Karl Minns
Karl Minns is a prolific creative comedy writer with over 20 years' experience working in theatre, radio, print media and T.V.
A former winner of the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award, he has written comedy series for TV and radio as well as over thirty full-length comedy stage shows. His credits include HBO's Avenue 5, BritBox's Spitting Image and in the past he's written for both Have I Got News For You (BBC1) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4).
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A former winner of the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award, he has written comedy series for TV and radio as well as over thirty full-length comedy stage shows. His credits include HBO's Avenue 5, BritBox's Spitting Image and in the past he's written for both Have I Got News For You (BBC1) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats (Channel 4).
Karl is also part of sketch duo, The Nimmo Twins, who enjoyed sell-out success at the Edinburgh Festival before becoming regulars on Radio 4’s Loose Ends. The Nimmos have played to audiences in Paris, New York, and Singapore, while in their native East Anglia, their hugely popular Normal for Norfolk shows have been running for 25 years. He is HUGE in Norwich and Norfolk. HUGE.
BBC
| The Informer Actor | The Informer - Actor | 2018 | |
| Have I Got News For You Writer | Have I Got News For You - Writer | 2016 — 2019 |
BritBox TV
| Spitting Image Writer | Spitting Image - Writer | 2020 — 2022 |
Dave
| Unspun With Matt Forde Writer | Unspun With Matt Forde - Writer | 2016 — 2017 |
HBO
| Avenue 5 Writer | Avenue 5 - Writer | 2022 |
BBC 3
| Russell Howard's Good News Writer | Russell Howard's Good News - Writer | 2012 — 2018 | |
| Mouth to Mouth Writer | Mouth to Mouth - Writer | 2009 |
BBC Radio 4
| Al Murray: Totally Out of Character Writer | Al Murray: Totally Out of Character - Writer | 2020 |
TV Film
| Make Christmas Great Again Writer | Make Christmas Great Again - Writer | 2017 | |
| Lawful Killing Actor | Lawful Killing - Actor | 2016 |
Amazon Prime
| Back of the Net Writer | Back of the Net - Writer | 2019 |
Quest TV
| Al Murray's Great British Quiz Writer | Al Murray's Great British Quiz - Writer | 2019 |
Sky 1
| The Week That Wasn't Writer | The Week That Wasn't - Writer | 2018 |
Comedy Central
| Roast Battle Writer | Roast Battle - Writer | 2018 |
C4
| The Fake News Show Writer | The Fake News Show - Writer | 2017 |
BBC 2
| Charlie Brooker's End of Year Wipe Writer | Charlie Brooker's End of Year Wipe - Writer | 2016 |
Theatre
| She Go Looks Back At 2022 Writer/Performer | She Go Looks Back At 2022 - Writer/Performer | Norwich Theatre Royal | 2023 |
| Captivity Writer | Captivity - Writer | Cork Arts Theatre | 2022 |
BBC Radio 4
| Al Murray: Totally Out of Character Writer | Al Murray: Totally Out of Character - Writer | 2020 |
