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@jessicaknappett

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comedy writer-actor-airhorn and presenter of PERFECT DAY podcast

Yorkshire
Joined March 2009
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@jessicaknappett
Jessica Knappett
3 years
Working on #GhostsBBC was a privilege of a lifetime, the talent of that ensemble is honestly extraordinary AND they’re all nice. Series continues NOW @BBCOne 8.30pm & all on iplayer xxx
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Netflix’s #TheGreatHack is so chilling. Cambridge Analytica or not, it’s Facebook helping those who should be holding it to account to win elections, so we’ll never have a fair election again and democracy is dead enjoy your lunch
@carolecadwalla
Carole Cadwalladr
5 years
NEW: Explosive new emails detail work Cambridge Analytica did for LeaveEU/UKIP. Brittany Kaiser, woman at centre of Netflix's #TheGreatHack has handed over a whole bunch of new emails to DCMS committee. Oh dear, Arron Banks. Looks like it's all coming home to roost... 🔥 🔥 🔥
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
It’s very simple guys: work from home unless you can’t work from home in which case go to work but if you can’t go to work because you take the bus then stay at home or go to work but stay alert unless you live in Scotland in which case stay at home
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
I think it starts with men understanding that we fear them. We have no way of knowing who the bad guys are.
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
this bird in the sequin tracky bs on #Taskmaster is really making a tit of herself tonight
@davechannel
U&Dave
6 years
. @JessicaKnappett walking into the club like… #Taskmaster
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
Cariad Lloyd hounded off Twitter for apparently being TOO nice. F**k this place. what an argument to pick. Donate to ⁦ @bloodygood__ ⁩ PEOPLE CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY PERIOD PRODUCTS
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
These are all of the photos my mum took on our epic California road trip
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
My Dad is absolutely LOVING #Taskmaster tonight
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
Doing a shot every time he says ‘Alas’ just to liven up the evening
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
Thank you for all the lovely comments about #Drifters , all four series are now finally available to stream on #Netflix #Netflixisajoke
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
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@ConnorWebb18
Connor Webb
3 years
@jessicaknappett I'm not sure who made this but I think it's important that you see it
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
Me and @robertcarlyle_ were just talking to @TomDaley1994 then he turned into a ball of wool #sundaybrunch
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Jessica Knappett
1 year
Just in case you’re @edfringe and happen to be invited for a drink with Charlie Hanson, the former tv producer. He is allegedly very dangerous and I believe his victims.
@Channel4News
Channel 4 News
3 years
Exclusive - the first interviews with the women claiming ‘After Life’ producer Charlie Hanson was “predatory.” Hanson is accused of allegations including sexual assault, which he denies. Reporting by @MinnieStephC4 , @GirishJuneja and @sophwilkinson .
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
pretty chill about winning tonight's ep...I can just take it leave it to be hons...
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U&Dave
6 years
And the winner of episode five is @JessicaKnappett ! Congratulations! *airhorn noise* #Taskmaster
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
my Dad is hoovering the BBQ.
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
Hollywood’s knocking for me & @KerryAGodliman #taskmaster
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U&Dave
6 years
The next Rocky Balboa movie looks, um, different. @KerryAGodliman @JessicaKnappett #Taskmaster
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Improv is hard.
@tomcopley
Tom Copley
5 years
He sounds exactly like the “I was very, very drunk” bloke from the Fast Show here. Utterly incoherent
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
well I wouldn't want to embarrass myself this episode. #grace #elegance #dignity
@davechannel
U&Dave
6 years
How to seamlessly dismount a bin with @JessicaKnappett #Taskmaster
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Not really the same though is it Nigel? Because you’re a politician whereas Jo Brand’s actual job is to MAKE JOKES.
@Nigel_Farage
Nigel Farage MP
5 years
I am sick to death of overpaid, left wing, so-called comedians on the BBC who think their view is morally superior. Can you imagine the reaction if I had said the same thing as Jo Brand?
