Jane Bussmann
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Jane Bussmann is a comedian and author who has written for television and radio. Her credits include The Fast Show
, Smack the Pony
, Brass Eye
, Jam and South Park
, as well as the radio series Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize
with David Quantick
. She also wrote and starred in Bussmann's Holiday, a live one-woman show, directed by Sally Phillips
, which played in Los Angeles, New York and Edinburgh. The show was based on Bussmann's experience of following conflict negotiator John Prendergast
to Uganda
, which she has since written about in her darkly comic memoir The Worst Date Ever or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Africa's Secret War
, published in 2009. Bussmann and Quantick also created The Junkies
, the world's first internet sitcom.
The Fast Show
The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 with a special Last Fast Show Ever in 2000. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and...
, Smack the Pony
Smack the Pony
Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation; the working title was Spot the Pony. The main performers and writers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips...
, Brass Eye
Brass Eye
Brass Eye is a UK television series of satirical spoof documentaries. A series of six aired on Channel 4 in 1997, and a further episode in 2001....
, Jam and South Park
South Park
South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...
, as well as the radio series Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize
Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize
Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize was a short-lived radio programme that aired from April to May 1998. There were five half-hour episodes and it was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It starred Jane Bussmann, David Quantick, Peter Serafinowicz, Emma Clarke, and Steve Brody.- References :* Lavalie, John....
with David Quantick
David Quantick
David Quantick is a freelance journalist, writer and critic who specialises in music and comedy.-Career history:...
. She also wrote and starred in Bussmann's Holiday, a live one-woman show, directed by Sally Phillips
Sally Phillips
-Career:Sally Phillips was the only woman in the 1990 Oxford Revue THRASH which also starred Ed Smith. She did nine consecutive Edinburgh Festivals, appearing in shows such as Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Arthur Smith's version of Hamlet and Cluub Zarathustra with Simon Munnery, Stewart Lee, Richard Thomas,...
, which played in Los Angeles, New York and Edinburgh. The show was based on Bussmann's experience of following conflict negotiator John Prendergast
John Prendergast
John Prendergast is an American human rights activist, author, and former Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. He is the co-founder of the Enough Project, a non profit human rights organization affiliated with the Center for American Progress...
to Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
, which she has since written about in her darkly comic memoir The Worst Date Ever or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Africa's Secret War
The Worst Date Ever
The Worst Date Ever or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Africa's Secret War is a memoir written by the British comedy writer Jane Bussmann. Part investigative journalism, part dark comedy and part romantic satire, the book exposes war crime and corruption using black humor and attacks on...
, published in 2009. Bussmann and Quantick also created The Junkies
The Junkies (pilot)
The Junkies was a British sitcom pilot, produced in 2000 for a budget of just £3,500, and distributed over the Internet.The show was one of the first to be specifically made for download over the web. It was written by Jane Bussmann and David Quantick, and starred Peter Baynham, Sally Phillips,...
, the world's first internet sitcom.