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Simon Dunn

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Comedy Is …

Comedy Is … Most Amusing, Sir

April 12, 2021April 12, 2021 Simon Dunn Beverly Hills Cop, Coming To America, Delirious, Eddie Murphy

During the heyday of those VHS rental years, where we would save our pocket money, then rush to the rental

Comedy Comedy Is ... Mary Tyler Moore Newsradio Sitcoms US

Comedy Is … Must See TV

March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 Simon Dunn Something Wilder, The Martin Short Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Office, WKRP In Cinncinati

Is it possible for a sitcom to have a personality? Newsradio wasn’t given the most auspicious of starts. Although it

Australian British Comedy Comedy Is ... Shaun Micallef

Comedy Is … A Miracle, Doctor

March 22, 2021March 29, 2021 Simon Dunn Full Frontal, Mad As Hell, Micallef Tonight, Newstopia, The Micallef Programme

A treat afforded by the Paramount Comedy Channel, was the opportunity to watch some shows that weren’t otherwise on offer

British Comedy Comedy Is ... Sitcoms Sketch Shows

Comedy Is … All About Timing

March 15, 2021March 29, 2021 Simon Dunn Alexei Sayle's Stuff, Drop The Dead Donkey, Not The Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, That Was The Week That Was, The Day Today, The New Statesman

Here’s the third installment of Comedy Is … an audio essay that uses a show from the late 1990s line-up on the Paramount

Australian British Comedy Comedy Is ... Sitcoms US

Comedy Is … The Best Medicine

March 8, 2021March 29, 2021 Simon Dunn All In The Family, Becker, The Honeymooners, Till Death Us Do Part, Time Gentlemen Please

Here’s the second installment of Comedy Is … a sort of audio essay that uses a show from the late

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Happy Birthday To Normalverse

September 12, 2016October 7, 2020 Simon Dunn

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The Strange Pornographic History of Henry’s Cat

September 23, 2020September 30, 2020 Simon Dunn

Henry’s, Henry’s, you must know Henry’s Cat? That song started playing in my head this morning, as the shower belched

British Comedy e.phemera Most Read Sitcoms Thought Vomit

About Me

Simon Dunn is a professional scriptwriter, and used to perform stand up comedy across the UK. He has also written a number of novels, and has a weekly podcast with Radio 4’s Iszi Lawrence.

He is represented by Simon Williamson at SWA.