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
HERE WE GO AGAIN! #Drifters Series4
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
If we’re not allowed to have a peaceful vigil, then maybe we should #strikeforsarah ? Iceland ‘75 style? RT if you’re IN
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
⚡️COMPLAINTS WELCOME! ⚡️Stop shouting at the telly and form your thoughts into a proper complaint will ya! Email below! Xxx
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
ONE HOUR 'til I show off more of my mad skillz in @taskmaster on @davechannel 9pm
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U&Dave
6 years
. @jessicaknappett deserves all the points just for the airhorn impressions in our opinion. #Taskmaster
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
RIGHT, so GOOD NEWS for fans of televised ritual humiliation: this babe’s in the next series of TASKMASTER on Dave.
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U&Dave
6 years
In case you missed it, we're now living in a permanent state of task-fuelled hysteria because OUR BRAND NEW #TASKMASTER S7 LINE-UP IS... @JamesAcaster @jessicaknappett @KerryAGodliman @PhilNWang and Rhod Gilbert! @taskmaster will return very soon...
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Someone’s written a dissertation about foghorns and it’s making my day
@JenniferLAllan
Jennifer Lucy Allan
5 years
Have officially handed in a PhD on foghorns! 📣🍾🥰
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
be good if our government cared as much about saving theatres as it did about saving Wetherspoons
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
I am honestly outraged that anyone who wears glasses thinks it’s ok to pair with a beanie
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
I usually love any mention of GOT anywhere but mocking the way in which BLM protest IS RACISM. White supremacy laughing in the face of it all. Abhorrent.
@TalkTV
Talk
4 years
Asked if he would take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab: "I take the knee for two people; the Queen and the Mrs when I asked her to marry me." Listen live ► @JuliaHB1 | @DominicRaab
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
It's true, Drifters is over. 5 series would have been greedy. Huge thanks to everyone who watched 1-4 and said nice things xxx
@BritishComedy
British Comedy Guide
7 years
"There's no more Drifters". Jessica Knappett reveals her E4 sitcom has come to an end after 4 series:
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
I did a tour of the #Countdown studio and sat in the chair! they filmed the whole thing and it’s on #channel4 tonight at 9pm! #FUN #LAUGHS #MATHS
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
The Gruffalo
@GrainneMaguire
Gráinne Maguire
5 years
Chernobyl
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
Moaners assemble! Thrilled to announce that it is now my contractual obligation to listen to your complaints about telly and beyond with @tomallencomedy @munyachawawa Coming soon. Please hold, your call is very important to us.
@C4Press
Channel 4 Press
3 years
Channel 4 invites viewers’ feedback in new prime-time comedy entertainment series Complaints Welcome (w/t), with hosts @munyachawawa , @tomallencomedy and @jessicaknappett 📩📺
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
Gorgeous
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
If like me, you’re feeling desperately sad and angry about Sarah Everard, you can support @centreWJ
@centreWJ
Centre for Women's Justice
4 years
Sarah Everard: serving Met officer arrested over disappearance
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
I’ve taken my career in a different direction. I’m now a court clerk serving under #JudgeRomesh . Here’s a clip of some of our serious legal work: Starts Weds on ⁦ @davechannel
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
New series of #Travelman starts Monday on Channel 4 at 8.30pm. In ep 2 find out how I fared in #Ibiza with a man who has never set foot in a nightclub ⁩(⁦ @RichardAyoade ⁩) *AIRHORN*
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
USA: "anything but a woman...please God anything but a woman" -"How about this orange bigoted mutant rapist?" USA: "oh yeah much better!"
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
@garyduncanuk @charltonbrooker @Sonic_Screwup Oh sorry Gary, are you married to Sodium Lauryl Sulphate? Have I offended your wife? What a thing to defend.
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Maybe there could be a world where we live by ‘Caroline’s Law’
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
@MattWalshBlog ‘all people are endowed with inherent rights and dignities’ YOUR WORDS IN YOUR OWN ARTICLE. Guess what, women are people. They’re like foetuses but more developed.
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
Yet more brave and brilliant women speaking out against the bullies and predators that make the tv industry such a distressing place to work for so many people.
