"There are certain ingredients that any sitcom or comedy movie needs from a director. Timing, Control, Planning of visual stunts and an eye for putting the right thing in the right place at the right time. Ben Kellett brings all of these to the project, more importantly, he also brings his secret ingredient... comedy magic."
Brendan O'Carroll, creator, writer and star of Mrs Brown's Boys
Feature Film
MRS BROWN'S BOYS D'MOVIE - Director
No1. Box office hit movie distributed by
Universal
Live Audience Sitcom
KATE & KOJI (Series 2) - Director
Live Audience Sitcom created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
Starring Brenda Blethyn, Okorie Chukwu, Blake Harrison and Barbara Flynn
KATE & KOJI (Series 1) - Director
Live Audience Sitcom created by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin
Starring Brenda Blethyn, Jimmy Akingbola, Blake Harrison and Barbara Flynn
DAD'S ARMY, THE LOST EPISODES - Director / Executive Producer
Remake of three lost episodes of this much-loved classic sitcom, starring
Kevin McNally, Robert Bathurst, Kevin Eldon, David Hayman, Mathew Horne
Timothy West, Tom Rosenthal and Tracy Ann Oberman
3 x 30' UKTV
"And that balance has been perfectly struck by the cast and (Executive) producer/director Ben Kellett, who deliver something comfortingly familiar yet fresh, with some terrific performances that, while not quite making you forget the originals, bring something new to the party."
Clair Woodward, The Telegraph
“…the new actors and director have pulled off a masterstroke by paying tribute to their 1970s forerunners while making the characters their own.”
David Stephenson, Sunday Express
MRS BROWN'S BOYS - Producer / Director
Voted favourite comedy of the 21st century in Britain, this hugely popular
show has won over 30 awards. Starring Brendan O’Carroll, Jennifer Gibney,
Eilish O’Carroll, Dermot O’Neill, Paddy Houlihan, Danny O’Carroll, Amanda Woods,
Pat Shields, Fiona O’Carroll and Martin Delany
40 x 30' BBC1/RTE
I LIVE WITH MODELS - Director
US style comedy, series one shot with live audience,
series two on a sound stage at Pinewood Studios. Starring David Hoffman,
Brianne Howey, Rebecca Reid, Kamilla Alnes, David Fulton, Alex Beckett,
Lydia Rose Bewley and Karan Suni
15 x 30' Comedy Central
VICIOUS: THE FINALE – Director
Hour long special of this groundbreaking comedy
starring Ian McKellen , Derek Jacobi, Frances de la Tour and Iwan Rheon
1 x 60' ITV
UPSTART CROW – Director
Ben Elton’s Shakespearean comedy starring David Mitchell
1 x 30' BBC2
STOP/START – Director
Hit radio comedy show transfers to television
Starring Jack Docherty, Kerry Godliman, Nigel Havers, Sarah Hadland,
John Thomson and Laura Aikman
1 x 30' BBC1
BADULTS - Director
Pappy’s flatshare comedy derived form their hit Edinburgh shows starring
Ben Clark, Mathew Crosby and Tom Parry
6 x 30' BBC2
IN WITH THE FLYNNS - Director
Simon Nye comedy shot entirely handheld, starring Will Mellor,
Nicky Wardley and Warren Clarke
6 x 30' BBC1
WE ARE KLANG - Director
Cult comedy group come to television, written by and starring
Greg Davis, Marek Larwod and Steve Hall
6 x 30' BBC1
GROWNUPS – Director
Adult Sitcom about twenty – something life in Manchester
starring Sheridan Smith
14 x 30' BBC1
HARDWARE - Director
Simon Nye comedy set in a quiet traditional hardware shop
Starring Martin Freeman and Peter Serafinowicz
12 x 30' ITV
SWISS TONI - Director
Charlie Higson, Simon Day and Rhys Tomas’ comedy
Also starring Elizabeth Spriggs, Emma Rydal and Matilda Ziegler
11 x 30' BBC3
FIRE STATION – Director
Starring Johnny Vegas,, John Henshaw, Christian Solemani
Paterson Joseph, Tameka Empson
1 x 30' BBC1
SISTER FRANCES – Director
Sue Teddern and Jo Brand comedy about life in a nunnery
Starring Jo Brand, Morwenna Banks, Kathryn Drysdale, Tilly Vosburgh
Gerry McNulty, Morwenna Banks and Honor Blackman
1 x 30' ITV
Comedy Drama
SATURDAY KNIGHT TAKEAWAY – Director
Comedy films following the adventures of ‘The Honoured’
Starring Ant & Dec, Emilia Fox and Joanna Lumley
5 x 7' ITV
THIEVES LIKE US - Director
Based on ‘The Burglar Diaries’ by Danny King
Starring Tom Brooke, Fraser Ayres,
David Bradley and Roger Sloman
6 x 30' BBC1
CRIMS – Director
Adam Kay and Dan Swimer’s comedy set in a detention centre
Starring Elis James, Kadif Kirwan, Ricky Champ,
Cariad Lloyd and Theo Barklem-Biggs
3 x 30' BBC2
"Ben is much loved by cast, crew and producers alike. He is organised, diplomatic and convivial – a total joy to have running your set. But most importantly, he has incredible creative flair and the ability to bring any script to life with his trademark dynamism, artistry and pizzazz."
