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Assistant: Sarah Williams

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Assistant: Sarah Williams

Acting

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Liam Williams is a stand up, writer and actor, and also one third of acclaimed sketch troupe Sheeps.

Liam’s Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA-nominated series PLS LIKE has run for three seasons on BBC Three and parodies the world of YouTubers. It stars Liam, Tim Key and Lolly Adefope and The Guardian had this to say about the show: “It deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. It may just go down as the Spinal Tap of vlogging.”

The first season of Liam's radio series, LADHOOD, aired on BBC Radio 4 in early 2016; the second season aired in 2017 and was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy at BBC Drama Audio Awards. 

Following a successful pilot, BBC Three commissioned a 6 part TV series of LADHOOD from BBC Studios with Liam writing all scripts and playing the lead role. It is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer here. The second series was released in the summer of 2021, and the third and final series aired September 2022, both receiving excellent reviews.

Series 3 Reviews:

"Thank you, Liam Williams, for this consistently great comedy" ✭✭✭✭ The Guardian

"Comic exploration of masculinity continues to deliver" ✭✭✭✭ The Times

Series 2 Reviews:

“This is intelligent, incisive humour that makes acute observations then takes them to the next level.” ✭✭✭✭The Guardian

“It's a type of laddish behaviour that has never gone away, but Williams puts his own deft spin on it.” Beyond the Joke

Liam played the regular role of Nathan in the Two Brothers/BBC series BACK TO LIFE, which has received rave reviews and now also airs on Showtime in the US.

Other recent acting credits include the role of Oscar in STATH LETS FLATS and Ben in FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER. 

Liam is currently working on several scripted projects for various production companies, including TV scripts for Left Bank Productions and Funny Bones Productions. 

Liam took SHEEPS: LIVE AND LOUD SELFIE SEX HARRY POTTER, to the Edinburgh Festival in 2018 and for a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre in early 2019. The show received rave reviews:

'A gloriously silly show about itself, and about growing up and growing apart, finely stiched into a series of unpredictable, beautifully performed sketches. It left me light-headed with enjoyment.' ✭✭✭✭✭  The Guardian 

Liam's debut novel, HOMES & EXPERIENCES was published in 2020.

Liam's adult panto, co-written with Daran Johnson, finished its run at the New Diorama Theatre in early 2017 after receiving rave reviews:

"It’s great fun, in short." The Guardian

"Ricky Whittington is a modern-day panto that’s got everything, not least a sense of raucous fun with intelligent lines mixed with the nonsense, a social astuteness to underpin the big-and-daft comedy, and a tightly directed cast of talented people."  Chortle

In early 2017, he filmed a stand-up set for LIVE FROM THE BBC and his debut play, TRAVESTY, received great reviews at the Edinburgh Festival - it explores gender, the ethical dimensions of modern love, and a mandatory sillier third theme to make the whole thing seem less serious; in this case, lemon tart.

"Stand-up Liam Williams’s sharply comic debut play forces you to notice how coded and gendered both language and gesture can be." ✭✭✭✭ The Independent

"Liam Williams' debut play about a young couple packs an emotional punch."  ✭✭✭✭ WhatsOnStage

Liam also made a series of Channel 4 BLAPS with Baby Cow, which he then adapted into a pilot for Channel 4, SAD LAD STORIES. 

He took his debut show to Edinburgh festival in 2013, which was a critical hit, and earned him a Fosters Best Newcomer Nomination. He went on to perform runs at The Invisible Dot, Soho Theatre and a small nation-wide tour of the show. In 2014, he returned with his second hour, CAPITALISM, which received rave reviews and for which he was nominated for the Fosters Best Show Award. His successful 2015 Edinburgh show, BONFIRE NIGHT, went on to a three week run at the Soho Theatre. 

