Adam Kay
Comedy writer and performer for TV, radio and theatre
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Biography
Adam is an award winning performer and comedy writer.
Adam started out life as a doctor but after a brief medical career, he swapped his white coat for a microphone. He fronted the popular musical comedy act The Amateur Transplants, whose iconic London Underground Song had over 10 million hits on iTunes. The ATs have produced four number one albums in the iTunes comedy charts and were winners of the 2014 London Cabaret Awards.
His writing work spans film, TV, stage and radio and he alongside his narrative and sketch writing, Adam works as a script editor and gag writer.
His original comedy series, Crims, co-written with Dan Swimer, was broadcast on BBC3. He is currently working on a pilot with Sacha Baron Cohen's company Four By Two Films and a feature project.
Adam's two shows at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival were hugely successful: Fingering A Minor on the Piano 'ELECTRIFYING' (The Guardian) and The Remains of Tom Lehrer 'this is one show not to miss' (Reviews Hub).
His first book, This Is Going To Hurt, was published by Picador in 2017. Based on his experiences as a doctor in the NHS, the book opened at #3 in the Sunday Times Bestseller List.
CV
Book
Writer
TV
Writer & Creator
Original comedy series for BBC3 written with Dan Swimer about a young man sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders Institution.
Writer
Contributing sketch writer.
Additional Writer
Additional material on a new game show hosted by Len Goodman.
Comedy about a divorcee whose new relationship is threatened by his ex-wife.
BBC Comedy created by and starring Jessica Hynes. Nominated for Best Situation Comedy at the Writers Guild Awards 2014
Theatre
Writer & Performer & Creator
A new take on the satirical songbook of Tom Lehrer.
A smash-hit comedy show about Adam's experiences as a junior doctor.
Radio
Writer & Performer
Radio 4 show featuring comedy sketches and satirical comments
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
Regular contributor to comic Fred MacAulay’s topical show. Running for 2011-2015.
Broadcaster BBC Radio Scotland
Writer
Comedy sketch show, created by and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
Topical panel quiz show, taking its questions from the week's news stories
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
Performer
Other
Writer & Performer & Creator
Adam Kay created and performed two critically acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016; Fingering a Minor on the Piano and The Remains of Tom Lehrer.
Writer
Writer for series of animations based on the drawings of Chris (Simpsons Artist) - a popular cartoonist with over 500,000 Facebook fans for BBC Online
Features writer for Cosmopolitan magazine writing humorous medical articles
Copywriting, script editing and gag passes on numerous TV and radio commercials for brands such as Warburtons, Virgin, Anchor, Aegon, Walkers, Nationwide and Winner Bingo