FOR FAME: NOT THE MUSICAL
“insightful, illuminating and extremely funny”
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard ★★★★
PRAISE FOR TROLLS: NOT THE DOLLS
“Invigoratingly funny. Baddiel continues his extraordinary run of form as a live comedian as he reprises and reframes his best and worst Twitter encounters. Huge fun it is too”
Dominic Maxwell, The Times ★★★★
FURTHER PRAISE FOR DAVID’S ‘NOT THE…’ TRIOLOGY (Fame: Not the Musical, My Family: Not the Sitcom and Trolls: Not the Dolls)
John Nathan, Metro ★★★★★; Brian Logan, The Guardian ★★★★; Michael Billington, The Guardian ★★★★; Dominic Maxwell, The Times★★★★; Ann Treneman, The Times ★★★★; Stephen Armstrong, The Sunday Times ★★★★; Chris Bennion, The Telegraph ★★★★; Mark Monahan, The Telegraph ★★★★; Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard ★★★★; Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard ★★★★; Alice Jones, The i★★★★; Mark Wareham, The Mail on Sunday ★★★★; Boyd Hilton, Heat ★★★★★; Veronica Lee, Independent ★★★★; Jay Richardson, The Scotsman★★★★; Simon Thomson, City AM ★★★★; Steve Bennett, Chortle ★★★★; Ben Hewis, WhatsOnStage ★★★★; Brian Donaldson, The List ★★★★; John Nathan, The Jewish Chronicle ★★★★★; Simon Brew, Den of Geek ★★★★★
It was announced today (Tuesday 22nd October 2024) that all three of David Baddiel’s universally critically acclaimed one-man shows will land on Sky Arts & NOW in November. These first original stand-up commissions for Sky Arts will see My Family: Not the Sitcom premiere on Saturday 9thNovember, Fame: Not the Musical on 16th November and Trolls: Not the Dolls following on 23rd November, all at 10pm on Sky Arts and available on NOW TV.
Taped at London’s iconic Royal Court Theatre earlier this year, David reprised the three critically acclaimed shows which saw him return to stand up (after 15 years away) and perform in the UK and internationally from 2013 – 2021.
My Family: Not the Sitcom – a massively disrespectful celebration of the lives of David’s late mother, Sarah and dementia-ridden father, Colin, which ran on London’s West End for 15 weeks and saw David nominated for an Olivier Award.
Fame: Not the Musical – where David examines his strange relationship with the New Lad / Token Jew / comedy rock’n’roller / football singer-songwriter persona he’s co-existed with for 30 years.
Trolls: Not the Dolls – stories of the dark, terrible and hysterically absurd cyber-paths that interacting with internet trolls has led him down. Come with him on this comedy journey into our culture’s most dank virtual underground. You will come back safe, more able to deflect your own trolls and only a little bit soiled.
David Baddiel said: “I was very happy to discover that, at my advanced age, I remembered these three shows well enough to perform them again on stage. I think that in itself was considered enough of a miracle for Sky Arts to film them.”
A comedian, author, screenwriter and television presenter, in 1992, David performed to 12,500 people with Rob Newman at the Wembley arena in the UK’s first ever arena comedy show and was credited as turning comedy into “The New Rock’n’Roll”. This followed the hit TV shows The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and Newman and Baddiel in Pieces. David later created and presented – with Frank Skinner – Fantasy Football and Baddiel & Skinner Unplanned. Alongside The Lightning Seeds, the pair also wrote the seminal football anthem Three Lions. David has made several acclaimed documentaries, including David Baddiel On The Silk Road, The Trouble with Dad, Confronting Holocaust Denial, Social Media, Anger and Us and, most recently, Jews Don’t Count.
David has published thirteen hugely successful children’s books (The Person Controller, AniMalcolm, The Boy Who Could Do What He Liked, Birthday Boy, Head Kid, The Taylor Turbochaser, The Parent Agency, Future Friend, The Boy Who Got Accidentally Famous, Only Children, Virtually Christmas and Small Fry) and recently he published the Sunday Times bestselling polemic Jews Don’t Count. David’s most recent non-fiction book, The God Desire, was published last year. He has also written four critically-acclaimed adult novels (The Death of Eli Gold, Time For Bed, Whatever Love Means and The Secret Purposes). David has also created and starred in several returning radio shows, including Heresy , Don’t Make Me Laugh , and David Baddiel Tries to Understand; co-hosts the British Podcast Award nominated A Muslim & A Jew Go There; and wrote the hit comedy film The Infidel.
The 3 x 60” specials are produced by Avalon and Executive Produced by Jon Thoday and Richard Allen-Turner.
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My Family: Not the Sitcom will premiere on Saturday 9th November, Fame: Not the Musical on 16th November and Trolls: Not the Dolls following on 23rd November – all 10pm on Sky Arts and available on NOW TV.
For more information, interview and screener requests, please contact: Dan Lloyd at [email protected] or Perrine Davari at[email protected] / 020 7598 8000
About Avalon
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Avalon is the UK’s largest true independent television production company, with over 40 shows in production in the last year including: hit entertainment format Taskmaster (Channel 4 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, TV4 in Sweden, TVNorge/Discovery+ in Norway); Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO); Starstruck (HBO Max/BBC); Not Going Out (BBC), the UK’s longest running sitcom on air; Breeders (FX/Sky); and Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (Channel 5). Avalon has produced over 4,000 episodes of hit programming for audiences in the UK, US and around the world, winning over 30 Emmy Awards and BAFTAs from 100+ nominations.
Other landmark Avalon shows include Catastrophe (Amazon/Channel 4), Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), TV Burp (ITV), and the cult classic workplace sitcom Workaholics (Comedy Central). Avalon has also produced over 60 comedy specials for various platforms including Amazon, HBO, Netflix and Sky, as well as numerous podcasts and radio shows, including the UK’s second most popular podcast, Shagged. Married. Annoyed. with Chris & Rosie Ramsey. Avalon’s dedicated distribution arm licenses its catalogue of programmes and formats to over 200 territories worldwide.
Avalon also produces and promotes live comedy around the world and has promoted more winners and nominees of the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award than any other company. Avalon produced Newman and Baddiel: Live at Wembley, the UK’s first arena comedy show, Jerry Springer: The Opera, winner of four Olivier Awards, and is currently producing Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical in the West End, winner of two Olivier Awards including Best New Musical in 2024, as well as Taskmaster: The Live Experience, a new London visitor attraction based on the TV show.
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