What Does The K Stand For? - Radio 4 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

What Does The K Stand For?. Image shows from L to R: Young Stephen (Shaquille Ali-Yebuah), Stephanie Amos (Fatou Sohna), Miss Collins (Gemma Whelan), Stephen K Amos, PE Teacher (Harry Jardine), Fanni (Emerald O'Hanrahan), Virginia Amos (Ellen Thomas), Vincent Amos (Don Gilet). Copyright: BBC

Genres

Sitcom, Stand-Up

Broadcast

2013 - 2017

Channel

BBC Radio 4

Episodes

16 (3 series)

Stars

Stephen K Amos, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Fatou Sohna, Ellen Thomas, Don Gilet, Frankie Wilson, Michelle Butterly, Gemma Whelan and more

Writers

Stephen K Amos and Jonathan Harvey

Producers

Colin Anderson and Paul Sheehan

Company

Stephen K Amos takes a trip back to his South London childhood, in a series co-created with multi-award-winning British playwright, Jonathan Harvey (Gimme Gimme Gimme).

What Does The K Stand For? revolves around Younger Stephen's life at home and school, with all the issues of being a teenager complicated further by also being black, gay and funny.

Stephen K Amos hosts each show, adding stand-up narration and his own comic perspective.

(The answer to the show's title: The comedian's middle name is Kehinde)

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Broadcast details

First broadcast

Wednesday 27th November 2013 at 6:30pm on BBC Radio 4

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