Comedian Munya Chawawa: ‘I want to be the Swiss army knife of TV shows – I’m up for all of it’

Scuba diving is one thing I’m terrified of because I’ve got an irrational fear of sea urchins Do you have any other party tricks?

Yeah, so we were pretty much told at the beginning of lockdown: “You’re going to be staying in.” And in my mind, I was like: “Well, staying in feels a bit like Fill Me In by Craig David.” And as I was drawing on this moustache, in what I didn’t know at the time was permanent marker, I remember thinking: “This could be something.” It feels like an age ago now; there have been so many things since then that were beyond my wildest dreams:my double Bafta nominations, I’ve done a Netflix series [ The Sandman], Taskmaster.

I became the world’s worst friend for a period because we’d book in things and then a politician would get caught doing something on CCTV and I’d be like: “Guys, we’re going to have to postpone.” But to be honest with you, I was so excited during that time, and I still am.

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