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Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

  • TV sitcom
  • Channel 4
  • 2022
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Comedy series spoofing children's television and friendly puppet-based learning. Stars Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling and Baker Terry.

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Edinburgh TV Festival Awards 2023 nominees

Big Boys, Derry Girls, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Everyone Else Burns, Extraordinary, Trying, Late Night Lycett, Taskmaster and The Graham Norton Show are amongst the nominees in the Edinburgh TV Awards 2023 shortlists.

British Comedy Guide, 27th June 2023

Lisa McGee and Adam Kay win BAFTA writing awards

Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee and This Is Going To Hurt creator Adam Kay have won awards for writing at the Bafta Craft Awards 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 24th April 2023

Comedy.co.uk Awards results 2022

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared has been named Comedy Of The Year 2022 in the Comedy.co.uk Awards. There were also wins for Ghosts, Ellie & Natasia, Would I Lie To You?, Taskmaster, This Is Going To Hurt, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane Austen?, 'Whatever Next?' With Miles Jupp, The Unbelievable Truth and You're Dead To Me.

British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2023

National Comedy Awards 2023 shortlists revealed

The shortlists for Channel 4's National Comedy Awards 2023 have been revealed. Ghosts, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Derry Girls and After Life are up for Best Scripted Comedy.

British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2023

Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist

The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.

British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2023

Broadcast Awards 2023 comedy nominees revealed

Am I Being Unreasonable?, Big Boys, Cheaters, Derry Girls, Stath Lets Flats and Wedding Season are amongst the nominees for the Broadcast Awards 2023.

British Comedy Guide, 28th November 2022

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared producers discuss the cult YouTube hit's move to TV

Today we hear from James Stevenson Bretton and Hugo Donkin, two of the producers behind Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.

C21 Media, 12th October 2022

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared review

You'll want to watch this brilliantly horrible comedy again and again.

Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 23rd September 2022

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared behind-the-scenes

Executive producer James Stevenson Bretton on turning six-minute YouTube videos into half-hour sitcom episodes.

Broadcast, 23rd September 2022

Welcome to the hilariously creepy world of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

With its felt urinals, lashings of raw meat and coffins coming to life, this nightmarish puppet show has made the move from YouTube sensation to brilliant Channel 4 comedy. We meets its makers.

Rachael Healy, The Guardian, 12th September 2022

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