Gbemisola Ikumelo
- Actor, writer, director and executive producer
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Royal Television Society Awards 2021 nominations
Brassic, Sex Education, The Young Offenders, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Sophie Willan, Ruth Jones, Youssef Kerkour, O-T Fagbenle and Paul Chahidi are amongst the nominees for the RTS Programme Awards 2021.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2021Famalam: a sketch show defying gravity
Shilpa Ganatra examines why BBC Three sketch show Famalam, a huge hit on social media, is making big waves with its third series.
Shilpa Ganatra, Royal Television Society, 2nd September 2020Gbemisola Ikumelo interview
With her award-winning short set to become a BBC sitcom and an appearance in a big US sitcom on the way, the comedian is having a major year - and she's only getting started.
Micha Frazer-Carroll, The Guardian, 28th August 2020Famalam season 3 review
It's a shame the new series of Famalam has run into a racism storm on its release, as the row over offensive Jamaican stereotypes certainly doesn't reflect the more savvy wit that generally pervades this almost all-black sketch show.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 23rd August 2020Gbemisola Ikumelo on writing her own comedy
The Sex Education and Famalam star says it can be quite hard pitching sketches.
Grace Henry, Radio Times, 31st July 2020Gbemisola Ikumelo's Brain In Gear commissioned
Brain In Gear, a 2019 episode of Comedy Shorts, has been commissioned to a full series by BBC Two.
British Comedy Guide, 31st July 2020Stath Lets Flats leads comedy results at BAFTA TV Awards 2020
Stath Lets Flats, Sian Clifford, Jamie Demetriou, Mo Gilligan, Romesh Ranganathan, Taskmaster and Gavin & Stacey were the winners in the BAFTA TV Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 31st July 2020Fleabag was great, but BAFTA needs to recognise others
Another BAFTA trophy for Phoebe Waller-Bridge would feel like an accessory. For anyone else, it could shape their future.
Beth Webb, NME, 29th July 2020Famalam's Gbemisola Ikumelo on comedy in a new age
'The joke has to be with the marginalised. They have to be the authors of those jokes. It's their pain!'
Josh Smith, Glamour Magazine, 24th July 2020BAFTA TV Awards 2020 nominations
Catastrophe, Derry Girls, Fleabag and Stath Lets Flats are amongst the nominees in the BAFTA TV Awards 2020.
British Comedy Guide, 4th June 2020