Martin Trenaman
- English
- Actor, writer and executive producer
Press clippings
BBC Radio 4 Extra to re-run cult Sean Lock comedy
BBC Radio 4 Extra is to rerun the classic cult Sean Lock comedy 15 Storeys High, which started out on radio and went on to be a BBC TV series.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 15th January 2023Comedians cover Terry Hall and The Specials classic Gangsters
A clip has emerged of a group of comedians covering the pop ska classic Gangsters, which originally featured the late, great Terry Hall on vocals in the 2 Tone version. Hall died earlier this week.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st December 2022BBC Wales launches Festival Of Funny season
BBC Wales is launching Festival Of Funny, a season that showcases Welsh comedy talent across TV, radio and BBC iPlayer.
British Comedy Guide, 21st October 2021BBC Wales reveals new TV comedy pilots
BBC Wales is piloting a series of comedy shorts. They include a television adaptation of the BBC Radio Wales police sitcom Bravo Two Charlies, Beena And Amrit starring Meera Syal, and Mammoth from stand-up Mike Bubbins.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd April 2021Bravo Two Charlies returns to Radio Wales for Series 3
Police-based sitcom Bravo Two Charlies is to return to BBC Radio Wales for a third series.
British Comedy Guide, 9th November 2020BBC Radio Wales renews Bravo Two Charlies
Bravo Two Charlies, the sitcom following some police squad cars, is to return to BBC Radio Wales for a second series.
British Comedy Guide, 17th September 2019Sky Arts reveals Christmas Comedy Shorts 2017
Sky Arts is to broadcast three festive shorts this December. Stars involved include James Acaster, Humza Arshad and Vicky McClure.
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2017Landmark comedy season: Porridge gets an update
The depth of the night-time conversations between Old Fletch and Godber, in particular, to a great extent laid in what was not said. When Richard Beckinsale's Godber asks: 'Fletch, are you awake?' Barker - after a beat - replies 'No'. A whole world of pain existed within that silence, and this was missing.
Deborah Shrewsbury, The Custard TV, 28th August 2016E4's hilarious comedy set in the world of phone retail continues its third series, as the Sutton branch tries to win the Golden Bowl insurance sales award for the sixth year in a row. Lance (Martin Trenaman) puts all of his effort into getting Gregg Wallace to follow him on Twitter, but will the MasterChef judge care about the perpetually down-on-his-luck salesman who - as his colleagues have reminded him this series - missed his chance to become a millionaire by investing his dosh in phone cards?
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 15th August 2013The third series of this offbeat observational comedy set in a mobile phone store gets under way in surreal fashion. Lance (Martin Trenaman) has finally been accepted into a special club, but his celebratory "reggae cakes" threaten to turn his fellow employees into zombies. Ashley, Jerwayne and Janine become disconnected from reality, and the normally shy Christopher has turned into a crazed contract-phone bandit on a rampage through Sutton. This riotous opening episode has been worth the near two-year wait.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 25th July 2013