Karen Taylor (comedian)

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Karen Taylor is an English comedian from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. She is a former finalist in the prestigious Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award[1] and has fronted her own sketch show on BBC Three, entitled Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor.[2]

Taylor was a finalist in the Open Mic Award in 1999, and came further to prominence at the Edinburgh festival in 2000.[1] Her first major television role was as one of the performers in The Sketch Show on ITV, which ran for two series.[3] She has also fronted FAQ U on Channel 4 and appeared performing with Steve Coogan on a Paul Calf DVD.[3]

In 2007 Taylor fronted her first television sketch show, Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor. It was first aired in June 2007 on BBC Three. Its initial reviews were generally positive.[4][5][6] The show's "raunchy" and "lascivious" nature was noted by many of the critics,[6] with almost all of the sketches involving characters whose main interest was 'sex'. Although described as potentially a "one-trick pony",[6] the show was also lauded as "really, really funny" and "more amusing than the last eleventeen sketch shows you can think of".[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Karen Taylor Comedy CV; Accessed 13-06-2007
  2. ^ Karen's sketch show opens North West Evening Mail; 11-06-2007; Accessed 13-06-2007
  3. ^ a b BBC Three orders pilot with Bafta winner from Avalon Television BBC press release; 22-02-2006; Accessed 13-06-2007
  4. ^ a b Watch this McLean, Gareth; The Guardian; 11-06-2007; Accessed 13-06-2007
  5. ^ A Good Sauce of Amusement North West Evening Mail; 12-06-2007; Accessed 13-06-2007
  6. ^ a b c Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor Simon, Jane; Daily Mirror; 11-06-2007; Accessed 13-06-2007