Dave Cohen is a writer for television and radio, as well as a columnist for ''

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''. He has written for '' Have I Got News For You'' and contributes musically to the award-winning and hugely popular ''

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''.

Career

Writing

Cohen is a prolific writer for television and radio as well as contributing columns to ''

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'', ''Chortle'' and ''The Huffington Post''. He has written for

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including ''The Best of British'', '' Dead Ringers'' which won a Sony Gold Award 2001, ''

The Sunday Format ''The Sunday Format'', "BBC Radio 4's first high-quality weekend broadsheet newspaper", is a British satirical radio comedy. The programme is a parody of British middle class newspapers, in particular the lifestyle supplements and glossy celeb ...

'', ''

The News Quiz ''The News Quiz'' is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4. History ''The News Quiz'' was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently, it was chaired by Barry Took from 1979 to 1981, Simon Hoggart from ...

'' and ''

15 Minute Musical ''15 Minute Musical'' is a comedy series on BBC Radio 4 written by Richie Webb, David Quantick and Dave Cohen. Each episode is in a different musical style with a story featuring current celebrities and politicians. The show won the 2009 Writers' ...

'' which he was also a co-creator and won the 2009 Writer's Guild Best Radio Comedy Show, to name a few. He also wrote for BBC Radio 5's ''The Treatment'' and ''They Came From Nowhere''. Cohen has written for a number of television shows including the '' Rory Bremner Show'', ''

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'', ''

Eleven O'Clock Show ''The 11 O'Clock Show'' is a satirical late-night British television comedy series on Channel 4 which featured topical sketches and commentary on news items. It ran between 30 September 1998 and 8 December 2000, most notably hosted by Iain Lee a ...

'', ''

Not Going Out ''Not Going Out'' is a British television sitcom that has aired on BBC One since 2006, and has 12 series making it the second longest running British sitcom (in series) behind the longest running sitcom worldwide, Last of the Summer Wine. It sta ...

'' and ''

My Family ''My Family'' is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadc ...

''. He has been a long time writer for ''Have I Got News For You'' and ''Horrible Histories'' which has won a variety of awards including Best Sketch Show, Best Comedy Show at the Children's BAFTAs and Best British Comedy Show. He was a columnist for ''NME''/''The Face'' in 1984–5, ''

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'' in 2009 and has been writing for ''The Huffington Post'' since 2011.

Theatre, film and television performance

Cohen began performing in 1984, at

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as a stand-up comedian. He was nominated for a

Perrier Comedy Award The Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards (formerly the Perrier Comedy Awards, and also briefly known by other names for sponsorship reasons) are presented to the comedy shows deemed to have been the best at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. ...

for ''Tuxedo Junta'', which he wrote and performed with Paul B. Davies. He went on to co-found ''The Comedy Store Players'' and was a member of ''Comedy Store Cutting Edge''. From 1994 to 2000 he occasionally performed for ''Guns'n'Moses''. After nearly a decade of absence, he returned to perform in ''My Life As A Footnote'' and most recently, in 2012, performed ''Songs in A Flat''. In television, Cohen has acted in ''

15 Storeys High ''15 Storeys High'' is a British sitcom, set in a tower block. It originated as two radio series broadcast in 1998–2000, transferring to television in 2002–2004. The main characters in the television series are Vince Clark, a depressed, sa ...

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Suzie Gold ''Suzie Gold'' is a 2004 British dramedy film directed by Richard Cantor and starring American actress, Summer Phoenix. It is Cantor's directorial debut. It was released by Pathé on 5 March 2004 in the United Kingdom. Plot The film stars Summe ...

''.

Radio

From 1991 through to 1999, Cohen contributed to

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's ''Loose Talk'' and ''Songlines'', of which he was co-creator. He was also a recurring guest for BBC Radio 4's ''Loose Ends''. His own series, ''Travels With My Anti Semitism'', appeared in 1999.

References

External links

Dave Cohen's website
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