Morwenna Banks
- English
- Actor and writer
Press clippings
Funny Woman Series 2 begins production
Production is underway on the second series of Funny Woman, the Sky comedy drama starring Gemma Arterton. Tim Key, Gemma Whelan and Roisin Conaty are amongst those joining the cast.
British Comedy Guide, 12th January 2024Funny Woman to return for Series 2
Sky has recommissioned period comedy Funny Woman, about a female comedian and writer in the 1960s, starring Gemma Arterton.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2023Morwenna Banks's advice to comedy writing graduates as she gets an honorary fellowship
"Stay one step ahead of AI. Our livelihoods depend on us being human."
Chortle, 24th July 2023Dawn French joins Radio 4 Cornish sketch show Wosson Cornwall
Dawn French stars in Cornish sketch show Wosson Cornwall, coming to Radio 4 next month. French joins a cast that includes Edward Rowe, Joanna Neary and Tamsyn Kelly, with the writing team featuring Morwenna Banks, Paul Kerensa, James Henry and Max Davis.
British Comedy Guide, 13th March 2023Funny Woman review
Funny Woman, with a stinging script by Morwenna Banks, shamelessly revels in all the raunchy sexism of the 1960s while mocking the men who assumed every attractive female figure was topped off by a head full of air.
Christopher Stevens, Daily Mail, 10th February 2023Sky Comedy Rep 2023 writers announced
Tom Critch, Doug Crossley, Alice Etches, Aoife Kennan, Mahad Ali, Georgie Morrell, Hattie Soykan and Asia Wray have been selected to take part in the Sky Comedy Rep scheme.
British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2022Alison Steadman & Nigel Planer star in Radio 4 sex and farming sitcom
Radio 4 has ordered Mucking In, the latest sitcom from Sue Limb starring Alison Steadman, Nigel Planer and Morwenna Banks. The station has also ordered further series of Miles Jupp's Party's Over and Angus Deayton's Alone.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd June 2022Gemma Arterton set to star in Nick Hornby's Funny Girl for Sky
Gemma Arterton has been lined up to star in Sky's adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel Funny Girl.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd July 2021Essential episodes: Catterick episode 1
Vic and Bob have had many a success over the years, from Big Night Out to The Smell Of and Bang Bang It's Reeves And Mortimer, and of course Shooting Stars was huge for them, lasting for many years. But the one time the public haven't loved a series was when they created their best work, the sitcom Catterick, which told a six part story about a man searching for his lost son. All of the episodes are equally strong so choosing the best for this feature was quite difficult, so I went for the first as it serves as a superb introduction to the madness that would ensue.
Alex Finch, Comedy To Watch, 16th December 2020