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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
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Natalie
Bailey
Director and producer
Natalie started out as an independent film-maker in Australia before moving to London to work with Jo Sargent on Absolutely Fabulous and French & Saunders.
She later joined Armando Iannucci’s SLAP unit and worked on a slate of hit comedies including the multi-award winning The Thick of It and Time Trumpet. She has worked again with Armando on Avenue 5 for HBO, and other directing credits include Loaded, Damned, Run for HBO and The Unusual Suspects.
Alongside her television work, Natalie is working on a feature for Main Journey (Death of Stalin, The Untouchables).
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Theatre, Film and TV
Jessica Cooper
+44 (0)20 7393 4488
Email Jessica Cooper
Such a large ensemble tackling such nebulous social issues by way of a necklace heist is a precarious act to pull off, but one that the series executes with empathy, intelligence and an expert sense of humour... This is a uniquely Australian, self-aware addition to the gallery of girl-power dramas. The Unusual Suspects‘ only crime is stealing the show.
Merryana Salem
Screen Hub on The Unusual Suspects
CV
Film
Director
Comedy feature about a school janitor & who takes an overweight pupil under her wing and trains him to become a sumo wrestler.
Television
Director
The Unusual Suspects is a female friendship story about a group of women from different walks of life wrapped up in a wildly entertaining heist caper. Selected for Series Mania.
A comedy following the topsy-turvy life of Maddie and her friends as they navigate the pandemic, partners, and the new parameters of life, all from the safety of their very own virtual bar. This series was created, shot and edited during the Australian lockdown. Natalie rehearsed and directed the series over zoom.
A woman living a humdrum existence gets a text inviting her to fulfil a pact made with her childhood sweetheart.
Space captain Ryan Clark of the Avenue 5 tries to get along with others in the space tourism industry.
A comedy about a couple navigating the daily challenges of a marriage that's more about routine than romance.
Hit comedy set in the social services department of a local authority.
Comedy-drama following four life-long friends who become multi-millionaires - overnight.
Comedy-drama series by Tom Basden following a motley gang of travelers trying to find themselves.
An Australian sketch show full of crazy and hilarious short stories.
Series following The Hoff (David Hassellhoff) as he moves to the UK to get his career back on track and make sense of his increasingly surreal life.
Madcap comedy set in the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship.
A heart-warming comedy following two unlikely young parents-to-be.
A quick-cutting sitcom crossed with a sketch show, set in a hairdressing salon where the owner turns a blind eye to the various faults, failings and eccentricities of her staff.
Comedy series following Sara who has had an ultimatum from her best friends. She either comes out to her parents or they will do it for her.
Original multi-cam studio pilot.
Children's series set in a chaotic hotel where everything seems to go wrong.
Producer
Madcap comedy set in the Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship.
Original studio sitcom pilot.
Comedy sketch show set in a surreal parallel universe where film and TV special effects are part of everyday life.
Production Team
Series following the wild misadventures of Edina Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a near-constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
Stand-up comedian Mark Steel gives satirical and educational lectures on some of history's greatest thinkers.
Satirical sketch show set in the future looking back over the beginning of the 21st century, between 2005 and 2030.
Other
Director
Comedy Drama Additional Scenes & Interviews
BBC4 Red Button/DVD/Online
Produced by Jonathan Harvey
Producer
Animated Sketches, Deleted Scene & Interviews for BBC2 Red Button/DVD/ Comedy Online
Executive Produced by Will Saunders