
Acting
Cariad Lloyd
Born
1982-08-21 (44)
Place of birth
Barnet, Middlesex, London, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
49 titles
Actor, writer, comedian and podcaster. Famed as a founder member of the Austentatious improv show and Griefcast podcast.
Known for
7.1Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Have I Got News for You
1990
7.9Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
QI
2003
7.8A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Would I Lie to You?
2007
7.0Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
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7.4Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
8.1An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Inside No. 9
2014
Film credits
2020s · 7 titles
6.6A half hour animated film for all the family based on the much-loved book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The Snail and the Whale is the much loved classic that shows us a restless young snail who has ambitions to travel the world. The other snails think she should stay put, but she puts out a call for a “Lift wanted around the world”. Eventually her call is answered by a great big grey-blue humpback whale! She sets off with him across the seas. On their journey the snail and the whale discover towering icebergs and far-off lands, fiery mountains and golden sands. The snail is delighted by the wonderful world around her, until she realises how small it makes her feel.
The Snail and the Whale
2020
6.3Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and is always saving the day. But who can save him when he gets too full of himself and is captured by the evil Wizard Lizard?
Superworm
2021
6.7Busker Fred and his cat Tabby McTat entertain and delight passersby with music across London. One day, Fred falls, injures his leg, and is whisked away in an ambulance, leaving Tabby alone on the city's streets.
Tabby McTat
2024
NRComedian Mark O'Sullivan researches and writes a sitcom about the sexual abuse he survived as a child, and the court case that led to the conviction of the man who abused him.
My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom
2024
NRThe team are back - this time taking the air in Folkestone, where the men are not quite like other men in Austen's England.
Austentatious - Queer as Folkestone
2024
8.0The actual sitcom, based on the experiences of creator Mark O'Sullivan, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, who joins an all-star cast including Cariad Lloyd and Ellie Taylor before a live audience.
My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (The Actual Sitcom)
2024
NRAlice is invited along to try historical reenactment for the first time, but finds herself caught between a Roundhead and a Cavalier in a battle for her affections.
Roundheads and Cavaliers
2020
2010s · 5 titles
10.0An entirely improvised comedy play, with a cast who conjure up a 'lost' Jane Austen novel, based on nothing more than a title suggested by the audience.
Austentatious - Queer Eye for the Regency Guy
2018
9.0Austentatious is an award-winning improvised comedy show in the style of the wondrous and witty Jane Austen. Every performance is made up on the spot based simply on a title suggested by the audience, so be it “Mansfield Shark”, “Darcy and Hutch” or “I Know What You Did Last Season”, no two shows are the same. Performed in period costume with live cello accompaniment, Austentatious is an immersive and hilarious treat for fans of Austen and improvised comedy alike.
Austentatious: Live at Leicester Square Theatre
2015
Gus and his Dirty Dead Dad is a bad luck, big heart comedy about facing up to the things you can't change. It's about a young man desperately clinging to the only memories he has left, of a father he didn't really know.
Gus and His Dirty Dead Dad
2013
NROne day in which to capture thirty seconds of film. What can possibly go wrong? Everything, if you believe your First Assistant Director is cursed.
The 1st
2018
A dinner party kicks off with the last guest to arrive, the oddly named Asparagus Tips. Upon introducing herself, we soon gather that her name comes from her asparagus hands. After the starter doesn’t go according to plan, she steps up to the plate, literally, and offers her tips for the party. A delicious delight that everyone wants more of, mostly at the disadvantage of poor Asparagus Tips.
Asparagus Tips
2019
2000s · 1 titles
Series credits
7.1Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Have I Got News for You
1990
7.9Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
QI
2003
7.8A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Would I Lie to You?
2007
7.0Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
—
7.4Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
8.1An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.
Inside No. 9
2014
6.1Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
House of Games
2017
6.1Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
House of Games
2017
6.3Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.
Pointless Celebrities
2011
7.1After leaving paradise and seeking a quieter life, Humphrey has taken a job as Detective Inspector in his fiancée Martha's hometown. But with the high crime rate, maybe things will be louder than expected.
Beyond Paradise
2023
8.0Two dysfunctional flatmates reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...
