Akemnji Ndifornyen
- Actor, writer, producer, composer, script editor, director and executive producer
Press clippings
Royal Television Society Awards 2024 nominations
Black Ops, Extraordinary, Such Brave Girls, Big Boys, Juice and There She Goes are amongst the nominees in the Royal Television Society Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2024Black Ops Series 2 ordered by BBC
The BBC has commissioned a second series of undercover police sitcom Black Ops.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023Dreaming Whilst Black series casting announced
Dani Moseley, Demmy Ladipo, Rachel Adedeji and babirye bukilwa will join Adjani Salmon in the Dreaming Whilst Black series, with Isy Suttie and Peter Serafinowicz amongst the supporting cast.
British Comedy Guide, 28th June 2023Black Ops review
The BBC looks as if it has an instant hit on its hand with Black Ops.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 5th May 2023Black Ops review
BBC high-stakes police comedy keeps you on your toes.
Abby Robinson, Radio Times, 5th May 2023Black Ops review
Can you really make a hilarious comedy about police racism? Yes you can!
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 5th May 2023Black Ops review
Police sitcom is charming enough, but it lacks bite.
Nick Hilton, The Independent, 5th May 2023Akemnji Ndifornyen interview
I recently caught up with the co-creator and star of Black Ops, to talk about some of the decisions he made making the series, why anything is possible when it comes to chasing your dreams, why he opted for the villain role and so much more.
I Talk Telly, 3rd May 2023The hilarious cop show that's TV's funniest new comedy
From jokes about dogging to questioning the nature of community policing, Black Ops is like nothing else on TV. Here, its team talk stereotypes, slapstick and why Top Boy's Ashley Walters is a fan
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 28th April 2023Black Ops: creators of BBC comedy-thriller say black British culture is "reaching a sweet spot"
Black British culture is reaching a "sweet spot" and creatives no longer have to move to the U.S. to achieve stardom, according to the creators of BBC comedy-thriller Black Ops.
Max Goldbart, Deadline, 27th February 2023