Sunil Patel
- Actor, stand-up comedian and writer
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Channel 4 launches sketch series with a host of comedians
Nick Helm, Jen Brister, Hal Cruttenden, Felicity Ward and children's television presenter Dave Benson Phillips are among the wealth of comic talent to feature in a new Channel 4 sketch series.
British Comedy Guide, 26th May 2021Grave New World: spoof unmasking our new normal
Anxiety, absurdity and little else pervade the post-pandemic world of Stuart Laws' mockumentary - so what's it trying to say about life after Covid?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 31st March 2021The Virt Locker review
Banter and live laughter help NextUp's show - featuring a grumpy Jen Brister, a lovable Sarah Keyworth and more - replicate in-person comedy.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 29th January 2021David Earl movie Brian & Charles begins filming
David Earl's Brian Gittins is starring in a feature film. Production is now underway on Brian & Charles, shooting in North Wales.
British Comedy Guide, 1st December 2020Comedy club stages gig to raise funds for comedians
Dulwich Hamlet Comedy Club is staging another Comics' Relief gig to raise money for comedians hit in the pocket by the pandemic.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 29th April 2020Beat The Internet With John Robins review
Dave's new gameshow Beat The Internet With John Robins is a very cheap production, which tries to make a virtue of its parsimony by wrapping it in a postmodern irony. It only partially succeeds.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 15th November 2018Vice's studio arm is the extremely unlikely producer of this Dave gameshow, hosted by stand-up and former Mr Sara Pascoe, John Robins. It's an offbeat affair on a pleasingly shonky set, with Robins quizzing contestants on subjects drawn from algorithms and search engines. Assisting him in the Richard Osman role of fact-master is the decidedly deadpan Sunil Patel.
The Guardian, 9th November 2018Nish Kumar, most recently seen on The Mash Report, introduces more excellent standups riffing on Anglo-Asian culture, including former hip-hop DJ Sunil Patel ("There's a lot of similarity between my life growing up in Bath and the lives of young black men in Compton") and Sukh Ojla ("I'm single by choice. It's not my choice").
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 24th August 2018Audible offers 12 free stand-up shows
Audible has released for free a collection of 12 shows of stand-up they recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe. Stars include Ed Gamble, Mark Watson and Angela Barnes.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd October 2017Sunil Patel: Edinburgh Fringe 2017 interview
A former Chortle Best Newcomer nominee and BBC New Comedy Award finalist takes his second full hour to the Fringe.
Laugh Out London, 11th August 2017