Martin Holmes
| Skills: | Writer |
| Work to Date: | As Soon As Plausible (Podcast Series), Wrote a few pilot sitcom scripts | | Activity Now: | The Whole Shebang (pilot sketch show script), It's The End Of The World (podcast series) | | Location: | Hull, England |
My name is Martin David Holmes, I was born on the 21st July 1988 in Hull, England.
I started writing, performing and producing a comedy podcast called ’As Soon As Plausible’ in September 2006. I made two series of the podcast from September 06 to February 07. The podcast was a concoction of comedy sketches and topical humourous chat. I'm currently working on a brand new podcast series titled "It's The End Of The World (As We Know It)" that started in October 2007. The new podcast will be even funnier, more succinct and well structured, bringing a mix of wit, satire and silliness in the form of sketches, music and rants. My podcasts have had positive feedback from stand-up comedian Trevor Lock and writer/actress Emma Kennedy.
I have also finished writing a sitcom script titled ’Welcome To Stripe’ along with Dylan Taylor. We have sent it off to production companies and have received some relatively positive feedback from a couple of companies so far. My earlier sitcom script for ’Street Theatre/Gloomy Days’ got very positive feedback from the professional script reader Marc Blake. I'm also working on other sitcom scripts, radio scripts and a sketch show script. If anybody wants to help out with the sketch show script I'm always looking for other writers to bounce ideas off.
My biggest comedy influences are Bill Hicks and Stewart Lee when it comes to stand up material. When it comes to sitcoms I'd have to say Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Arrested Development and I'm Alan Partridge. I'm also a big fan of The Day Today, Brass Eye and The Armando Iannucci Shows.
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