Dane Baptiste

Dane Baptiste is British stand-up comedian and writer. He was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" at 2014's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards and his comedy series Sunny D premiered on BBC Three in Spring 2016.[1]

Career

Baptiste is from Hither Green,[2] South East London.[3] He was nominated for the 2014 "Best Newcomer" Edinburgh Comedy Award,[4] becoming the first black Briton to be nominated. He was also nominated for a Chortle award in 2015.[2] He has also made appearances on Sweat the Small Stuff,[5] Virtually Famous,[6] Celebrity Squares,[7] Safeword,[8] Live at the Apollo,[9] Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled[10] and Mock the Week.[11]

In 2016, BBC Three commissioned Sunny D, a comedy show Dane wrote and starred in where he plays a Dane who still lives with his parents and twin sister Kadean in a crammed house that he is desperate to escape.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Logan, Brian (20 March 2016). "Dane Baptiste: 'If we lived in an equal society, I wouldn't need to do comedy'". Guardian.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Reasonable Doubts?". Sutton Guardian. November 19, 2015: 23.
  3. ↑ "Comedy at the Fringe". BBC Three.
  4. ↑ "Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards - newcomers". Foster's.
  5. ↑ "Sweat the Small Stuff". 12 November 2014. BBC Three. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  6. ↑ "Virtually Famous". 11 May 2015. ITV2. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  7. ↑ "Celebrity Squares". 24 May 2015. ITV. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  8. ↑ "Safeword". 27 August 2015. ITV2. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  9. ↑ "Live at the Apollo". 23 November 2015. BBC Two. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  10. ↑ "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled". 14 June 2016. Dave. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  11. ↑ "Mock the Week". 16 June 2016. BBC Two. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  12. ↑ "Sunny D". BBC Three. Retrieved 17 Feb 2016.


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