Charlie Dinkin
Charlie is a WGGB Award-winning comedy writer and director.
A prolific and in-demand gag writer, Charlie held the prestigious BBC Radio Comedy Bursary in 2020 and is a regular contributor to prime-time topical and entertainment series across the BBC, Channel 4, Dave, Quibi (RIP) and Comedy Central.
A prolific and in-demand gag writer, Charlie held the prestigious BBC Radio Comedy Bursary in 2020 and is a regular contributor to prime-time topical and entertainment series across the BBC, Channel 4, Dave, Quibi (RIP) and Comedy Central. She was head writer for both Channel 4’s online sketch show, Shots, and pulped.com’s premium sketch strand, Pulped With Bits, which has amassed millions of views online.
Charlie is the co-creator and co-host of cult comedy-horror podcast, SeanceCast, which won Silver at the 2021 British Podcast Awards. For Radio 4, she co-wrote two series of Olga Koch’s Audio Drama Award-nominated OK Computer and a stand-up special, Fight, which won Best Radio Comedy at the 2022 Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Awards. As a screenwriter, Charlie was selected for the BBC Comedy Writersroom and her first feature film is currently in development.
As a live director, Charlie is known as a formidable script editor and creative collaborator who has wrangled critically acclaimed live shows through Edinburgh Comedy Award nominations, national tours, TV/audio adaptations, and Amazon Prime specials. For screen, she has directed and co-directed comedy shorts for Channel 4, BBC iPlayer, pulped.com, The Roundhouse and LOCO Film Festival. Her directing work was included as a highlight in The Skinny’s 2022 Comedy Round-Up.
Alongside Benjamin Sutton, Kevin Muyolo and Laura Shaw, Charlie founded Daddy’s Superyacht Productions, named a PACT Future30 “30 Production Companies Of The Future”.
Other
| Annie Waits Script Commission from Ella Street Films | Co-writer | 2017-01-01 |
| It's What She Would Have Wanted BBC3/IPlayer | Co-director/producer | 2022-01-01 |
| Live At The Apollo | Additional material writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Olga Koch:Homecoming Amazon Prime | Live director | 2021-01-01 |
| Hypothetical Dave | Writer of additional material | 2019-01-01 |
| Late Night Mash Dave | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Joke Thieves Comedy Central USA | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Yesterday, Today and The Day Before Comedy Central | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| The Stand Up Sketch Show ITV | Additional material writer | 2019-01-01 |
| Fight Tiger Aspect/FX | Co-writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Mock The Week BBC 2 | Writer for Catherine Bohart | 2022-01-01 |
| Have I Got News For You BBC 1 | Writer of additional material | 2022-01-01 |
| Charlie Dinkin & Fraser Parry: For The Last First Time Camden Fringe | Writer/Performer | 2023-01-01 |
| Olga Koch: Just Friends Tour | Director | 2022-01-01 |
| Catherine Bohart: This Isn’t For You Tour | Director | 2022-01-01 |
| Olga Koch: Homecoming Tour | Director | 2021-01-01 |
| Rob Broderick AKA Abandoman: Hotline | Director | 2021-01-01 |
| Charlie Dinkin: Clowning For Daddy | Performer | 2020-01-01 |
| Olga Koch: If/Then | Director | 2019-01-01 |
| Jenny Bede: The Musical | Director | 2019-01-01 |
| Cam Spence: The Sunshine Clinic | Director | 2019-01-01 |
| Rob Broderick AKA Abandoman: The Road to Coachella | Director | 2019-01-01 |
| Olga Koch: Fight Edinburgh Award Nominated | Director | 2018-01-01 |
| Jordan Brookes: The Making Of | Creative consulatant | 2017-01-01 |
| Charlie Dinkin: Can’t | Writer/performer | 2016-01-01 |
| Charlie Dinkin: Child Star | Writer/performer | 2015-01-01 |
| BBC Audio Drama Awards ‘Best Sketch Comedy’ for SeanceCast S2 | Nominated | 2023-01-01 |
| ‘Best Podcast’ in Chortle Awards for SeanceCast S2 | Nominated | 2023-01-01 |
| WGGB ‘Best Radio Comedy’ | Winner | 2022-01-01 |
| BBC Audio Drama Awards ‘Best Scripted Comedy’ | Nominated | 2022-01-01 |
| David Nobbs Memorial Comedy Writing Competition | Runner up | 2022-01-01 |
| Best Comedy Podcast at British Podcast Awards | Winner - silver | 2021-01-01 |
| Best Sketch Comedy at BBC Audio Drama Awards | Nominated | 2021-01-01 |
| Hayley Morris: Me vs Brain Penguin | Ghost writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Tom Little: Don't Overthink It Pulped.com | Producer/director + additional material | |
| Channel 4 Shots on 12 sketches | Producer/head writer/co-director + script editor | |
| Pulped with Bits 48 sketches | Producer/head writer/co-director + script editor | |
| Hello America Quibi | Writer | |
| When You Can't Stop Checking Yourself Out On Zoom Online sketch - Won BCG Video Contest | Writer/performer | |
| Coalition Fangirls Short film for the Roundhouse | Writer/director/editor | |
| Delightful Sausage Series BBC Comedy | Additional material | |
| Catherine Bohart: Who Runs The World Radio 4 | Co-writer | |
| Olga Koch: OK Computer Series 2 Radio 4 | Co-writer | |
| Delightful Sausage Pilot BBC Comedy | Additional material | |
| SeanceCast Series 2 Hat Trick/Daddy's Superyacht (S2) | Co-head writer/performer | |
| Sunil Patel: An Idiot's Guide to Cryptocurrency BBC Radio 4 | Additional material | 2022-01-01 |
| Inside Information | Executive producer | |
| Esther & Fathiha's Cultural Appropriation Pilot for BBC Sounds | Executive producer | |
| Olga Koch: OK Computer Series 1 Radio 4 | Co-writer | |
| Human Error BBC Sounds | Executive Producer | |
| Sandi Toksvig’s Hygge Radio 4 | Writer | |
| SeanceCast Hat Trick (S1) | Co-head writer/script editor/performer | |
| Rich Hall’s US Breakdown Radio 4 | Writer for Kemah Bob stand-up segments | |
| Jayde Adams: Summer Comedy Festival Radio 4 | Writer | |
| Al Murray: Totally Out Of Character Radio 4 | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Newsjack Unplugged Radio 4 Extra, Series 5 | Writer | |
| Newsjack Radio 4 Extra, Series 22-23 | Writer | |
| The News Quiz Radio 4 | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| The Now Show Radio 4, Series 53-57 | Writer + stand-up script editor | |
| Olga Koch: Fight Radio 4 | Co-writer | |
| Megan of Parliament BBC Three | Writer | 2014-01-01 |
| Badjelly | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Stand Up to Cancer Channel 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| NYC Web Fest Best Comedy | Winner | 2023-01-01 |
| Don't Overthink It! Pulped | Executive Producer | 2023-01-01 |
| Channel 4 Shots Channel 4 | Executive Producer | 2023-01-01 |
| Pulped With Bits Pulped | Executive Producer | 2023-01-01 |
| Quicksand! - Crizards | Executive Producer | 2023-01-01 |
| U.F.O | Executive Producer | 2022-01-01 |
| Family Jewels | Co-host | 2024-01-01 |
| BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Competition Spellbound | Winner | 2024-01-01 |
| I Don’t Do with Julian Clary BBC Radio 4 | Producer | 2025-01-01 |