Katherine Jakeways

{{short description|British comedian, actor and writer}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2010}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

'''Katherine Jakeways''' is a British comedian, actress and writer. She has appeared in numerous television, radio and theatrical productions.

== Career == Jakeways' television appearances include ''Extras'', ''Horrible Histories'', ''Sherlock'', ''Tracey Ullman's Show''. ''Tracey Breaks The News'', ''Episodes'', ''Trying Again'', all three series of BBC1's ''The Armstrong & Miller Show'', a 2009 episode of ''Miranda'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Series 1, Episode 4 - Holiday |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/miranda/episodes/1/4/ |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=4 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250110114922/https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/miranda/episodes/1/4/ |archive-date=10 January 2025}}</ref> and ''Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge''. Jakeways is creator and lead writer and executive producer of the 2023 series ''The Buccaneers'', adapted from and inspired by Edith Wharton's final novel.

She is also notable as one of the regular cast in the radio series ''Deep Trouble'' and ''Look Away Now'' and played Mrs Pepys in BBC Radio 4's long-running ''Woman's Hour Drama'' "The Diary of Samuel Pepys". She appeared onstage as Sandy in ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' at the Garrick Theatre in 2006, and was the Entire Supporting Cast in Armstrong and Miller's 2010 national tour.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Guardian|website=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/pictures/image/0,8543,-11004993852,00.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Katherine|newspaper=The Observer |date=25 February 2018 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/feb/25/riot-girls-between-ears-cow-a-day-review |last1=Sawyer |first1=Miranda }}</ref>

2010 saw the first episode of her debut radio comedy, ''North by Northamptonshire'', broadcast on BBC Radio 4.<ref name="Lawson">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/15/alan-moore-jerusalem-northampton|title=N for Northampton: Alan Moore celebrates his hometown with a 1,200-page fantasy|last=Lawson|first=Mark|date=15 September 2016|work=The Guardian|access-date=27 September 2016}}</ref> The second series was broadcast from December 2011, and the third series was broadcast from December 2013.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} ''North by Northamptonshire'' stars Sheila Hancock, Penelope Wilton, Mackenzie Crook, Kevin Eldon, Geoffrey Palmer and Felicity Montagu.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} Jakeways played several parts in the show, and after the first series was broadcast, ''Radio Times'' called her work "acutely observed" and suggested she may be "the new Victoria Wood".{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}} The second series of ''North by Northamptonshire'' was nominated for a Sony Radio Award.{{Citation needed|date=September 2016}}

For BBC Radio 4, Jakeways went on to write three series of ''All Those Women'', starring Lesley Manville, Marcia Warren, Sinead Matthews and Lucy Hutchinson; and one series of Guilt Trip, starring Felicity Montagu and Olivia Nixon. She co-wrote series 1 and 2 of ''Ability'' with Lee Ridley.<ref>{{cite news |title=BGT winner Lost Voice Guy's Radio 4 sitcom gets second series |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/radio/2018-06-06/bgt-winner-lost-voice-guys-radio-4-sitcom-gets-second-series/ |work=Radio Times |date=6 June 2018 |access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>

In 2016, Jakeways' radio play ''Where This Service Will Terminate''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06tr5tf | title=BBC Radio 4 – Where This Service Will..., Where This Service Will Terminate }}</ref> debuted on BBC Radio 4. Starring Rosie Cavaliero and Justin Edwards as strangers who sit next to each other on a train from Paddington to Penzance. The play had a positive critical and public response and led to the follow-up plays ''Where This Service Will Continue'' (2017), ''Where This Service Will Connect'' (2018), ''Where This Service Will Separate'' (2019) and ''Where This Service Will Depart'' (2020). Miranda Sawyer reviewed the set of plays up to 2019 as "attractive, funny and frustrating in equal measures", with "sublime" writing.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sawyer |first=Miranda |author-link=Miranda Sawyer |title=The week in radio and podcasts: 13 Minutes to the Moon; Kevin Pietersen: Beast of Man |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/may/26/13-minutes-to-moon-kevin-pietersen-beast-man-where-this-service-will-review |work=The Observer |date=26 May 2019 |access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref>

She co-wrote the screenplay for the Channel 4 period drama ''A Woman of Substance'' with Roanne Bardsley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c753p9ye5dyo|title=Filming spotted across Yorkshire on Woman of Substance remake|date=15 June 2025|website=BBC News}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1925253}}

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