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Acting
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Also known as
-Dane Baptiste
Biography
Dane Baptiste is British stand-up comedian and writer. He was nominated for the "Best Newcomer" at 2014's Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Awards and his comedy series Sunny D premieres on BBC3 in Spring 2016.
Filmography
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
7.253
Overview:
Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.
Richard Osman's House of Games
6.043
Overview:
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
8 Out of 10 Cats
7.1
Overview:
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".
The Weakest Link
6
Overview:
Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
7.083
Overview:
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.
Guessable
5.7
Overview:
Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. Sara Pascoe hosts the show with John Kearns on hand as her assistant. Alan Davies and Darren Harriott are the team captains, in a format that puts a twist on classic family games.
Meet the Richardsons
6.857
Overview:
Stand-up comedians Richardson and Beaumont play exaggerated versions of themselves as viewers get a glimpse into their home and work lives, surrounded by their celebrity friends and their Hebden Bridge neighbours.
Frankie Boyle's New World Order
6.5
Overview:
In an attempt to make sense of the bewildering world we live in, Frankie Boyle dissects the week's news using stand-up, review, discussion and audience interaction.
Virtually Famous
7
Overview:
Virtually Famous was a British comedy panel game show with games based upon social media posts and videos.
Roast Battle
7
Overview:
Roast Battle is a British roast comedy show that is broadcast on Comedy Central. The show is hosted by Jimmy Carr and features comedians facing each other in roast battles. The show was created by American comedians Jeff Ross and Brian Moses and is based on their Comedy Central series Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on which Carr has appeared as a contestant.
Hypothetical
6
Overview:
Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
7
Overview:
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains involves celebrity guests revisiting their teenage years. Each celebrity will take a trip down memory lane; competing across fashion, pop culture, retro gadgets, first loves, school reports and more to get their teenage years recognised as the most embarrassing by comedian Rhod Gilbert. With mystery guests popping up along the way, offering up further revelations the show celebrates those ultimate embarrassing teenage moments, and it's down to Rhod to judge which celebrity should be crowned 'winner'.
Funny Festival Live
NYR
Overview:
Liven up lockdown with some much-needed laughs. Stand-up legends including Jo Brand, Nabil Abdulrashid and Sara Pascoe introduce the best new comedy talent.Sunny D
2
Overview:
Dane is very ambitious, frustrated and very funny. He still lives at home with his parents, in a crammed box room which he shares with his mum's cleaning equipment and a twin. Alongside his twin sister Kadean, Dane's nemesis is his boss Steve, who represents everything that Dane is determined to get away from. He needs his salary though if he's ever going to break away from his privacy-free homelife.
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
NYR
Overview:
Join Comedy Central at The Comedy Store to see Britain's best comics perform at London's best comedy club.
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
5.931
Overview:
One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
We Are Not Alone
NYR
Overview:
SF comedy set after Earth has been invaded by a race of aliens, the Gu'un. A hapless human called Stewart is appointed the Gu'un's official liaison, is saddled with an alien housemate and must deliver their message to the masses
We Are Not Alone
6.875
Overview:
Six weeks after the Gu'un aliens have invaded and completely conquered Earth, hapless Stewart becomes the Gu'uns' official human liaison who ends up saddled with alien Greggs for a housemate. Stewart must help the Gu'uns deliver their message to the masses and win favour with humankind, while also aiding the human resistance and managing his enduring crush on Elodie.
BBC Comedy Feeds
NYR
Overview:
Comedy Feeds is a sitcom / sketch show featured on BBC Three since 2014. Each Comedy Feed showcases emerging new talent by making their pilot shows available exclusively on BBC iPlayer.
The Fringe, Fame and Me
NYR
Overview:
The Fringe, Fame and Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution – a crucible where new stars are forged, careers made, and sometimes, dreams dashed. Told by the stars who first found fame at the Edinburgh Fringe, this is the inside story of what it takes to make a name here, from those who enjoyed overnight success to those who slogged for years to make it. Through their triumphs, favourite jokes, and sometimes painful failures, we’ll discover a hidden history of British comedy – revealing how the gags we find funny and the comedians we love reflect our changing culture.
Jimmy Carr Destroys Art
NYR
Overview:
Jimmy Carr hosts a unique TV experiment, where the audience decides whether to cancel controversial artists and offensive artworks, and the works they vote to cancel will be literally destroyed.
Dane Baptiste: The Chocolate Chip
NYR
Overview:
In his pointed and hilarious new special, The Chocolate Chip, UK’s Dane Baptiste lays it all out for us, dropping the truth on racism, rice cakes, rollercoasters, and the royal family.
Dane Baptiste: D.A.N.E - Discussions About Nothing And Everything
NYR
Overview:
Dane is at his brilliant best in bringing you some of his favourite, previously unseen material (you lucky thing you).
A Little More Flesh
4
Overview:
Stanley Durall, the notorious director of a series of intense erotic dramas, is returning to his debut movie, God’s Lonely Woman, to provide an audio commentary for the film’s first Blu-ray release since it was banned in the 1970s. It’s clear from his commentary that Stanley committed a series of transgressions against his lead actresses during production, transgressions which had serious consequences for everyone involved – everyone except him. But will he finally be punished for his past behaviour?Acting
2023Dane Baptiste: The Chocolate Chip as Self
2023The Big Fat Quiz Of Sport as Self - Panelist
2023We Are Not Alone as Jordan Kane
2022We Are Not Alone (3 Episodes) as Jordan Kane
2022Jimmy Carr Destroys Art as Unknown
2022The Fringe, Fame and Me as Self
2021The Weakest Link (1 Episode) as Self - Participant
2021The Complaints Department (1 Episode) as Self
2021Funny Festival Live (1 Episode) as Self
2021Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains (1 Episode) as Guest
2020The Noughties (1 Episode) as Self
2020Guessable (1 Episode) as Himself
2020A Little More Flesh as Patrick Steeds
2020Meet the Richardsons (1 Episode) as Dane Baptiste
2019Hypothetical (1 Episode) as Self
2018Roast Battle (3 Episodes) as Self
2017Richard Osman's House of Games (10 Episodes) as Self - Contestant
2017Dane Baptiste: D.A.N.E - Discussions About Nothing And Everything as Himself
2017Frankie Boyle's New World Order (1 Episode) as Self
2016Sunny D (4 Episodes) as Dane Mackenzie
2014Virtually Famous (3 Episodes) as Self - Panelist
2014Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (1 Episode) as Self
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (1 Episode) as Self
2012BBC Comedy Feeds (1 Episode) as Dane
2010Comedy Central at the Comedy Store (1 Episode) as Self - Host
20058 Out of 10 Cats (2 Episodes) as Self