Gemma Arrowsmith

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From Craig Charles on his radio show, paying tribute to Rob Grant.
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Sitcom character: I mean, just look at this dump!

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

YouTube video by RD Nerd Rob Grant a Tribute

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

ITV were on fire with these adaptations, my god.

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 the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

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

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.

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The London Palladium with Clinton Baptiste banners outside.

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?)

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

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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...

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

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

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

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.

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. 👑)

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?”

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

I have experience 👇

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

Harry in shirt and waistcoat

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

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.

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.)

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Image of Gemma wearing a yellow and white jumper. Text: MEDWAY PLAY LAB CIC/ STORE 104 CREATIVE WRITING MASTERCLASS Writing Comedy Introduction to Sketch Comedy Gemma Arrowsmith Monday 23d February 7pm - 8.30pm Store 104, Rochester Free to attend To book a space please email: medwayplaylabcic@gmail.com Writer-Performer for TV and Radio Gemma's TV writing includes: Emmy nominated Tracey Ullman's Show, Tracey Breaks the News & Spitting Image. Radio credits include: Newsjack, The Lenny Henry Show & DMs Are Open. Her "What were you wearing?" sketch was featured in the New York Times and was BBC Comedy's highest rated video of the year. • Learn the fundamentals of sketch comedy • How to format and structure sketch • Try out your skills in writing exercises Play Lab Readers & Writers Club is supported by: Funded by UK Government Medway

I’m running this intro to sketch comedy writing workshop next week:
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Number 27 Ninety-year-old Miss Barwick has lived peacefully in the same house all her life, that is until a young property developer arrives at her front door. A play by Michael Palin.

Oh! Quick PSA for Michael Palin fans (everyone).

“Number 27” written by Palin is on iPlayer at the moment. Only for a few weeks, so get it while it’s hot.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Remembers... - Michael Palin Remembers... Number 27 Michael Palin shares memories of his 1988 screenplay for the drama Number 27 - one of his early post-Python solo ventures and written around the same time as East of Ipswich.

Plus some bonus material:

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Number 27 Ninety-year-old Miss Barwick has lived peacefully in the same house all her life, that is until a young property developer arrives at her front door. A play by Michael Palin.

Oh! Quick PSA for Michael Palin fans (everyone).

“Number 27” written by Palin is on iPlayer at the moment. Only for a few weeks, so get it while it’s hot.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Also
🤩 Michael Palin 🤩
but I think that pretty much goes without saying.

Pearce Quigley in Small Prophets. He has a large beard and is carrying two large glass jars. The title is above in yellow text.

💕Small Prophets💕
🤩 Mackenzie Crook 🤩
🤩 Pearce Quigley 🤩

Three sperm whale sculptures hang above the ground in Rochester Cathedral.

Tessa Campbell Fraser FRSS is a British painter and sculptor based in Oxfordshire. Chatham Maritime Trust About the artist Born in Edinburgh in 1967, she studied at Chelsea School of Art and afterwards established herself as one of the country's leading animal artists. Her lifesize animal sculptures feature in exhibitions and private collections worldwide, from the Natural History Museum to the Sandringham Estate. In her art, her engagement with animals has been total, spending hour upon hour sitting peaceably with her subjects, trying to understand them and longing for a total communication. Her concern at man's incursions into, and disruptions of, fragile ecosystems has led her into a challenging engagement with herself as human and animal. Her sculptures offer poignant and beautiful reflections on the symbiosis between humans and animals. In Whales - A Deeper Dialogue, she weaves together artistic and scientific strands that do not seek to explain the whale, but to convey the interconnections and mysteries of the natural world and our need to listen to and protect it. Does art matter? Can It make a difference to society?

A museum panel at first glance depicting some people riding on horses. But on closer inspection, one man doesn’t have a face. The creatures on the ground don’t have heads and aren’t recognisable as any specific beast.

Another generative AI museum panel. The man has a several layers of teeth/mouth and a hoof?

Enjoyed the whale sculptures by artist Tessa Campbell Fraser at Rochester Cathedral today. 🐳

(Less impressed by the generative AI peculiarities in the crypt exhibition. Although a crypt is a suitably sinister location for the weird cryptid creatures AI has created.)

Black and white screenshot of Emma Peel in leather catsuit and silver gloves, standing best to a small Dalek toy.

Black and white screenshot of Emma Peel in leather catsuit and silver gloves and sash, standing best to a small Dalek toy.

Daleks in The Avengers!

(Dalek toys in ‘Death at Bargain Prices’)

YouTube video by ClipZone: Beyond Infinity Babylon 5 | Full Episode | The Gathering: Season 1, Episode 1 | Beyond Infinity

If you’ve not seen Babylon 5, it’s an absolute treat. Gorgeous long form storytelling.
Here’s the pilot:
youtu.be/Y235YEQstLo

Tweet from J Michael Straczynski: Looks like Babylon 5 is now free to watch on YouTube.

🚨Incredibly important information!