@guardian
The Guardian
3 years
Bafta-winning TV firm accused of mishandling sexual assault complaint
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
“It’s a living hell”
@Channel4
Channel 4
6 years
🌊 @RichardAyoade and @jessicaknappett catch a wave in Ibiza, with varying results... #TravelMan
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
When I grow up I would like to be Miriam Margolyes
@BBCRadio4
BBC Radio 4
3 years
FYI, Miriam Margolyes is trending because she was on ITV's This Morning, so here's her terrific chat with @LouisTheroux Miriam: but what happens to the balls? Louis: do you want an answer to that? Miriam: not really The whole episode is on @BBCSounds
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
I got to learn all about Nell Gwyn on YOU’RE DEAD TO ME and it was an absolute LAFF. Listen here! And wish @greg_jenner a happy birthday!!! X
@greg_jenner
Greg Jenner
3 years
🚨NEW EPISODE!🚨 As it’s my birthday, here’s a gift to myself - a funny chat about one of my fave funny people from history, Nell Gwyn Featuring the brilliant ⁦ @jessicaknappett ⁩ & theatre historian Prof Diana Solomon Listen on ⁦ @BBCSounds
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
@hamzadarby @taskmaster @KerryAGodliman What are you, the voice inside my head at 3am every night?
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
PREDICTION: 2nd referendum question will be how best to settle Brexit and the nation’s answer will be ‘over a Nando’s’
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
people are risking their lives to protest in a pandemic because this shit is happening every single day #justiceforgeorgefloyd #blacklivesmatter
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
1/2 I filled in for Theresa May last minute on @8Outof10Cats_TV , it airs tonight E4 10pm
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Jessica Knappett
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
Did no one have a brush?
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
yeah! It's true!
@chortle
Chortle Comedy
8 years
Drifters float back to E4: Fourth series commissioned
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
If you don't like tonight's episode of #Drifters blame @emeraldfennell who wrote it. If you do like it then remember we wrote it together.
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
Guys it's too dangerous to go out. You should just stay in & watch #Drifters 10pm (Not the Halloween ep, that was on 3 weeks ago obviously)
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Do they have Wagamama flavour?
@nicolathorp_
Nicola Thorp
5 years
Now they’re ‘influencing’ us to take pills to make us taste ‘sweeter’ ‘You should always taste better than the next chick’?!?!? FACK OFF
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Jessica Knappett
10 years
Thanks for all the love for #Drifters series 2. We salute you all and your AMAZING sense of humour xxx http://t.co/JX9WBmOhI2
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
Moved house so I'm re-registering to vote in June #generalelection . It's cool to vote, kids! Register at
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Proud to be the voice behind @davechannel ‘s @theCALMzone tonight at 9.12pm with all these laffbags 👇👇👇 check it out!
@davechannel
U&Dave
5 years
@theCALMzone Tonight at 9.12pm we are hosting a comedy festival in an ad break in support of @theCALMzone and we've asked some of our friends to join us. #BeTheMateYoudWant
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Jessica Knappett
9 years
DRIFTERS SERIES 3 NEWS: There is going to be a Drifters Series 3. If I could sum up my feelings in one word, it would be ‘employed’.
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
It's true, Drifters is over. 5 series would have been greedy. Huge thanks to everyone who watched 1-4 and said...
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
@jackbern23 @taskmaster Bernnnyyyyyy, what you doing to me man???
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Jessica Knappett
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
🤞🤞🤞HERE'S HOPING 🤞🤞🤞
@theresa_may
Theresa May
7 years
If I lose just six seats I will lose this election and Jeremy Corbyn will be sitting down to negotiate with Europe:
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
TONIGHT drunk ramblings w Lydia B #DrunkHistory 10pm @ComedyCentralUK . Glad someone filmed it, I remember nothing
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
The ‘Boris is the real victim here’ argument is HILARIOUS 😂 Poor Boris’s poor privacy-wivacy making him a sad Boris. boo fucking hoo. I think he’ll be fine @CPhilpOfficial but I’m sure he’s glad YOU’VE got his back.
