Smoggie Queens
- TV sitcom
- BBC Three
- 2024
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Sitcom based around a group of drag queens in Middlesbrough. Stars Phil Dunning, Mark Benton, Alexandra Mardell, Elijah Young, Patsy Lowe and more.
- Due to return for Series 2
- Episode 2 repeated Friday at 3:30am on BBC3
Press clippings
Broadcast Digital Awards 2025 nominees
Brassic, Daddy Issues, Dinosaur, Only Child, Smoggie Queens and Trying are up for Best Comedy Programme in the Broadcast Digital Awards 2025.
British Comedy Guide, 24th May 2025Getting serious about comedy in the north east
From Sparks to Smoggie Queens, Sam Wonfor explores how the North East became a rising powerhouse for TV comedy.
Sam Wonfor, Cultured. North East, 12th May 2025Smoggie Queens to return for Series 2
BBC Three has ordered a second series of Smoggie Queens, the Middlesbrough-based sitcom written by and starring Phil Dunning.
British Comedy Guide, 24th March 2025Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 shortlists revealed
Shortlists for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards, recognising the best television and radio comedy programming, have been announced today after an initial round of voting.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2025Putting Middlesbrough on the map with comedy Smoggie Queens
With the final episode of BBC series Smoggie Queens recently airing, writer Phil Dunning shares what it was like growing up in northern England and how he wrote his LGBT comedy.
Sabrina Fearon-Melville, BBC, 3rd January 2025The week in TV: Smoggie Queens
Four episodes (of six) in, Smoggie Queens feels rough and ready, and the comedy tone won't settle.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 1st December 2024Smoggie Queens review
It is one on the worst sitcoms I've ever watched.
Ally Ross, The Sun, 29th November 2024Smoggie Queens makes solid debut
Hat Trick sitcom inherits sizeable portion of RuPaul's Drag Race TV audience share.
Marian McHugh, Broadcast, 29th November 2024Smoggie Queens review
Smoggie Queens is a surreal love letter to Middlesbrough.
Nick Levine, i Newspaper, 28th November 2024Smoggie Queens: 'Smoggie means to be loud and proud'
The pink carpet has been rolled out in Middlesbrough for the premiere of new BBC Three comedy Smoggie Queens.
Phil Dunning, BBC, 28th November 2024