Peep Show
2003
Comedy Blaps is Channel 4's vehicle for piloting comedy online. Some pilots consist of a single short, whereas others consist of a few shorts.
Comedy Blaps
2011
6.2Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.
Hypothetical
2019
7.5Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it.
Toast of London
2013
6.3Against the backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain, Alan experiences sexual awakenings, battles with bullies and navigates the highs and lows of fourth division football.
Changing Ends
2023
7.0Virtually Famous was a British comedy panel game show with games based upon social media posts and videos.
Virtually Famous
2014
Comedy Feeds is a sitcom / sketch show featured on BBC Three since 2014. Each Comedy Feed showcases emerging new talent by making their pilot shows available exclusively on BBC iPlayer.
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
Comedy Feeds is a sitcom / sketch show featured on BBC Three since 2014. Each Comedy Feed showcases emerging new talent by making their pilot shows available exclusively on BBC iPlayer.
BBC Comedy Feeds
2012
6.8Crackanory is a storytelling television series aimed at adults, inspired by the popular children's series Jackanory. Each episode features two 15-minute tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, containing a mix of live action and animation and all read from the same oversized chair.
Crackanory
2013
7.8Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?
This Time with Alan Partridge
2019
5.5Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.
Between the Covers
2020
An upside-down, back-to-front look at the latest headlines. Bob Roberts and Felicity Bond bring you the best stories from the DNN newsroom.
DNN
2013
6.6A failing witchfinder transports a suspected witch across 1640s East Anglia to a trial that could change his fortunes forever.
The Witchfinder
2022
8.0A series of comedy shorts, curated by Romesh Ranganathan and varying from studio clip shows to comedic entertainment documentaries as well as everything in between.
Romesh Presents
2019
6.7A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego.
Sick of It
2018
6.1Each week, through their own selfishness and idiocy, we see Hannah and Dan — the worst brother and sister in the world — spectacularly wreck the lives of those around them — old friends, love interests, family members, and the unlucky individuals who just happen to cross their paths.
Siblings
2014
6.0Tourist Trap is a Welsh TV mockumentary-style comedy series following the fictional tourist board WOW Wales.
Tourist Trap
2018
4.7Murray is a nice guy. Everyone says so. So no-one is more surprised than Murray when, on her 40th birthday, his wife walks out on him. So begins Murray's quest to discover what went wrong and how to win her back.
I Want My Wife Back
2016
6.3Each week Successville's loveable detective, D.I Sleet, enlists the help of a celebrity sidekick to solve the latest high-profile murder in this improvised comedy murder mystery series.
Murder in Successville
2015
7.0Once again Dave will be bringing his trusty screen along but now, in each episode, he will also be joined by three comedy guests as they cast their eye over his latest modern world discoveries, compete in mischievous games and generally try to unscramble the baffling morass of non-stop information that surrounds us in the internet age.
Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply
2019
5.5Heartbreak, family and how to survive them - and just why is everyone pairing up and having babies? A deliriously surreal journey into the mind of Sara Pascoe.
Out of Her Mind
2020
6.0Straight-laced Luke inadvertently gets into trouble when his girlfriend's brother, Jason, decides to rob a bank. The duo are sentenced to the Sunnybrook Young Offender Institution. Once there, Luke finds himself in difficult situations and becomes reliant on Jason's street knowledge; unfortunately, Jason's advice proves useless. Under the watchful eye of prison officer Dawn and her colleague, Greg, the lads adjust to life on the inside.
Crims
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Comedy Feeds
2012
Behind the camera
What do women really want? When your boyfriend comes home from 'a little drink' with the boys, legless on the living room floor, and looking nothing like Patrick Swayze, what are you to do?
What Time Do You Call This?
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NRFirst staged at Lyric Hammersmith in 2018 and freshly updated for 2020, Ned Bennett directs this wild and inventive production and explores what it is like to come from a small town and arrive in a big city today. With a host of colourful characters, irreverent jokes, talking animals and popular songs this is Dick Whittington as never seen before.
National Theatre Live: Dick Whittington – A Pantomime for 2020
2020

