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Gemma Arrowsmith

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Comedy writer & actor. Doctor Who, Tracey Ullman’s Show, Beyond a Steel Sky, Justin’s House, Bravest Warriors, Horrible Histories linktr.ee/gemmaarrowsmith

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We have hiss-off! Episode 1 of THE SNAKE BOYS SHOW 🐍🐍🐍 is now live on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts. This month, @atomcrowley.bsky.social, @tpneenan.bsky.social and @johnrain.co.uk suggest 9 TV shows that they think people be sleeping on.
Episode 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi58...

08.03.2026 10:01 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 4
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a man in a tie says happy birthday to me Alt: Richie in Bottom saying happy birthday to me

Happy birthday, Rik

07.03.2026 11:10 — 👍 23    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
Black and white cover art for Crowley Time Episode 42: The Food of Lurve, with Odinn Orn Hilmarsson.

Black and white cover art for Crowley Time Episode 42: The Food of Lurve, with Odinn Orn Hilmarsson.

La la la, and such! It’s a musical spectacular in the new instalment of my sketch comedy podcast Crowley Time with guest star composer and sound designer Odinn Orn Hilmarsson. Episode 42: The Food of Lurve, available NOW on your podcast app and at crowleytime.com!
@odinnoh.bsky.social

06.03.2026 11:32 — 👍 26    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 4

The irony of a video essay about reduced attention spans and there being 51 cuts in the first 3 mins.

05.03.2026 17:31 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

How do news organisations choose their light hearted “and finally” stories now that we all see hundreds of funny animal videos every day?

In the past the news might be the only way we’d get to see footage of a squirrel being rescued from a drainpipe or whatever. But now? How do they pick?

05.03.2026 13:03 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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BBC Radio 4 - Quiz Nite! - Episode guide All episodes of Quiz Nite!

Punt & Dennis did a nice pub quiz sitcom for the radio. But, yes, would be nice to see one on TV, I agree.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

05.03.2026 12:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“We get sent so many sitcoms set in escape rooms / battle reenactment societies / vape shops / board game cafes…”
Make one, then.
Make ONE.

05.03.2026 11:43 — 👍 30    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Everyone’s Dropbox folders are full to bursting with sitcom scripts & treatments. And it’s harder than ever to get a meeting or a reply to an email. I’m so tired.

05.03.2026 11:10 — 👍 46    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 1

No probs. No need to feel silly! It's not a joke you can figure out, really. It's an in-joke for Twilight Zone fans.

04.03.2026 18:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Shatner in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 1963

Shatner in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 1963

Lithgow in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1983)

Lithgow in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet (1983)

Ah, Shatner and Lithgow both played the same character in The Twilight Zone's Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. Shatner in the TV show in 1963 and Lithgow in the movie in 1983.

04.03.2026 18:45 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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This meta joke from 3rd Rock from the Sun is outrageous! 🤩

04.03.2026 16:58 — 👍 105    🔁 40    💬 7    📌 2

Me if I were Elton John: 🎵Sorry seems to be the word I say literally all the time🎵

02.03.2026 17:01 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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From the RedDwarf community on Reddit: Craig Charles pays tribute to Rob Grant on his radio show Explore this post and more from the RedDwarf community

From Craig Charles on his radio show, paying tribute to Rob Grant.
www.reddit.com/r/RedDwarf/s...

01.03.2026 12:28 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sitcom character: I mean, just look at this dump!

[Gestures to massive house, nicer than any you’ve ever lived in.]

01.03.2026 11:11 — 👍 96    🔁 17    💬 1    📌 0
Rob Grant a Tribute
YouTube video by RD Nerd Rob Grant a Tribute

This is nice.
youtu.be/rZlPVZTp5SE?...

28.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Still nothing anywhere on the BBC. Looks like they’re not going to report it.

27.02.2026 19:53 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

ITV were on fire with these adaptations, my god.

27.02.2026 19:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Title card for LWT/ITV’s Poirot. David Suchet as Poirot on the right.

Title card for LWT/ITV’s Poirot. David Suchet as Poirot on the right.

Title card for Jeeves and Wooster. Below the text, a cartooned trumpet player.

Title card for Jeeves and Wooster. Below the text, a cartooned trumpet player.

Title card for the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Title card for the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Name a greater trio of shows. I’ll wait. 🤩

27.02.2026 19:41 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 1

BBC News doesn’t seem to have reported this at all. Can’t find any mention in the Culture section. Rob Grant’s major works were with the BBC so this is rather disappointing.

