Charlie Hanson is a British producer and director. His award-winning work includes television shows such as ''

Desmond's ''Desmond's'' is a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. Conceived and co-written by Trix Worrell, and produced by Charlie Hanson and Humphrey Barclay, ''Desmond's'' stars Norman Beaton as barber Des ...

'', ''

Chef! ''Chef!'' is a British situation comedy starring Lenny Henry that aired as twenty episodes over three series from 1993 to 1996 on the BBC. The show was created and primarily written by Peter Tilbury based on an idea from Lenny Henry and produced ...

'', ''

The Big Impression ''The Big Impression'', known as ''Alistair McGowan's Big Impression'' for the first three series, is a British comedy sketch show. It features Alistair McGowan and Ronni Ancona impersonating personalities from entertainment and sport. Four serie ...

'', ''

The Sketch Show ''The Sketch Show'' is a British television sketch comedy programme, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2004. The show was first commissioned in 2001 and was co-produced by a company owned by Steve C ...

'' and ''

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'', and the 2003 feature film '' A Way of Life''.

Career

Hanson's work as a producer spanned more than two decades of television drama and comedy. His work included BBC Television's '' This Morning with Richard Not Judy'', '' Birds of a Feather'',

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

's ''

'', ''

'', starring

Lenny Henry Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is a British actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer. Henry gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in '' The Le ...

for the BBC, '' Kelsey Grammer Presents The Sketch Show'' for

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, both ''

The Harry Hill Show ''Harry Hill'', later titled ''The All-New Harry Hill Show'' and also referred to as ''The Harry Hill Show'', was a British stand-up comedy sketch show, starring comedian Harry Hill, that ran for four series from 1997 to 2003, on both Channel ...

'' and an episode of ''

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace ''Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'' is a British horror parody television series created by Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness for Channel 4. The show focuses on fictional horror author Garth Marenghi (played by Holness) and his publisher Dean ...

'' for Channel 4, Alistair McGowan's ''

'', winner of the BAFTA award for Best Comedy Programme in 2003, and ITV's ''

'', winner of the BAFTA award for Best Comedy Programme in 2002. In 2003 Hanson produced his first feature film,

Amma Asante Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she receive ...

's BAFTA award-winning '' A Way of Life''. The film, which had its world premiere at the

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, was released in the UK in October 2004, garnering 12 international awards, including the Grand Jury Prize for Best Film, and the International Critics' Prize at the Miami International Film Festival in 2005, and four BAFTA Cymru awards. He has since produced two series of '' Extras'' for BBC/HBO, and in 2008 won a Golden Globe for the Extras Special TV Movie. Most recently he has produced the new

Reggie Perrin ''Reggie Perrin'' is a modern update of the 1970s BBC sitcom ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'', which starred Leonard Rossiter. The revival stars Martin Clunes and was first broadcast on 24 April 2009. Series 1 was released on DVD in R ...

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, and ''

'' for BBC2, starring

Alan Davies Alan Roger Davies (; born 6 March 1966) is an English stand-up comedian, writer, actor and TV presenter. He is best known for his portrayal of the title role in the BBC mystery drama series ''Jonathan Creek'' (1997–2016) and as the only per ...

. He has produced the Ricky Gervais and

Stephen Merchant Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, actor, director, presenter and writer. Alongside Ricky Gervais, Merchant was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office'' (2001–2003), and ...

movie '' Cemetery Junction'' for

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, released on 14 April 2010. In 2011, Hanson produced Gervais and Merchant's new series, '' Life's Too Short'' and in 2012, Gervais' Channel 4 comedy-drama pilot ''

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''. Hanson also worked on the

Matt Lucas Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series ''Little Britain'' (2003–2006, 2020) and '' Come Fl ...

BBC2 television series '' Pompidou'', which aired in early 2015. From 2019 Hanson went on to produce '' After Life'' for Gervais.

Sexual assault allegations

In May 2021, Hanson was accused by 11 women of serious sexual assault between 2008 and 2015. His accusers allege that he used "his reputation" to prey on them as young women by "promising them a starry career under his wing". Following the allegations, Hanson was suspended by BAFTA on 30 May 2021, and was removed as producer of ''After Life''.

References

External links

* * Comedy Guide
''Charlie Hanson''
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