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Chris Philp MP
5 years
Recording a dispute between partners in their own home without their knowledge & then giving it to a newspaper is a gross invasion of privacy - esp when the Police had confirmed no-one was in danger & there were no grounds for any action. The person who did it shld be ashamed
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
@DewarGareth You’re the problem
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Jessica Knappett
2 years
Devastated to hear we have lost our Godmother of the tv industry, Kay Mellor. Her talent was extraordinary and to achieve what she did while remaining anchored to Leeds was truly exceptional. RIP Kay - the best smile in the biz.X
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
I’m outwardly expressing disdain but internally it is respect bordering on jealousy
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
My amazing mate @emeraldfennell is not only excellent at karaoke but is also nominated for a clutch of oscars! So unbelievably proud of this dynamo of a woman. hope you all get to see this funny, moving & important film in a cinema soon #PromisingYoungWoman 👄👄👄xxxx
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
Oh hi. #Drifters is nominated for a TV choice award, please vote with your fingers HERE:
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Jessica Knappett
9 years
Yes, that’s @JamieLaing_UK . And yes, we’re matching! Check us out in brand new #InBedWithJamie on All 4 this Friday
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
Has anyone got any intel about whether it’s actually safe to keep sending toddlers to nurseries? Looking for some cold hard raw data ideally
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
By 'running through fields of wheat' she of course means causing 30,000 deaths due to NHS cuts.
@itvnews
ITV News
7 years
What's the naughtiest thing @theresa_may has ever done?
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
Re this #mannequinchallenge thing. You know what you guys are gonna love? Photos.
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Totally blown away by @Booksmart movie. Pure joy. It should go down as a comedy classic, up there with Bridesmaids for me! & I’m so excited for @oliviawilde ‘s Directorial future
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
the #sheeranalbumparty hashtag is my fave marketing cock up 'since how do you eat yours' campaign and that guy put his creme egg up his bum
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums. Enjoy your emergency supermarket flowers 💐
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Jessica Knappett
9 years
Remember when it was sunny? Pic from our beaut location for WEDDING - the final ep of #Drifters tonight at 9 on E4.
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
Heartbroken for #Manchester my second home. A city full of solid people good in a crisis. Let there be love.
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
@robdelaney Cuz like forinners shunt be allowed babies in case the babies are actually Isis
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
Seriously Wimbledon, can we just end this with an honest scissors paper stone?
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
Thanks for the #Drifters ❤️ & sorry to disappoint. new projects in development inc. stuff w/ the brilliant @emeraldfennell Stay tuned! BRB!
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Jessica Knappett
10 years
All I need to tell you about tonight's episode of #Drifters is that my parents are under strict instructions not to ever watch it
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
Series 4 trailer - Drifters - British Comedy Guide
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
@MrEdByrne @PaulByrne @GlennWool So sorry. Such a funny, clever man who always brought out the best. I loved being in his company. Sending so much love xxxx
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
“Your brain needs time to get weird. Otherwise, you're just posting cute pictures of your dog.”
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Jessica Knappett
5 years
Any Americans wondering where they’ve heard Fiona Hill’s accent before? Try WINTERFELL
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Jessica Knappett
8 years
Drifters' Jessica Knappett on turning her wilderness years into a TV smash
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Jessica Knappett
4 years
‘Sound poor but so we can actually understand you’ 😂
@orourkelauren88
Lauren O'Rourke
4 years
A genuine casting I received. Whilst casting directors appear to say the right thing re the conversation of inclusivity and diversity it obvious we still have a long way to go and class is still being left out of said conversation. #Class is not an accent!!!
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
@stewartnextday Lol ok mate. Wouldn’t want it to be ‘unfair’
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Jessica Knappett
6 years
@thetonypitts I prefer jizz hands (demonstrating my enthusiasm by pretending I have a penis and tossing myself off to completion.) Gt for anxiety
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Jessica Knappett
3 years
This is how it’s done. #ComplaintsWelcome @Channel4
@Lord_Sugar
Lord Sugar
3 years
I really like the TV show The Repair Shop but lately it seems to focus more on sad stories of the owners rather than showing the repair of the object. This distracts from the original concept of seeing how the repair is done.
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Jessica Knappett
7 years
'I'm in' (unless it means I can be PM) 'no election until 2020' (unless it means I can be PM) Theresa MAY...change her mind at any time.
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Jessica Knappett
9 years
TONIGHT AT 10PM, I'm making a tit of myself on #DrunkHistoryUK @ComedyCentralUK
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Jessica Knappett
9 years
OCTOBER 22nd #Drifters is back which means we got to dress up in fun-fur and lipstick and pout @ianderry #sex #socks http://t.co/VLBHciBHOu
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