EXCLUSIVE: Munya Chawawa, the British-Zimbabwean comic, is hoping to translate his wildly viral on-line sketches into his personal tv present.
The 30-year-old is engaged on a pilot for Channel 4, the British public broadcaster, that can construct on his rising variety of TV appearances lately.
The pilot, which is not going to be broadcast, is titled The Late Evening Munyaverse and can function a mixture of studio and filmed comedy sketches. It’s produced by Rumpus Media, which makes The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan for BBC2.
Chawawa’s topical sketches have racked up 32M views on TikTok alone and infrequently function the comic sending up politicians via parodies of widespread songs.
For instance, when Matt Hancock, the previous UK well being secretary, was uncovered for having an affair, Chawawa wrote a skit round Shaggy’s It Wasn’t Me.
Different common targets embrace Bear Grylls; Nigella Lawson, the British meals presenter; and Salt Bae, the Turkish restaurateur.
Chawawa has appeared in comedy leisure reveals Complaints Welcome and Taskmaster for Channel 4, whereas he additionally had a task as Choronzon in Netflix’s The Sandman.