Praise for Liam Williams:

‘Voice of a generation’Independent

‘An extraordinary cri de coeur’ ***** Guardian

Television

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

EVERYBODY ELSE BURNS

Various

Channel 4

DON'T HUG ME I'M SCARED

Joseph Pelling & Becky Sloan

BFI

LADHOOD

Liam Williams

Various

BBC Three

HUDSON & REX

Clive Billington

Felipe Rodriguez/John Vatcher

Shaftesbury Films

PLS LIKE S3

Liam

Left Bank Pictures

LADHOOD S1 & 2

Liam

Jonathan Schey

BBC

BACK TO LIFE

Nathan

Christopher Sweeney

BBC & Two Brothers Productions

PLS LIKE SERIES 2

Liam

Tom Kingsley

Left Bank Pictures

THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE

Hactivist

Neil & Rob Gibbons

Baby Cow Ltd

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER

Ben

Martin Dennis

Big Talk & Channel 4

TRACEY BREAKS THE NEWS S1

BBC

STATH LETS FLATS

Oscar

Tom Kingsley

Roughcut TV

THE MAGIC GANG 'ALRIGHT'

Agile Films

ELECTION SPY

Guy Jenkin

Hat Trick Production

THE PIN Series 3

BBC

COACHES

Niall

Warp Films LTD

PLEASE LIKE

Liam

Tom Kingsley

Left Bank/BBC

DRUNK HISTORY SERIES 3

Graham Williams

Tom McKay

Tiger Aspect

THE AGENCY

Jeremy

Tom McKay

Happy Tramp

DRUNK HISTORY

Lord Stanley's Soldier

Tom McKay

Tiger Aspect

JAMIE DEMETRIOU'S HORROR: OH GOD

Luke

Jamie Demetriou

Sky

PEOPLE TIME

Various

Andrew Gaynord

BBC Comedy

TOGETHER

Dwayne Pear

Annie Griffin

Tiger Aspect

MARTIN

Gary

Baby Cow/Absolutely

UNCLE SERIES 2

Blake

Oliver Refson

Baby Cow

JAMIE DEMETRIOU COMEDY BLAPS

Various

Andrew Gaynord

Rough Cut

DOCTOR BROWN

Cafe Guy

Andrew Gaynord

Eyeworks UK

LOVE MATTTERS: A NICE ARRANGEMENT

Andrew

Simon Delaney

Red Productions

IT COULD BE US

Nutopia

DRUNK HISTORY SERIES 2

Lord Stanley's Soldier in Richard III

Tom McKay, Steve Connelly

Comedy Central

Stage

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

BONFIRE NIGHT

The Invisible Dot

Radio

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

SUPERSTAR ME

Mike

BBC Cardiff

DAPHNE SOUNDS EXPENSIVE

BBC Radio

TIM KEY'S CHRISTMAS POETRY

Finnegan

James Robinson

BBC Radio 4

LIAM WILLIAMS: LADHOOD

Adult Liam

Producer Arnab Chanda

BBC Radio 4

MY LIFE WITH FLU

John

James Robinson

BBC Radio Wales

FROM FACT TO FICTION: PURPLE SATURDAY

Narrator/Ben

James Robinson

BBC Radio Wales

Other

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

TEDDY2K (short)

Gwilym Bellows

Will Hitchins & Ed Cripps

Film, TV & Theatre

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Liam Williams is a stand up, writer and actor, and also one third of acclaimed sketch troupe Sheeps.

Liam’s Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA-nominated series PLS LIKE has run for three seasons on BBC Three and parodies the world of YouTubers. It stars Liam, Tim Key and Lolly Adefope and The Guardian had this to say about the show: “It deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. It may just go down as the Spinal Tap of vlogging.”

The first season of Liam's radio series, LADHOOD, aired on BBC Radio 4 in early 2016; the second season aired in 2017 and was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy at BBC Drama Audio Awards. Following a successful pilot, BBC Three commissioned a 6 part TV series of LADHOOD from BBC Studios with Liam writing all scripts and playing the lead role. It is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer here. The second series was released in the summer of 2021, and the third and final series aired September 2022, both receiving excellent reviews.

Series 3 Reviews:

"Thank you, Liam Williams, for this consistently great comedy" ✭✭✭✭ The Guardian

"Comic exploration of masculinity continues to deliver" ✭✭✭✭ The Times

Series 2 Reviews:

“This is intelligent, incisive humour that makes acute observations then takes them to the next level.” ✭✭✭✭The Guardian

“It's a type of laddish behaviour that has never gone away, but Williams puts his own deft spin on it.” Beyond the Joke

Liam played the regular role of Nathan in the Two Brothers/BBC series BACK TO LIFE, which has received rave reviews and now also airs on Showtime in the US.

