Ed Morrish Explained

Ed Morrish is a British radio comedy producer, joining the BBC as a trainee in 2002.[1]

Career

Morrish has numerous credits on BBC Radio which include Newsjack,[2] The News Quiz,[3] The Now Show, Mark Thomas: The Manifesto, Spats, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme[4] and Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully.[5]

Morrish has also made shows with Kevin Eldon[6] Andrew Maxwell,[7] Tony Law,[8] Paul Sinha, Milton Jones, Sue Perkins, Danielle Ward[9] Sofie Hagen[10] and Adam Buxton.[11]

In November 2020 the Radio Times adjudicated the top twenty radio comedy shows ever, and Morrish had produced five of them.[12]

Morrish has written for the New Statesman.[13] Morrish has also appeared as a guest on the Cariad Lloyd podcast Griefcast.[14]

He is the producer of the podcast Sound Heap, which he co-created with presenter John-Luke Roberts, it won the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Sketch Comedy in 2022.[15] The podcast is semi-improvised and a long list of guests include Tom Allen, Isy Suttie and Deborah Frances-White.[16]

Awards

Morrish won the Silver Award for Best Radio Comedy for the John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme at the 2014 Sony Awards. At the 2015 Audio production awards the Morrish produced show with John Finnemore won Best Scripted Comedy.[17]

At the Audio Production Awards of 2017 Morrish was awarded Best Entertainment Producer.[18] Morrish won Best Technical Production in 2018 for Welcome To Wherever You Are at the BBC Radio and Music Awards.[19] [20]

References

  1. Web site: ed-morrish. London Screenwriters' Festival.
  2. Web site: BBC Blogs - BBC Writersroom - All Authors. www.bbcswahili.com.
  3. Web site: BBC Blogs - BBC Writersroom - Ed Morrish. www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Ed Morrish - Edinburgh special - Edinburgh 2012, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - BBC Radio 4. BBC.
  5. Web site: Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully. www.bbcmundo.com.
  6. Web site: Curtis Brown. www.curtisbrown.co.uk.
  7. Web site: News: Global Stand-Up Show for Andrew Maxwell. 16 August 2017. Beyond The Joke.
  8. Web site: The Time Law-d : News 2017 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. www.chortle.co.uk.
  9. Web site: Sitcom Geek: An Interview with Radio Comedy Producer. James. Cary. 13 July 2016.
  10. News: Drunk people ask the most awkward questions. BBC News.
  11. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-09-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180903151235/https://www.adamandjoearchive.org/Misc/A%20Week%20with%20Adam%20Buxton/A%20Week%20With%20Adam%20Buxton.txt . 2018-09-03 . dead.
  12. Web site: I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue is greatest radio comedy, says panel. . 17 November 2020.
  13. Web site: It's great to have one woman on a TV panel show, but you need more than that. www.newstatesman.com. 10 February 2014.
  14. Web site: Ep. 40 Ed Morrish - Griefcast on acast. acast. 6 June 2018.
  15. Web site: Audio Drama Awards 2022 – The Winners. BBC.co.uk. 28 January 2024.
  16. Web site: Sound Heap promises a podcast of infinite podcasts. Podnews.net. 28 January 2024. 28 May 2021.
  17. Web site: News: BBC Audio Drama Awards – Results. 1 February 2015. Beyond The Joke.
  18. Web site: Audio Production Awards 2017 – the winners – RadioToday. radiotoday.co.uk. 23 November 2017.
  19. Web site: BBC Radio and Music Awards 2018 – winners. 21 March 2018.
  20. Web site: Episode 2, Series 1, Welcome to Wherever You Are - BBC Radio 4. BBC.

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