Mawaan Rizwan
- Actor, writer and comedian
Press clippings
BBC Comedy Festival 2024 sessions now available to book
The BBC Comedy Festival 2024 will be in Glasgow on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd May, with speakers set to include Armando Iannucci, Jennifer Saunders and Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith. Free tickets to the sessions can be booked now.
British Comedy Guide, 8th April 2024Extraordinary, Juice, Rob & Romesh and Black Ops win RTS Awards
Extraordinary, Juice, Rob And Romesh Vs, Black Ops stars Gbemisola Ikumelo and Hammed Animashaun, and Big Boys writer Jack Rooke won at the Royal Television Society Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 27th March 2024BAFTA TV Awards 2024 nominations
Big Boys, Dreaming Whilst Black, Extraordinary, Such Brave Girls, The Graham Norton Show, Late Night Lycett, Rob And Romesh Vs and Would I Lie To You? are amongst the nominees for the Bafta Television Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 20th March 2024Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2024 nominees
Dreaming Whilst Black, Extraordinary, Ghosts, Inside No. 9 and Such Brave Girls are nominated in the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 29th February 2024Lenny Henry to host Red Nose Day for final time on Friday 15th March
Rosie Jones, Dame Joan Collins and Simon Cowell are amongst the celebrities who appear in a video sketch to announce Red Nose Day 2024 will take place on Friday 15th March. Sir Lenny Henry has announced that this will be his final time hosting the fundraising show.
British Comedy Guide, 31st January 2024I Talk Telly Awards 2023 nominations announced
Black Ops, Changing Ends, Dreaming Whilst Black, Extraordinary, Juice, The Power Of Parker, Ruby Speaking and Significant Other are amongst the nominees in the I Talk Telly Awards 2023. Voting is now open.
British Comedy Guide, 11th November 2023Juice review
The comic was surely always destined to be a star even without a vehicle such as this - but as a cheerful expression of his unique comic sensibilities, Juice has plenty of zest.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 18th September 2023Juice review
Comedian Mawaan Rizwan is wacky, witty and weird in this surreally entertaining series, which also stars Russell Tovey. Fans of The Mighty Boosh will want to check it out.
Shaad D'Souza, The Guardian, 18th September 2023Juice review
The jokes don't always land and the story sometimes falters, but Rizwan's series is a rare thing: a genuinely original TV series.
Benji Wilson, The Telegraph, 18th September 2023Mawaan and Nabhaan Rizwan on Juice: "I can't believe we pulled it off"
The real-life brothers star together in BBC Three's buzzy new sitcom.
David Craig, Radio Times, 17th September 2023