Talent
Gráinne Maguire
About Gráinne
Gráinne Maguire is an award winning TV and radio comedy writer.She currently writes for Saturday Live UK and The Last Leg.
Grainne has also written on a wide variety of comedy and entertainment shows, including The BAFTA Film Awards, The BAFTA TV Awards, Channel Four's Alternative Election Special, E4’s 8/10 Cats, Too Hot to Handle and Late Night Mash.
She also regularly appears on Radio 4's Broadcasting House, Loose Ends, PM and Women's Hour, Times Radio comedy and topical news panels, and Radio 5 Live. She is the co-host of "The Way We Were" a podcast about famous celebrity breakups.
Credits
WRITING
| SNL UK | NBC/UTAS UK | Writer | 2026 | |||
| The Last Leg | Open Mike Productions | Writer | 2017 - present | |||
| European MTV Awards | MTV Europe | Writer | 2021 - 2025 | |||
| Fashion Trust Arabia Awards | Villa Eugenie Productions | Head Writer | Oct 2024 | |||
| None Of the Above- Topical comedy Pilot | NewsCorp | Writer | Sept 2024 | |||
| BAFTA Film Awards | Wizzkid Productions/Spun Gold | Head Guest Presenter writer | 2020-2023 | |||
| Hannah Waddington- Home for Christmas | Done and Dusted/Apple TV | Head writer | April - May 2023 | |||
| BAFTA TV Awards | Spun Gold | Head writer | April 2023 | |||
| Graham Norton- Live at O2 | Just For Laughs | Head writer | March 2023 | |||
| DMs Are Open | BBC Studios | Script editor/ writer | 2022 | |||
| Too Hot to Handle | Fremantle Productions | Writer | 2022 | |||
| What Just Happened? | Little Wander | Script editor/ writer | 2022 | |||
| Late Night Mash | Zepotron | Writer | 2021 | |||
| Mock The Week | Angst Productions | Additional material | 2021 | |||
| Breaking The News | Radio 4 Scotland | Additional material | 2021 | |||
| Hypothetical | Hat Trick Productions | Writer | 2020 | |||
| So Fleeked Up (pilot) | Big Mountain Productions | Presenter/ writer | 2020 | |||
| Channel 4’s Alternative Election Show | Expectation Entertainment | Writer | 2019 | |||
| UnSpun with Matt Forde | Avalon Productions | Writer / performer | 2018 | |||
| Cutting Edge | RTE Productions | Writer / performer | 2018 | |||
| New Rules (pilot) | Hitchhiker Productions | Writer / performer | 2018 | |||
| What If? (Radio comedy pilot) | Kerfuffle TV | Guest/ writer | 2018 | |||
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | Zeppotron | Writer | 2016-2017 | |||
| More Money Than Sense (radio pilot) | Absolutely Productions | Guest/ writer | 2017 | |||
| Rich Hall’s US Election Special | Radio 4 Comedy | Writer | 2016 | |||
| Channel 4’s Alternative Election Show | Zeppotron | Writer | 2015 |
| TELEVISION |
|||
| STAND UP SKETCH SHOW | Self | Spirit Media | |
| UNSPUN WITH MATT FORDE | Self | Avalon | |
| DEBATABLE | Self | BBC Brit | |
| S-BAND | Mrs. Gray | Island Productions | Hannah George |
| TALES FROM THE FRINGE | Self | Radio 4 Scotland | |
| THAT YEAR THAT’S IN IT | Self | Lime Productions | |
| STEWART LEE’S ALTERNATIVE COMEDY EXPERIENCE | Self | Comedy Central | |
| THE NOW SHOW | Self | Radio 4 Comedy | Colin Anderson |
| 28 DATES LATE | Kristin | Radio 4 Comedy | Jane Berthoud |
