Liam Williams
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Liam Williams's satirical look at 2017
The Tories have takeover plans for the reality TV schedule, as imagined by Liam Williams as part of our satirical look back at the year.
Liam Williams, The Guardian, 30th December 201750 best TV shows of 2017, #19: A mockumentary satirising popular YouTubers as vapid shills might be shooting fish in a barrel, but Liam Williams's aim was still satisfyingly, mercilessly accurate.
The Guardian, 30th November 2017Radio comedies up for BBC Audio Awards 2018
Shows starring Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse, John Finnemore, Marcus Brigstocke, David Jason and Jocelyn Jee Esien are amongst the nominees for the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2018.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2017Comedians share their best one-liners
In Steve Best's new book Joker Face, stand-ups pick some of the funniest gags they've told. Here are 10 of our favourites.
The Guardian, 5th October 2017Over six 15-minute episodes, Liam Williams's sharp, pointed mockumentary series takes aim at some of the more inane professional vloggers ("Or, as I call them, self-manipulating content puppets," says the comic), immersing himself in the world of YouTube via a surprisingly successful turn as Vloggy McVlogface. Though internet celebs might seem an easy target, the satire is as bleak as it is witty, and Williams's attempts to become a YouTube star himself in order to win 10 grand turn increasingly dark.
Rebecca Nicholson, The Guardian, 20th August 2017Josie Long and Liam Williams in Perimeter preview
As writers, the pair didn't get too creative with the names of the characters they play, Josie and Liam, siblings from the wrong side of the tracks.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 30th June 2017BBC3's brilliant bitesize mockumentary on a subject just ripe for satire: the Zoella and Joe Wicks-dominated world of superstar vlogging. Cynical stand-up Liam Williams gets drunk and goes viral, winning a competition to be the next YouTube sensation under the moniker Vloggy McVlogface. But he can't access the £10,000 cash prize until he gets "schooled" by some peppy industry insiders.
The Guardian, 28th June 2017Comedians cast in 'Manwatching'
Manwatching, which explores heterosexual female desire, is written by an anonymous woman and directed by Lucy Morrison.
Giverny Masso, The Stage, 5th May 2017Pls Like: Why you have to watch it
Liam Williams' send-up of vloggers, or "self-manipulating content puppets" as he calls them, is spot on.
Frances Taylor, Radio Times, 25th March 2017Review: Pls Like, BBC Three, YouTube, Episode Three
Williams redeems himself through the clever way he has Liam and Millipede unite against the formidable power of James Wirm. Through the musical dimension of this strange, strange vlogging sphere, William manages to balance his 'on-brand' cynicism with a genuine sense of enquiry and engagement.
Beyond The Joke, 25th February 2017