James Farrell, Producer, Crims, former Head of Development, BBC Comedy
THE ART OF WAR – Director
Office betting takes a sinister political turn
Starring JJ Feild, Melanie Gutteridge, Matt Bardock
Chris Langham and Dermot Crowley
1 x 30' BBC3
Sketch Show
THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER SHOW – Director
Award-winning sketch show starring Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller
7 x 30' BBC1
SWINGING - Director
Channel 5’s first comedy origination
Starring Jo Joyner, Dominic Coleman, David Armand,
Clare Wille and Ella Kenyon
13 x 30' Channel 5
AL MURRAY'S MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER - Director
The many faces of Al Murray
Starring Al Murray, Simon Brodkin, Rebecca Front, Jenny Éclair,
Sadie Hasler, Colin Hoult, Kim Wall and Katy Wix
7 x 30' ITV
TOUCH ME, I'M KAREN TAYLOR – Director
Karen Taylor’s cult hit show starring Karen Taylor,
Anna Crilly, Clare Warde, Jalaal Hartley, Lawry Lewin
13 x 30' BBC3
LAURA, BEN & HIM – Director
Written by and starring Laura Solon, Ben Willbond
and Marek Larwood
8 x 30' ITV2
HATSTAND – Director
Hidden camera comedy sketch show starring
Adam Riches, Lizzie Roper, Alex Lowe, William Andrews
and Mona Yousefi
1 x 30' BBC
Comedy Chat Show
DEANO'S AFTER DARK – Director
Starring Richard Ayoade and Matt Holness
Pilot for Man To Man with Dean Learner
1 x 30' Channel 4
MAN TO MAN WITH DEAN LEARNER – Director
Hit comedy chat show written by and starring Richard Ayoade
and Matthew Holness
6 x 30' Channel 4
Comedy Panel Show
ANNUALLY RETENTIVE – Director
Panel show pilot fronted by Rob Brydon
1 x 30' BBC2
SPACED – Director
Intergalactic comedy panel show
Starring Richard Webb and Tom Allen with David Tenant
1 x 45' Channel 4
Children’s
ALMOST NEVER - Director
Comedy drama about a boy band’s struggle to make it in the music industry
Starring Harry Still, Nathaniel Dass, Oakley Orchard
Ryan Early, Colin Hoult, Emily Atack, Kimberley Wyatt
7 x 30' CBBC
DYSFUNCTIONAL – Director
Theatre Pilot for BBC live action and puppet sitcom
1 x 30' CBBC
MY PARENTS ARE ALIENS – Director
Multi-award winning children’s comedy from Granada Kids
Starring Tony Gardner, Carla Mendonca, Alex Kew, Charlotte Francis
Keith Warwick, Stephanie Fearon and Olisa Odele
15 x 30' ITV
Documentary
STAND UP, FALL OVER, IT'S LEE EVANS – Director
Bringing together the disparate aspects of Lee’s extraordinary career
on the eve of his BBC sitcom
1 x 30' BBC1
DICK EMERY, A LIFE ON THE BOX - Assistant Producer
Profile of this iconic comedian
1 x 30' BBC1
Live
MRS BROWNS BOYS LIVE – Director
First Live BBC sitcom ‘in the modern era’
to open the BBC celebration of 50 years of BBC Comedy
1 x 37' BBC1
Live DVD Recording
WE ARE KLANG - LIVE & UNCUT – Director
Avalon
GOOD MOURNING MRS BROWN – Producer / Director
BocPix / Gannet Films
Events
TWO RONNIES NIGHT - Producer / Director
Bringing Ronnie Barker out of retirement this British Comedy Award nominated show,
was BBC1’s first theme night. Starring Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett
with Michael Parkinson and Barry Cryer
1 x 120' BBC1
BOB MONKHOUSE, OVER THE LIMIT – Director
A celebration of Bob Monkhouse’s 70th birthday
Starring Bob Monkhouse and Lily Savage
1 x 60' BBC1
A TRIBUTE TO THE TWO RONNIES – Producer / Director
Stars pay tribute to this much loved comedy duo
1 x 140' BBC1
THE TWO RONNIES AT THE MOVIES - Producer / Director
A celebration of the films made by the Two Ronnies
Starring Ronnie Corbett
1 x 60' BBC1
Channel Bumpers
FOUR FILMS FOR – Director
Short comedy films starring Alexander Armstrong
and Ben Miller
10 x 2’30 Film Four