Other recent acting credits include the role of Oscar in STATH LETS FLATS and Ben in FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER. 

Liam is currently working on several scripted projects for various production companies, including TV scripts for Left Bank Productions and Funny Bones Productions. 

Liam took SHEEPS: LIVE AND LOUD SELFIE SEX HARRY POTTER, to the Edinburgh Festival in 2018 and for a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre in early 2019. The show received rave reviews:

'A gloriously silly show about itself, and about growing up and growing apart, finely stiched into a series of unpredictable, beautifully performed sketches. It left me light-headed with enjoyment.' ✭✭✭✭✭  The Guardian 

Liam's debut novel, HOMES & EXPERIENCES was published in 2020.

Liam's adult panto, co-written with Daran Johnson, finished its run at the New Diorama Theatre in early 2017 after receiving rave reviews:

"It’s great fun, in short." The Guardian

"Ricky Whittington is a modern-day panto that’s got everything, not least a sense of raucous fun with intelligent lines mixed with the nonsense, a social astuteness to underpin the big-and-daft comedy, and a tightly directed cast of talented people."  Chortle

In early 2017, he filmed a stand-up set for LIVE FROM THE BBC and his debut play, TRAVESTY, received great reviews at the Edinburgh Festival - it explores gender, the ethical dimensions of modern love, and a mandatory sillier third theme to make the whole thing seem less serious; in this case, lemon tart.

"Stand-up Liam Williams’s sharply comic debut play forces you to notice how coded and gendered both language and gesture can be." ✭✭✭✭ The Independent

"Liam Williams' debut play about a young couple packs an emotional punch."  ✭✭✭✭ WhatsOnStage

Liam also made a series of Channel 4 BLAPS with Baby Cow, which he then adapted into a pilot for Channel 4, SAD LAD STORIES. 

He took his debut show to Edinburgh festival in 2013, which was a critical hit, and earned him a Fosters Best Newcomer Nomination. He went on to perform runs at The Invisible Dot, Soho Theatre and a small nation-wide tour of the show. In 2014, he returned with his second hour, CAPITALISM, which received rave reviews and for which he was nominated for the Fosters Best Show Award. His successful 2015 Edinburgh show, BONFIRE NIGHT, went on to a three week run at the Soho Theatre. 

Praise for Liam Williams:

‘Voice of a generation’Independent

‘An extraordinary cri de coeur’ ***** Guardian

In Development

ProductionCompanyNotes

BACK TO LIFE

2019

Two Brothers Pictures

As writer

Online

ProductionCompanyNotes

LIAM WILLIAMS COMEDY BLAPS

2014

Baby Cow

Writer-Performer

Radio

ProductionCompanyNotes

DANGEROUS VISIONS

2017

BBC WALES

LIAM WILLIAMS: LADHOOD

2015

BBC Radio 4

Writer - Narrator
4 x 30'
Producer Arnab Chanda

THE NOW SHOW

2015

BBC Radio Company

Performer

Television

ProductionCompanyNotes

LADHOOD S1 & 2

2018 - 2021

BBC

Writer

PLEASE LIKE (SERIES 2)

2018

BBC

Writer

PROJECT X SERIES DEVELOPMENT

2016

BBC

WEEKLY WIPE

2016

House of Tomorrow LTD

Writers

COMEDY CENTRAL AT THE COMEDY STORE

2014

Open Mike Productions

Performer

PLEASE LIKE

Left Bank/BBC

Theatre

ProductionCompanyNotes

LIAM WILLIAMS: BONFIRE NIGHT

2015

Invisible Dot

Writer-Performer

LIAM WILLIAMS: CAPITALISM

2014

Invisible Dot

Writer-Performer

LIAM WILLIAMS

2013

Invisible Dot

Writer-Performer

Comedy

Two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Liam Williams is a stand up, writer and actor, and also one third of acclaimed sketch troupe Sheeps.

