Zoe Gardner
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Zoe Gardner is a comedy writer/actress in television, radio and theatre.
Gardner studied at Cambridge University and is half of the comedy team The Congress of Oddities. They have recorded a TV pilot based on their live Congress shows for Celador
Productions.
(BBC Three
) 2010, Ideal
(BBC Two
) 2009, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
, (ITV2
) 2008/09, Cowards (BBC Four
) 2008, Comedy Shuffle (BBC Three
) 2007, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (BBC Three) 2007, The Slammer (CBBC
) 2006, Meet The Blogs (Mersey Television
), 2006
Comedy Cuts (Granada
for ITV2) 2007.
Gardner also wrote and performed her own solo show entitled Zoe Gardner's Fault at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Theatre credits include Coffee, a play by Glyn Cannon
and Colin Hoult
's Carnival of Monsters, both at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
In 2010 Zoe performed in Hoult's second solo show Enemy of the World and her own show An Hour of Telly Live alongside Margaret Cabourn-Smith
both at the Edinburgh Festival.
Zoe returned to the Edinburgh Festival in 2011 performing in a play, Light's, Camera, Walkies by Tom Glover and Colin Hoult's third Edinburgh solo outing entitled Inferno.
Gardner studied at Cambridge University and is half of the comedy team The Congress of Oddities. They have recorded a TV pilot based on their live Congress shows for Celador
Celador
Celador is a global light entertainment company originally formed as an independent production company in 1983. It has produced a number of popular light entertainment shows and is probably best known for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and co-producing the film Slumdog Millionaire which collected...
Productions.
Credits
Recent television includes; MongrelsMongrels (TV series)
Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010...
(BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
) 2010, Ideal
Ideal (TV series)
Ideal is a British comedy-drama, or dark comedy originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz....
(BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
) 2009, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show is a British comedy programme on ITV2.The show features comedian Katy Brand in skits of real life situations and stereotypes, as well and celebrities such as Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Lady Gaga, Angelina Jolie, Adele and Kate Winslet.The second series began on 2 September...
, (ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
) 2008/09, Cowards (BBC Four
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
) 2008, Comedy Shuffle (BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
) 2007, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (BBC Three) 2007, The Slammer (CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
) 2006, Meet The Blogs (Mersey Television
Mersey Television
Lime Pictures, formerly known as Mersey Television, is a British television production company, founded by producer and writer Phil Redmond in the early 1980s....
), 2006
Comedy Cuts (Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
for ITV2) 2007.
Gardner also wrote and performed her own solo show entitled Zoe Gardner's Fault at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Theatre credits include Coffee, a play by Glyn Cannon
Glyn Cannon
Glyn Cannon is a British playwright.His plays include; Coffee , The Kiss and Gone, a modern adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone that was first produced at the Pleasance Courtyard for the 2004 Edinburgh fringe festival. It won a Fringe First award from The Scotsman and transferred to the West End...
and Colin Hoult
Colin Hoult
Colin Hoult is a comedy actor/writer in television, radio, theatre. He studied at Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre....
's Carnival of Monsters, both at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
In 2010 Zoe performed in Hoult's second solo show Enemy of the World and her own show An Hour of Telly Live alongside Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Margaret Cabourn-Smith is a British comedy actress. She is known for her roles in shows such as the IT Crowd, Miranda, Bigipedia, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Peep Show, Lab Rats and The Maltby Collection.-External links:...
both at the Edinburgh Festival.
Zoe returned to the Edinburgh Festival in 2011 performing in a play, Light's, Camera, Walkies by Tom Glover and Colin Hoult's third Edinburgh solo outing entitled Inferno.