Tim Dawson
- British
- Writer
Press clippings
Cheers, Frasier
A comedy classic makes a triumphant return.
Tim Dawson, The Critic, 22nd October 2023Militant humourlessness: A pseudo-history of British comedy leaves one depressed
A book about classic British comedy by a person who hates classic British comedy doesn't sound like a very entertaining proposition - and, as Different Times by David Stubbs demonstrates, it isn't.
Tim Dawson, The Critic, 31st July 2023There will never be another Barry Cryer
Barry Cryer has left us. 'Uncle Baz', as he was known affectionately in the comedy industry was one of the last, if not the last, of the great post-war writer-comedians, that established themselves in the 1960s and flourished in the cultural bloom of the second half of the 20th Century.
Tim Dawson, Unherd, 27th January 2022Resurrecting the great British sitcom
British sitcoms, which once formed the heart of our television schedules, are on life support. Yes, there is the occasional special - a Comedy Playhouse, or a Mrs. Brown's Boys at Christmas - but for the most part, sitcoms, in the traditional sense, have largely disappeared. The main broadcasters still say they want to make comedy, but the emphasis across the industry is on single camera pieces. These tend to focus on smaller, more personalised stories - usually writer-performer led - which rarely offer either the longevity or the laughs of more traditional efforts.
Tim Dawson, The Critic, 2nd September 2021No good comedy will survive the progressive purge
Comedy is cancelled. Or rather, comedy that doesn't "reflect the times" is cancelled, which in practice is the same thing. According to the BBC, Little Britain will no longer be available on iPlayer because "times have changed". Netflix has followed suit, adding Matt Lucas and David Walliams' other recent hit, Come Fly with Me, as well as The League Of Gentlemen to the banned list for good measure.
Tim Dawson, The Telegraph, 11th June 2020Terry Jones: Python and Renaissance man
He was a wit, a scholar and incredibly funny. RIP.
Tim Dawson, Spiked, 23rd January 2020Carry On film franchise to return with Carry On Doctors
A brand new Carry On film is now in pre-production. Carry On Doctors will be the 32nd film in the comedy series, with further films set to follow.
British Comedy Guide, 17th May 2016Writer Tim Dawson on the making of Coming Of Age 3
As regular fans of the show will know, it is recorded in front of a live studio audience and so we asked the writer Tim Dawson to share a little bit about the last stages of the production process.
Tim Dawson, BBC, 12th January 2011Coming Of Age: Clues about Series 3
Writer Tim Dawson reveals there will be a new character in the third series.
Tim Dawson, BBC, 23rd July 2010Writer Tim Dawson on the return of Coming of Age
The idea for Coming of Age came to me when I was eighteen and trying to find a way out of doing more exams. I've always loved sitcom and I'd always wondered why there wasn't a proper sitcom about teenage life, so one weekend I sat down, wrote a script and sent it to the BBC.
Tim Dawson, BBC Comedy, 12th January 2010