Liam’s Broadcast Award-winning, BAFTA-nominated series PLS LIKE has run for three seasons on BBC Three and parodies the world of YouTubers. It stars Liam, Tim Key and Lolly Adefope and The Guardian had this to say about the show: “It deserves to be seen by as many people as possible. It may just go down as the Spinal Tap of vlogging.”

The first season of Liam's radio series, LADHOOD, aired on BBC Radio 4 in early 2016; the second season aired in 2017 and was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy at BBC Drama Audio Awards. 

Following a successful pilot, BBC Three commissioned a 6 part TV series of LADHOOD from BBC Studios with Liam writing all scripts and playing the lead role. It is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer here. The second series was released in the summer of 2021, and the third and final series aired September 2022, both receiving excellent reviews.

Series 3 Reviews:

"Thank you, Liam Williams, for this consistently great comedy" ✭✭✭✭ The Guardian

"Comic exploration of masculinity continues to deliver" ✭✭✭✭ The Times

Series 2 Reviews:

“This is intelligent, incisive humour that makes acute observations then takes them to the next level.” ✭✭✭✭The Guardian

“It's a type of laddish behaviour that has never gone away, but Williams puts his own deft spin on it.” Beyond the Joke

Liam played the regular role of Nathan in the Two Brothers/BBC series BACK TO LIFE, which has received rave reviews and now also airs on Showtime in the US.

Other recent acting credits include the role of Oscar in STATH LETS FLATS and Ben in FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER. 

Liam is currently working on several scripted projects for various production companies, including TV scripts for Left Bank Productions and Funny Bones Productions. 

Liam took SHEEPS: LIVE AND LOUD SELFIE SEX HARRY POTTER, to the Edinburgh Festival in 2018 and for a sell-out run at the Soho Theatre in early 2019. The show received rave reviews:

'A gloriously silly show about itself, and about growing up and growing apart, finely stiched into a series of unpredictable, beautifully performed sketches. It left me light-headed with enjoyment.' ✭✭✭✭✭  The Guardian 

Liam's debut novel, HOMES & EXPERIENCES was published in 2020.

Liam's adult panto, co-written with Daran Johnson, finished its run at the New Diorama Theatre in early 2017 after receiving rave reviews:

"It’s great fun, in short." The Guardian

"Ricky Whittington is a modern-day panto that’s got everything, not least a sense of raucous fun with intelligent lines mixed with the nonsense, a social astuteness to underpin the big-and-daft comedy, and a tightly directed cast of talented people."  Chortle

In early 2017, he filmed a stand-up set for LIVE FROM THE BBC and his debut play, TRAVESTY, received great reviews at the Edinburgh Festival - it explores gender, the ethical dimensions of modern love, and a mandatory sillier third theme to make the whole thing seem less serious; in this case, lemon tart.

"Stand-up Liam Williams’s sharply comic debut play forces you to notice how coded and gendered both language and gesture can be." ✭✭✭✭ The Independent

"Liam Williams' debut play about a young couple packs an emotional punch."  ✭✭✭✭ WhatsOnStage

Liam also made a series of Channel 4 BLAPS with Baby Cow, which he then adapted into a pilot for Channel 4, SAD LAD STORIES. 

He took his debut show to Edinburgh festival in 2013, which was a critical hit, and earned him a Fosters Best Newcomer Nomination. He went on to perform runs at The Invisible Dot, Soho Theatre and a small nation-wide tour of the show. In 2014, he returned with his second hour, CAPITALISM, which received rave reviews and for which he was nominated for the Fosters Best Show Award. His successful 2015 Edinburgh show, BONFIRE NIGHT, went on to a three week run at the Soho Theatre. 

Praise for Liam Williams:

‘Voice of a generation’Independent

‘An extraordinary cri de coeur’ ***** Guardian

Television

ProductionCharacterDirectorCompany

LIVE FROM THE BBC

Headliner

BBC / Phil McIntyre Television

FRANKIE BOYLE'S USA AUTOPSY

Writer

BBC 2

DRUNK HISTORY

Lord Stanley's Soldier

Tom McKay

Tiger Aspect

JAMIE DEMETRIOU COMEDY BLAPS

Various

Andrew Gaynord

Rough Cut