Laurence Howarth
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Laurence Howarth is an English comic actor and writer. He has appeared in one episode each of the TV series After You've Gone (2007), Hyperdrive
(2006), Blessed
(2005), The Robinsons
(2005), My Hero (2005) and Dark Ages
(1999). He has also appeared in the radio comedy Bleak Expectations
and written for TV to Go
, the 2006 TV series of Dead Ringers
, and for Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (1996).
He is one half of the double act Laurence & Gus, alongside fellow comedian and writer Gus Brown
. Together they have made two series of comedy sketch shows for BBC Radio 4
- Laurence & Gus: Untold Stories (2004); Laurence & Gus: Men In Love (2006). In 2009, recording was completed for a series called Laurence & Gus: Hearts & Minds.
Howarth has also created two black comedies for BBC Radio 4
. Rigor Mortis
looks at the lives of pathologists working in a hospital mortuary, while Safety Catch
is about a man who has drifted into arms-dealing without quite knowing why. Safety Catch is co-written with John Finnemore.
Hyperdrive (TV series)
Hyperdrive is a British television science fiction sitcom series produced by the BBC created under the working title of "Full Power." BBC2 broadcast two series in 2006 and 2007, A third series is yet to be commissioned and the actor Kevin Eldon has indicated that is unlikely to be...
(2006), Blessed
Blessed (TV series)
Blessed was a BBC television sitcom written by Ben Elton and starring Ardal O'Hanlon as Gary, a record producer, who is struggling to bring up two small children...
(2005), The Robinsons
The Robinsons
The Robinsons is a British comedy television series that debuted on BBC Two on May 5, 2005. The show's central character is a divorced reinsurance actuary, Ed Robinson , who realises that reinsurance is not his passion and decides to rethink his life. The series is written and directed by Mark...
(2005), My Hero (2005) and Dark Ages
Dark Ages (TV series)
Dark Ages is a British television sitcom, first broadcast as five thirty-minute episodes on ITV in December 1999. It portrayed medieval English villagers fearful of the turn of the new millennium in the year 999 AD, and parodied contemporary fears at the turn of the third millennium in 1999...
(1999). He has also appeared in the radio comedy Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations
Bleak Expectations is a Radio 4 comedy series, whose first series premiered in August 2007. It is a pastiche of the works of Charles Dickens – such as Bleak House and Great Expectations, from which it derives its name – and costume dramas set in the same period, and parodies several of their plot...
and written for TV to Go
TV to Go
-Notes and references:* at BBC Online...
, the 2006 TV series of Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers (comedy)
Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and later BBC Two. The programme was devised by producer Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell. It starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry...
, and for Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (1996).
He is one half of the double act Laurence & Gus, alongside fellow comedian and writer Gus Brown
Gus Brown
Gus Brown is an English actor and comedian.He is half of the double act Laurence & Gus, alongside fellow comedian and writer Laurence Howarth...
. Together they have made two series of comedy sketch shows for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
- Laurence & Gus: Untold Stories (2004); Laurence & Gus: Men In Love (2006). In 2009, recording was completed for a series called Laurence & Gus: Hearts & Minds.
Howarth has also created two black comedies for BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
. Rigor Mortis
Rigor Mortis (radio)
Rigor Mortis is a BBC Radio 4 black comedy set in the pathology department at an NHS hospital. It centers around the working lives of the pathologists and attendant staff who work in the department.-Themes:...
looks at the lives of pathologists working in a hospital mortuary, while Safety Catch
Safety Catch
Safety Catch is a sitcom on BBC Radio 4 created by Laurence Howarth and written by Howarth and John Finnemore. The series was first broadcast in 2007. It is about Simon McGrath , a man who works in a job that he does not like - the arms trade. The show mocks issues of morality, although Howarth...
is about a man who has drifted into arms-dealing without quite knowing why. Safety Catch is co-written with John Finnemore.