Laura Claxton
Laura has rapidly made a name for herself as one of the go-to voices in British comedy.
She has written for a vast array of award-winning shows and high-profile talent.
Laura has written for a vast array of award-winning shows and high-profile talent. She is highly regarded for her punchy, gag-filled, and unique narrative writing style, with recent credits including being on the senior writing team for the inaugural season of SNL UK.
Laura boasts a wealth of experience writing for television across multiple genres. Her work ranges from crafting quick-witted gags for panel shows like Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, and Have I Got News For You, to developing surreal sketches and scripted content for production companies including BabyCow, Roughcut and VAL, to writing host scripts for major awards ceremonies such as The Brits and The BAFTAS.
Beyond comedy entertainment, Laura has worked on Greg Davies' The Cleaner, Sam Campbell's Make That Movie, and Josh Pugh's channel 4 sitcom Stepping Up. She is currently working on her own script commission with Hat Trick Productions.
Other
| Fit Citrus/ CBBC | Writer | 2013-01-01 |
| TVOD IMG/ ITV2 | Voiceover | 2014-01-01 |
| Dress To Impress ITV / ITV2 | Writer | 2020-01-01 |
| The John Bishop Show So/ ITV | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| The Stand Up Sketch Show ITV 2 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| The Ranganation Zeppotron/ BBC 2 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Would I Lie To You? Zeppotron/BBC 1 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Tom Allen's Quizness CPL/ Channel 4 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show Hot Sauce/ ITV | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Complaints Welcome Rumpus/ Channel 4 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Married At First Sight: Afters CPL/ E4 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Never Mind The Buzzcocks Talkback/ Sky | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow Talkback/ ITV | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Guessable Tuesday's Child/ Comedy Central | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| The Now Show BBC/ Radio 4 | Additional Material/ Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Blankety Blank Christmas Special Talkback/ BBC1 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Would I Lie To You? At Christmas Zeppotron/ BBC2 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Frankie Boyle’s New World Order Zeppotron/ BBC2 | Writer | 2020-01-01 |
| Crouchy's Year-Late Euros: Live Fulwell 73/ BBC 1 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| 8 Out of 10 Cats Zeppotron/ E4 | Programme Associate/ Writer | 2020-01-01 |
| The Ranganation Christmas Special Zeppotron/ BBC 2 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Hypothetical Hat Trick / Dave | Programme Associate / Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Celebrity Juice Talkback / ITV2 | Programme Associate/ Writer | 2020-01-01 |
| Question Team Interstellar/ Dave | Writer/ Additional material | 2022-01-01 |
| BBC 6 Music at the Edinburgh Festival BBC 6 Music | Writer / Performer | 2009-01-01 |
| Blankety Blank Talkback/ BBC1 | Additional Material/ Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Russell Howard’s Good News Avalon/ BBC2 | Additional Material Writer | 2016-01-01 |
| Have I Got News For You Hat Trick / BBC1 | Additional Material/ Writer | 2019-01-01 |
| Frankie Boyle's New World Order: Review Of The Year 2020 BBC 2 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy Distant Voices/ ITV | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable Expectation / Dave | Programme Associate/ Writer | 2020-01-01 |
| Have I Got 2021 News For You Hat Trick Productions/ BBC1 | Additional Material | 2019-01-01 |
| Frankie Boyle’s New World Order Review of the Year Zeppotron/ BBC 2 | Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Backstage with Katherine Ryan - PILOT Expectation/ Amazon | Additional Material/ Writer | 2021-01-01 |
| Jon and Lucy's Odd Couples Channel 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Late Night Mash UKTV | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Best Medicine BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Frankie Boyle's Farewell To The Monarchy Two Rivers Media / Channel 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| News Quiz BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| The Sheikh Untold Studios / Channel 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| The Apprentice: Meet the Candidates BBC | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Guessable Christmas Special Tuesday's Child / Comedy Central | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Jon & Lucy's Party of the Year Ranga Bee / Channel 4 | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| The Mercury Music Prize Red Carpet for Amelia Dimoldenberg Amazon | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Morgana Meets (pilot) Avalon / Channel 4 | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Make It Hard (pilot) Additional Material | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Married At First Sight: Unveiled CPL/ E4 | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Stand Up To Cancer Monkey Kingdom for NBC | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Big Brother: Late & Live Channel 4 | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Rob Beckett's Smart TV Talkback for Sky | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| The Cleaner Studio Hamburg for BBC | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Out of Order Rumpus Media for Comedy Central | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Never Mind The Buzzcocks Talkback for Sky | Lead Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show Christmas Special Hot Sauce/ITV | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Family Fortunes Thames/ITV | Writer | 2023-01-01 |
| Red Flag Baby Cow/Channel 4 | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Ranganation BBC | Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Never Mind The Buzzcocks | Head Writer | 2024-01-01 |
| Unannounced project Studio Hamburg | Writersroom | 2024-01-01 |
| Unannounced project Studio Hamburg | Writersroom | 2024-01-01 |
| Late Night Lycett Channel 4 | Additional Material | 2024-01-01 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show Series 21 ITV | Additional Material | 2024-01-01 |
| Most Ridiculous Comedy Central | Additional Material | 2024-01-01 |
| Weakest Link BBC | Additional Material | 2024-01-01 |
| Have I Got News For You Hat Trick | Production Associate | 2024-01-01 |
| Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains | Additional Material | 2024-01-01 |
| Password ITV | Writer | 2024-01-01 |
| Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable UKTV | Writer | 2024-01-01 |
| Guessable Comedy Central | Programme Associate | 2023-01-01 |
| Rob Beckett's Smart TV Sky | Additional Material | 2023-01-01 |
| Big Brother: Late and Live ITV | Additional Material | 2023-01-01 |
| Stand Up To Cancer Channel 4 | Additional Material | 2023-01-01 |
| Rosie Jones Out Of Order Comedy Central | Additional Material | 2023-01-01 |
| The Cleaner S3 Episodes THE REUNION and THE BABY, BBC | Additional Material | 2024-01-01 |
| A League of Their Own CPL/Sky Max | Writer | 2024-01-01 |
| Sam Campbell's Make That Movie Blink Industries/Channel 4 | Additional Material | 2024-01-01 |
| The Edinburgh TV Awards for Kiell Smith-Bynoe Hat Trick | Writer | 2024-01-01 |
| SNL UK Sky | Writer | 2026-01-01 |
| The Television BAFTAS | Host writer for Greg Davies | 2026-01-01 |
| The Neighbourhood Lifted/ ITV | Writer for Graham Norton | 2026-01-01 |
| 8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown Zeppotron/ Channel 4 | Writer | 2025-01-01 |
| Stand Up to Cancer Bango/ Channel 4 | Writer | 2025-01-01 |
| Stepping Up Roughcut/ Channel 4 | Writer | 2025-01-01 |
| The Brit Awards Brits TV/ ITV1 | Host Writer | 2025-01-01 |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks Talkback/ Sky | Lead Writer | 2025-01-01 |
| Unannounced Project Hat Trick Productions | Writer and Creator | 2025-01-01 |
| Iain Stirling Roasts the Internet Paramount/ Comedy Central | Writer | 2025-01-01 |
| Writers Room: Unannounced Project | Val | 2025-01-01 |
| Writers Room: Unannounced Project Roughcut | 2025-01-01 | |
| Have I Got News For You Hat Trick/ BBC1 | Production Associate | 2026-01-01 |
| Matt Forde Focus Group Christmas Special Avalon/ BBC Radio 4 | Additional Material | 2025-01-01 |
| Your Mum BBC Radio 4 | Writer | 2025-01-01 |