Mawaan Rizwan
Here’s a sneak peak at new surreal comedy Juice that follows Jamma’s (Taskmaster breakout star Mawaan Rizwan) quest for attention as he navigates chaotic family dynamics and literally stumbles through love. Also starring Russell Tovey, Nabhaan Rizwan, Emily Lloyd-Saini and Shahnaz Rizwan.
Juice starts Monday 18th September on BBC Three and iPlayer.
Watch the Juice trailer below
Following a successful one-off pilot, Juice follows Jamma (Mawaan Rizwan) who desperately wants to be the centre of attention, but his family are constantly stealing his thunder. Mum, Farida (Shahnaz Rizwan), always makes everything about her, Dad, Saif (Jeff Mirza), ignores him and brother, Isaac (Nabhaan Rizwan), steals the limelight at work – the one place Jamma feels like he’s doing well.
After six regional heats featuring 30 stand-up hopefuls the final of the BBC New Comedy Awards has taken place in Newcastle.
The final was compered by Guz Khan and the judges were Mawaan Rizwan, Sophie Duker and Lauren Pattison (pictured).
The six finalists were:
Lily Phillips
Celya AB
Liam Farrelly
Molly McGuinness
William Thompson
Anna Thomas
And the winner is...Welsh comedian Anna Thomas.
The line-up has been revealed for the 2021 WeGotTickets Musical Comedy Awards. The final will take place at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London on Saturday, October 23.
Since 2009, the MCA have helped to launch the careers of the likes of Abandoman, Rachel Parris, Mae Martin, Jay Foreman and Frisky and Mannish.
Commissioned by BBC Comedy and BBC Three, Juice is a comedy pilot written by and starring Mawaan Rizwan. It also stars Russell Tovey, alongside Mawaan’s brother Nabhaan Rizwan and mother Shahnaz Rizwan. It is produced by VAL TV.
The nationwide talent search is on the hunt for the best new stand-up comics. And for the first time in the show’s history there will be two new categories, Young Comic (under 18’s) and Digital Comedian which is looking to unearth the funniest people making content online, whether they’re making short social videos or longer sketches, short films or animations.
Ok, we admit we were wrong. When Channel 4 sent over a batch of interviews with the contestants in the new series of Taskmaster BTJ didn't run the one with Mawaan Rizwan. We thought nobody would know who he was. But after the first show went out on Thursday night everyone will now know him as the man who tried to make an egg fly by filling it with helium. Of, course, we at BTj will now say that we've known he was great for years.
If you like socks, dancing and mango chutney Mawaan Rizwan's show is definitely the one for you. In fact even if you don't particularly like these things you will probably still get a lot out of his in-your-face feelgood show. He is one of those performers who is simply bursting with so much energy and charisma he is impossible to dislike.
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