Laurence Howarth
He is one half of the double act Laurence & Gus, alongside fellow comedian and writer Gus Brown. Together they have made two series of comedy sketch shows for BBC Radio 4 - Laurence & Gus: Untold Stories (2004); Laurence & Gus: Men In Love (2006). In 2009, recording was completed for a series called Laurence & Gus: Hearts & Minds.
Howarth has also created two black comedies for BBC Radio 4. Rigor Mortis looks at the lives of pathologists working in a hospital mortuary, while Safety Catch is about a man who has drifted into arms-dealing without quite knowing why. Safety Catch is co-written with John Finnemore.
More recently, he has appeared as BBC Senior Technical Services Choreographer Adam Brady in the comedy W1A (2014-2017), and is a writer and actor portraying John McDonnell and other characters in Tracey Breaks The News.
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