Madeleine Brettingham is an experienced comedy writer for TV, radio and print.
She is represented by Curtis Brown.
Selected credits include Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Frankie Boyle’s Farewell To The Monarchy, Would I Lie To You, Have I Got News For You, That Mitchell and Webb Look, That Mitchell and Webb Sound, The Kumars, Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Horrible Histories, Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Michael McIntyre's Big Show and Radio 4’s The News Quiz.
About
As well as broadcasting, Madeleine writes about comedy for The Times Literary Supplement, has appeared on the Today programme and Radio 3’s The Verb, published short fiction in The London Magazine and The Fence and her viral tweets have been picked up by The Sun, The Times, and the Washington Post.
Social media & print
She was nominated for the Funny Women Awards 2020, placing in the top 3 for the Best Comedy Writer award, and was a finalist in the writer category at the British Animation Awards 2022.
Awards
Frog-faced arse wipes: on satire post-Brexit, The Times Literary Supplement
Poison in jest: offence and free speech on the comedy circuit, The Times Literary Supplement
Fiction: The Adolescents, The Fence
How my viral tweet unleashed the nation’s lust for Gareth Southgate, The Independent
Make war not love: how I learned to fight
Selected Links
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charlene.mcmanus@curtisbrown.co.uk +44 (0)20 7393 4260
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