Phil Dunning
Phil is a writer, actor and character comedian born and raised in Teesside in the North East of England.
He has appeared in TV shows such as 'Feel Good', 'The Other One' and 'Am I Being Unreasonable?'
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Phil is a writer, actor and character comedian born and raised in Teesside in the North East of England. He has appeared in TV shows such as Feel Good, The Other One and Am I Being Unreasonable?
As a character comedian he has written and performed 3 solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, appeared on Harry Hill's Clubnite on Channel 4 and currently hosts a live monthly comedy and cabaret show at The Moth Club with Knock2Bag.
Phil also stars in his own BBC series titled 'Smoggie Queens' which he wrote and created. Since releasing, the show has seen him earn multiple BAFTA and BAFTA Craft award nominations.
Television
| Am I Being Unreasonable Series 2 Gavin | Am I Being Unreasonable Series 2 - Gavin | BBC One | 2025 |
| Smoggie Queens Dickie | Smoggie Queens - Dickie | Hat Trick | 2024 |
| Smoggie Queens Writer | Smoggie Queens - Writer | Hat Trick | 2024 |
| Boat Story Andrew | Boat Story - Andrew | BBC | 2023 |
| The Other One Frankie | The Other One - Frankie | BBC | 2022 |
| Lazy Susan Sleepy Girl | Lazy Susan - Sleepy Girl | BBC | 2022 |
| Ellie & Natasia Ensemble Actor | Ellie & Natasia - Ensemble Actor | BBC | 2022 |
| Am I Being Unreasonable? Gavin | Am I Being Unreasonable? - Gavin | 2022 | |
| Feel Good Professor Spink | Feel Good - Professor Spink | Netflix | 2021 |
| The Emily Atack Show Ensemble Actor | The Emily Atack Show - Ensemble Actor | ITV2 | 2021 |
| Welcome to the New Normal Self | Welcome to the New Normal - Self | 2020 | |
| Phil Dunning's cam room Phil / Writer | Phil Dunning's cam room - Phil / Writer | Online Sketch | 2020 |
| Anna's People Nephew | Anna's People - Nephew | 2019 | |
| Sorry- BBC Comedy Short Luke | Sorry- BBC Comedy Short - Luke | 2019 | |
| Harry Hill's Clubnite Performer | Harry Hill's Clubnite - Performer | Channel 4 | 2019 |
| The Paddock Self / Writer | The Paddock - Self / Writer | Online Sketch Show | 2019 |
| Stath Lets Flats House Party Guest | Stath Lets Flats - House Party Guest | Channel 4 | 2019 |
Theatre and Live Performance
| Anna’s Man’s Late Night Cheese and Sex party Nephew | Anna’s Man’s Late Night Cheese and Sex party - Nephew | Soho Theatre | 2019 |
| The House of Pigs Solo Show | The House of Pigs - Solo Show | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 2017 |
| The People's Prince Solo Show | The People's Prince - Solo Show | Berk's Nest Productions Edinburgh Fringe | 2016 |
Podcast and Online Content
| Springleaf Declan | Springleaf - Declan | Mighty Bunny | 2023 |
| Backstage with Joan Diamonds Joan Diamonds | Backstage with Joan Diamonds - Joan Diamonds | Mr Box Productions | 2016 |
Radio
| Birthday Girls' House Party Guest | Birthday Girls' House Party - Guest | Radio 1 | 2019 |
Awards
| Best Newcomer Winner | Best Newcomer - Winner | RTS North East & The Boarders Awards 2025 | 2025 |
| Best Comedy Smoggie Queens (Writer) | Best Comedy - Smoggie Queens (Writer) | RTS North East & Borders Awards 2025 | 2025 |
| BAFTA Award Nominee | BAFTA Award - Nominee | Male Performance in a Comedy | 2025 |
| BAFTA Craft Award Nominee | BAFTA Craft Award - Nominee | Writing: Comedy | 2025 |
| BAFTA Craft Award Nominee | BAFTA Craft Award - Nominee | Emerging Talent: Fiction | 2025 |
News
Phil Dunning's 'Smoggie Queens' crowned Best Comedy Series at the Broadcast Digital Awards 3rd July 2025 Starring and written by Phil, the second series of 'Smoggie Queens' is now available in full on BBC iPlayer |
The 2025 BAFTA Television Award nominations are here! 27th March 2025 The 2025 BAFTA Television Award nominations are here, seeing 6 nominations between the brilliant talent at PBJ Management: BAFTA Entertainment Award: Babs Wiltshire for Would I Lie To You? BAFTA Male Performance In A Comedy Award: Phil Dunning for Smoggie Queens BAFTA Craft Emerging Talent Award: Fiction: Phil Dunning for Smoggie Queens and Lucia Keskin for Things You Should Have Done BAFTA Craft Writer Award: Comedy: Phil Dunning for Smoggie Queens and Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton for Inside No |
‘Smoggie Queens’ Renewed For Season 2 By BBC 25th March 2025 BBC comedy Smoggie Queens, which was inspired by the success of RuPaul’s Drag Race, is coming back for another season |
PBJ talent take over the British Comedy Guild's 2024 Comedy Awards nominations 30th January 2025 PBJ clients can be spotted throughout the 2024 British Comedy Awards nominations list |
Phil Dunning's 'Smoggie Queens' is available in full on BBC IPlayer 23rd May 2024 Releasing on IPlayer on the 28th of November, Smoggie Queens is an out and out comedy centered around a gang of friends who are fiercely proud of their North Eastern town of Middlesbrough and their small pocket of the LGBTQ+ community |
Pls Like Series 2 Release Date Announced! 14th September 2018 BAFTA nominated series Pls Like is back for a second series and BBC Three have confirmed the release date of all new episodes as the 25th September |
PBJ at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017! 26th July 2017 We can't believe it's time for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival already |