27.02.2026 09:28 — 👍 19    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

bsky.app/profile/mmaa...

26.02.2026 22:36 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The London Palladium with Clinton Baptiste banners outside.

The London Palladium with Clinton Baptiste banners outside.

The stage with Clinton Baptiste in lights.

The stage with Clinton Baptiste in lights.

Saw Clinton Baptiste’s show in a packed out London Palladium this evening.
(How much more do performers have to prove themselves before telly takes a chance on a little 6 episode series?)

26.02.2026 22:27 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Rob Grant RIP – Ganymede & Titan We at Ganymede & Titan are heartbroken to pass on a message from Rob Grant’s family. With much sadness, we have to announce that Rob Grant, co-creator of Red Dwarf, passed away suddenly yesterday afte...

Oh NO! It’s tricky to overstate how much Red Dwarf meant to me as a kid. Loved his books, too. Very sad news.

www.ganymede.tv/2026/02/rob-...

26.02.2026 17:37 — 👍 63    🔁 12    💬 5    📌 2
The title card of Supertato. Supertato (a superhero potato) is standing to the left holding up the title of the show. On the right is his car and the name of the episode "Corn's Mutiny" written by Gemma Arrowsmith

The title card of Supertato. Supertato (a superhero potato) is standing to the left holding up the title of the show. On the right is his car and the name of the episode "Corn's Mutiny" written by Gemma Arrowsmith

Oh my goodness YES! The episode of Supertato I wrote is now on iPlayer: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

24.02.2026 13:20 — 👍 35    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A shop front with a white and ginger cat in the window.

A shop front with a white and ginger cat in the window.

A closer shot of the cat. It looks so annoyed.

A closer shot of the cat. It looks so annoyed.

How much is that absolutely furious cat in the window? 😾

23.02.2026 20:51 — 👍 33    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 2

I have now witnessed two separate people playing videos out loud on their phone *in a library*.

So, yes, I can confirm we are now in the end times.

23.02.2026 17:34 — 👍 26    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
Cover of Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend. As well as the title in a loopy font, there is a cartoon of a chicken wearing a crown & pearl necklace and smoking a cigarette.

Cover of Queen Camilla by Sue Townsend. As well as the title in a loopy font, there is a cartoon of a chicken wearing a crown & pearl necklace and smoking a cigarette.

Well, it’s certainly a fun time to be reading Sue Townsend’s book Queen Camilla, the follow up to The Queen & I, in which Britain abolishes the monarchy and sends the former royal family to live a normal life on a council estate in the Midlands.

(Nothing but respect for my Queen Sue Townsend. 👑)

20.02.2026 10:35 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Screegrab from Deaf Funny. Gemma dressed as a copper next to Ben Green as an interpreter.

Screegrab from Deaf Funny. Gemma dressed as a copper next to Ben Green as an interpreter.

Another screengrab from Deaf Funny. Gemma is pointing at the suspect and the caption reads “So you agree you did it?”

Another screengrab from Deaf Funny. Gemma is pointing at the suspect and the caption reads “So you agree you did it?”

Can I play one of the arresting officers in the inevitable dramatisation by Sarah Phelps?

I have experience 👇

19.02.2026 13:26 — 👍 26    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Harry Solomon in his classic big fur coat. He's the karate crane stance with arms and one foot raised.

Harry Solomon in his classic big fur coat. He's the karate crane stance with arms and one foot raised.

Harry wearing a shirt and tank top in clashing prints.

Harry wearing a shirt and tank top in clashing prints.

Harry in shirt, tank top and braces (or suspenders if you're from the US)

Harry in shirt, tank top and braces (or suspenders if you're from the US)

Harry in shirt and waistcoat

Harry in shirt and waistcoat

My style icon? I'd have to say Harry Solomon.

18.02.2026 15:21 — 👍 16    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think about this a lot. Absolutely, making your own projects is a great thing to do. But that advice also favours people who can afford to spend lots of time not earning any money.

17.02.2026 18:52 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sketch comedy courses | Write professional comedy | Hoopla With Gemma Arrowsmith, writer and performer from BBC1's Tracey Ullman Show and Script Editor on Radio 4's Newsjack.

Plus I run these courses a few times a year. (I believe we are currently sold out until April but May should be available for booking soon.)

www.hooplaimpro.com/sketch-comed...

17.02.2026 11:43 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0