Katherine Jakeways is a British comedian, actor and writer. She has appeared in numerous television, radio and theatrical productions.

Career

Jakeways' television appearances include '' Extras'', ''

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'', '' Sherlock'', ''

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''. ''Tracey Breaks The News'', ''

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'', ''

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'', all 3 series of BBC1's ''

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'', Miranda and '' Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge''. She is also notable as one of the regular cast in the radio series '' Deep Trouble'' and ''

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'' and played Mrs Pepys in Radio 4's long running '' Woman's Hour Drama'' "The Diary of Samuel Pepys". She appeared onstage as Sandy in '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' at the

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in 2006, and was the Entire Supporting Cast in Armstrong and Miller's 2010 national tour. 2010 saw the first episode of her debut radio comedy, '' North by Northamptonshire'', broadcast on

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. The second series was broadcast from 2 December 2011 and the third series was broadcast from December 2013. ''North by Northamptonshire'' stars

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and

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. Jakeways played several parts in the show and after the first series was broadcast the ''

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'' called her work "acutely observed" and suggested she may be "the new

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". The second series of ''North by Northamptonshire'' was nominated for a

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. For

Jakeways went on to write three series of ''All Those Women'', starring

Lesley Manville Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress known for her frequent collaborations with Mike Leigh, appearing in the films ''Grown-Ups'' (1980), '' High Hopes'' (1988), '' Secrets & Lies'' (1996), ''Topsy-Turvy'' (1999), '' A ...

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and Lucy Hutchinson; and one series of Guilt Trip, starring

and Olivia Nixon. She co-wrote series 1 and 2 of ''Ability'' with Lee Ridley. In 2016, Jakeways' radio play ''Where This Service Will Terminate'' debuted on

. Starring

Rosie Cavaliero Rosalind Cecilia Cavaliero (born 27 November 1967) is a Brazilian-born English actress. She has appeared in numerous television roles. Filmography Theatre work * ''Dracula'' at the Everyman, Cheltenham – Florrie (February 1995) * ''Airswi ...

and Justin Edwards as strangers who sit next to each other on a train from Paddington to Penzance. The play had a positive critical and public response and led to the follow up plays ''Where This Service Will Continue'' (2017), ''Where This Service Will Connect'' (2018), ''Where This Service Will Separate'' (2019) and ''Where This Service Will Depart'' (2020).

Miranda Sawyer Miranda Caroline Sawyer (born January 1967) is an English author, journalist and broadcaster. Education and early life Sawyer was born in Bristol and grew up in Wilmslow, Cheshire with her brother Toby, who is an actor. Sawyer was educated at ...

reviewed the set of plays up to 2019 as "attractive, funny and frustrating in equal measures", with "sublime" writing.

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