Stefan Golaszewski

Last updated

Stefan Golaszewski (born November 1980) is a British writer, performer and director. He is part of the comedy troupe Cowards and is the writer and creator of BAFTA-winning sitcoms Him & Her and Mum .

Contents

Early life and education

Golaszewski was born in November 1980. [1] His paternal grandfather, who was Polish, emigrated to the UK at the end of World War II. [2] Golaszewski was president of the Footlights while studying at the University of Cambridge. [3]

Career

In 2009, Golaszewski wrote, performed in and co-directed a pilot for BBC Three called Things Talk. [4] As a director, he won the if.comedy Best Newcomer Award with Tom Basden for Won't Say Anything in 2007 and again in 2009 with Jonny Sweet for Mostly About Arthur. His one-man play Stefan Golaszewski Speaks about a Girl He Once Loved was performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008. Directed by Phillip Breen, it picked up a host of five-star reviews. This was later performed with another play Stefan Golaszewski Is a Widower at the Bush Theatre in London's Shepherd's Bush, again to critical acclaim. [5] The two plays have since been published as The Stefan Golaszewski Plays. [6]

Golaszewski is a part of the comedy troupe Cowards, which also includes Tim Key, Tom Basden and Lloyd Woolf. They made a TV series for BBC Four, and their second Radio 4 series came out in late 2008. [7]

Golaszewski's sitcom Him & Her , starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani, aired on BBC Three for four series from 2010 to 2014 and won the 2014 British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy. [8] Golaszewski wrote Sex with a Stranger, staged in early 2012 and starring Tovey and Jaime Winstone. [9]

His second sitcom, Mum , starring Lesley Manville and Peter Mullan, premiered in 2016. Its second series was screened in 2018 and the third and final series was screened in 2019. [10]

His four-part drama Marriage aired in August 2022 starring Nicola Walker and Sean Bean. [11] The series received mostly very good reviews from critics, but mixed reviews from viewers. [12] [13] [14] [15]

Credits

YearTitleNotes
2009 Cowards 3 episodes; also actor
Things TalkTelevision film; also director
2010–2013 Him & Her 25 episodes; also executive producer
2016–2019 Mum 18 episodes; also executive producer
2022 Marriage 4 episodes; Also director and executive producer

Related Research Articles

A British sitcom or a Britcom is a situational comedy programme produced for British television.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Angus Deayton</span> English television presenter, actor, writer, and comedian (born 1956)

Gordon Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sean Bean</span> English actor (born 1959)

Sean Bean is an English actor. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Bean made his professional debut in a production of Romeo and Juliet in 1983 at The Watermill Theatre. Retaining his Yorkshire accent, he first found mainstream success for his portrayal of Richard Sharpe in the ITV series Sharpe, which originally ran from 1993 to 1997.

Arabella Helen Weir is a Scottish comedian, actress and writer. She played roles in the comedy series The Fast Show and Posh Nosh, and has written several books, including Does My Bum Look Big in This? Weir has also written for The Independent and The Guardian and the latter's Weekend magazine.

Melanie Jane Hill is a British actress, known for playing Hazel Redfern in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1985–1986), Aveline in Bread (1986–1991), Rita Dolan in Kay Mellor drama Playing the Field (1998–2002), Maggie Budgen in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2012–2015), Julie Travers in BBC One drama series The Syndicate (2015), Cathy Matthews in ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2015–2022) and Siobhan McKenzie in Casualty (2024).

Cowards are a British four-man comedy act, composed of Tim Key, Stefan Golaszewski, Tom Basden and Lloyd Woolf. The group has created eponymous radio and TV series of their sketch comedy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicola Walker</span> British actress (born 1970)

Nicola Jane Walker is an English actress, known for her starring roles in various British television programmes from the 1990s onwards, including that of Ruth Evershed in the spy drama Spooks and DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten (2015–2021). She has also worked in theatre, radio and film. She won the 2013 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and was twice nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for the BBC drama Last Tango in Halifax.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Key</span> English comedian and poet

Tim Key is an English poet, comedian, actor and screenwriter. He has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, both as a solo act and as part of the comedy group Cowards, and plays Alan Partridge's sidekick Simon in film and television. In 2009, he won the Edinburgh Comedy Award and was nominated for the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Russell Tovey</span> English actor (born 1981)

Russell George Tovey is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of werewolf George Sands in the BBC's supernatural comedy-drama Being Human, Rudge in both the stage and film versions of The History Boys, Steve in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her, Kevin Matheson in the HBO original series Looking and its subsequent series finale television film Looking: The Movie, and Patrick Read in American Horror Story: NYC.

