Dane Baptiste

[1]Dane Baptiste is a stand-up comedian from Hither Green,[2] South East London.[3] He was nominated for the 2014 "Best Newcomer" Edinburgh Comedy Award,[4] becoming the first black Briton to be nominated. He was also nominated for a Chortle award in 2015.[2] He has also made appearances on Sweat the Small Stuff,[5] Virtually Famous,[6] Celebrity Squares,[7] Safeword[8] and Live at the Apollo.[9]

In 2016 BBC Three commissioned Sunny D a comedy show Dane wrote and starred in, playing Dane who still lives with his parents and twin sister Kadean in a crammed house, which he is desperate to escape.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Feed My Funny Comedy Feeds".
  2. 1 2 "Reasonable Doubts?". Sutton Guardian. November 19, 2015: 23.
  3. ↑ "Comedy at the Fringe". BBC Three.
  4. ↑ "Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards - newcomers". Foster's.
  5. ↑ "Sweat the Small Stuff". 12 November 2014. BBC Three. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  6. ↑ "Virtually Famous". 11 May 2015. ITV2. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  7. ↑ "Celebrity Squares". 24 May 2015. ITV. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  8. ↑ "Safeword". 27 August 2015. ITV2. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  9. ↑ "Live at the Apollo". 23 November 2015. BBC Two. Missing or empty |series= (help)
  10. ↑ "Sunny D". Feed my Funny Comedy Feeds. Retrieved 17 Feb 2016.


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