Thomas William Basden is an English actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for co-creating and starring in Plebs, which won the Royal Television Society award for Best Scripted Comedy in 2014. He was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2007 Edinburgh Comedy Awards and is a member of the sketch group Cowards.

Lloyd Woolf is a British comedy actor and writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kenton Allen</span> British television producer and executive

Kenton Allen is a British television producer and executive. He became Chief Executive of Big Talk Studios in September 2008. He is a multi-award–winning programme-maker with credits including the BAFTA Award-winning sitcoms The Royle Family and Rev. and the Oscar-winning film Six Shooter. He was the Advisory Chair of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rowan Atkinson</span> English actor and comedian (born 1955)

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian and writer. He played the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–2018). Atkinson first came to prominence on the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), receiving the 1981 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance.

Jonathan Huw Sweet is a British comedian and the recipient of the 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award for best newcomer.

<i>Him & Her</i> British television sitcom

Him & Her is a British television sitcom about a lazy twenty-something couple: Steve and Becky, who live in Walthamstow, London. It was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Three on 6 September 2010. It is written by Stefan Golaszewski and stars Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani. The theme tune is the song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" by Lulu.

Jack Holden is an English actor, writer and producer from Tonbridge in Kent. He is best known for his roles in the television series Marriage with Sean Bean and Nicola Walker and in Ten Percent. Holden began his acting career starring in West End play War Horse.

<i>Mum</i> (TV series) British television series

Mum is a British sitcom written by Stefan Golaszewski that centred on the recently widowed, suburban 59-year-old Cathy and her family, following her husband's death, airing on BBC Two from 2016-2019. Each episode is named after a calendar month in the year, except series three which is set over just one week. The series features Cathy's supportive lifelong friend Michael, and her family: son Jason and his girlfriend Kelly, Cathy's brother Derek and his new partner Pauline, and Cathy's in-laws.

Lisa McGrillis is a British actress.

Marriage is a 2022 British television drama series, starring Nicola Walker and Sean Bean as a married couple in a long term domestic relationship. It was created, written and directed by Stefan Golaszewski. The four-part series opened on 14 August 2022 on BBC One. It was simultaneously made available in full to stream, on BBC iPlayer.

References

  1. ↑ "Stefan GOLASZEWSKI personal appointments". Companies House. GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Clarke, Steve (28 May 2019). "Mum writer Stefan Golaszewski: Loss of self seems to be an essential component of becoming a mother". Royal Television Society. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Duggins, Alex (5 August 2022). "'Laughing at farts is the bedrock of a good relationship' – the writer of Marriage shares his wisdom". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "BBC Three - Things Talk". BBC. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Spencer, Charles (4 December 2009). "The Stefan Golaszewski Plays at Bush Theatre, review". Telegraph. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Golaszewski, Stefan (2010). Stefan Golaszewski Plays: Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About a Girl He Once Loved/ Stefan Golaszewski is a Widower. Invisible Dot Limited. ISBN   978-0-9553703-2-8.
  7. ↑ "Cowards". Archived from the original on 15 June 2006. Retrieved 2006-04-22.
  8. ↑ "BBC Three - Him & Her, Series 1". BBC. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  9. ↑ Tom Lamont (12 February 2012). "Sex With a Stranger – review | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Mum series and episodes list". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Sean Bean and Nicola Walker to star in new Stefan Golaszewski drama, Marriage, for BBC One". BBC. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  12. ↑ Harrison, Ellie (14 August 2022). "Marriage: BBC viewers divided over slow, realist Sean Bean drama". The Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  13. ↑ Sturges, Fiona (14 August 2022). "Marriage is largely tedious – Sean Bean's new TV series finally gets it". The Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "TV tonight: Sean Bean and Nicola Walker argue over a jacket potato". The Guardian. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  15. ↑ East, Ben (14 August 2022). "Marriage on BBC review: Sean Bean and Nicola Walker deliver acting masterclass in authentic relationship study". Metro. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.