Rohan Acharya
An accomplished producer and director, Rohan has a huge number and variety of TV and Theatre credits to his name, including Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit and Go 8 Bit DLC on Dave, BB3’s Will Mellor and Joel Fry starrer, White Van Man, Brendon Burns’ Edinburgh Comedy Award winning show So I Suppose This is Offensive Now and the Sony Radio Academy Award winning series Isy Suttie’s Love Letters.
Awards
Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Comedy Programme with Isy Suttie's Love Letters
Edinburgh Comedy Main Award Winner with Brendon Burns: So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now! - 2007
Producing - Television
Date | Production | Channel / Production Co | Information |
2023-24 | Nikhil & Jay | King Banana/CBeebies | Script Writer x 2 Scripts |
2023 | Nikhil & Jay | King Banana/Cbeebies | Voice Director |
2022-23 | Andy and the Band Series 3 | Ninja Pig TV/CBBC | Series Producer |
2022 | Jokes Only... Serie 2 | Distant Voices/C4 | Director |
2022 | Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy | Distant Voices/ITV1 | Produer and Writer |
2022 | Louise Young Shorts | BBC Comedy | Director and Script Editor |
2022 | Jokes Only... Edinburgh | Distant Voices/C4 | Director and Series Producer |
2022 | Jokes Only... Series 1 | Distant Voices/C4 | Director and Series Producer |
2021 | Brian May | Back to the Light Music Video | Host and Co-Devisor |
2020-Present | Seven Seas Ents. | Development Producer | |
2021 | Monster Court | CBBC | Writer Producer |
2011-2020 | Various | DLT Entertainment UK | Development Producer |
2018 | This is Your Trial with Joey Essex | Pilot/ITV2 | Producer |
2018 | Best of Dara O'Briain's Go 8 Bit | Dave/DLT Entertainment UK | Produced |
2017 | Golden Joystick Awards | Twitch | Produced and Directed |
2017 | Go 8 Bit DLC | Dave/DLT Entertainment UK | Developed and Produced |
2016 | Dara O'Briain's Go 8 Bit | Dave/DLT Entertainment UK | Developed and Produced |
2013 | The Wright Way series 1 | BBC1/Phil McIntyre Ents. | Producer |
2012 | Slings & Arrows pilot | BBC1 / Phil McIntyre Ents. | Producer |
2012 | White Van Man Series 2 | BBC3 / ITV Productions | Producer |
2011 | White Van Man Series 1 | BBC3/ITV Productions | Producer |
2010 | Tim on Real Tennis | BBC Online | Producer |
2009 | White Van Man pilot | BBC3/ITV Productions | Producer and developed the script with Adrian Poynton |
2007-10 | ITV Studios Comedy Department | ITV | Development Producer |
2007-08 | Comedy Cuts series 1,2 and 3 | ITV2 | Producer and devised the format |
2007 | The IF.Comedy Awards: A Comedy Cuts Special | ITV2 | Producer, devised/developed format for 1hr ent. documentary |
2004-07 | BBC Comedy Department | BBC | Assistant Producer. Sat on the comedy board for Creative Futures |
2006 | The Late Edition | BBC4 | Director |
2006-2007 | Comedy DVD titles | 2 Entertain | Consultant |
2004-06 | Edinburgh TV Festival Comedy Night | BBC3 | Producer and programmer |
2005 | 28 Acts in 28 Minutes | BBC3 | Creator and Associate Producer |
2005 | The Comic Side of 7 Days | BBC3 | Talent booker |
Producing - Radio
Date | Show | Production Company | Information |
2020-Present | The Offical Queenpod | Queen | Co-Creator and Host | 2021 | Horrible Histories Podcast | Lion Television | Director and Series Producer |
2014 | Isy Suttie Love Anonymous | BBC Radio 4 | Script Editor |
2013 | Isy Suttie's Love Letters | BBC Radio 4 | Script Editor |
2006-07 | 28 Acts in 28 Minutes | BBC Radio 4 | Creator / Co-Producer Series 1 & 2 |
Directing / Producing - Theatre
Date | Show | Venue | Information |
2019 | Alice Fraser: Mythos | Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2019 | Eleanor Conway: You May Recognise Me From Tinder | Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2019 | Ben Hanlin 50 | Pleasance Dome Edinburgh Festival 2018 & Birmingham Mac 2019 | Director |
2018 | Ben Pope: Baby Sasquatch | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2017 | Brendon Burns: Race Off | Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2017 | Thinking Drinkers | Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2017 | Abigoliah Schamaun: Namaste Bitches! | Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2013 | Jigsaw: Jiggle It | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2012 | Jigsaw | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival | Director. Sell out run |
2012 | McNeil & Pamphilon | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival | Co-director. Long-listed |
2011-12 | Brendon Burns: Love & God Metaphysics & Shit | Worldwide Tour 2011 and DVD 2012 | Co-director |
2011 | Patrick Monahan: Hug Me I Feel Good | Gilded Balloon Teviot, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2011 | Isy Suttie: Pearl & Dave | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2011 | Imran Yusuf: Bring The Thunder | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival | Director |
2011 | Comedy Rush: 60 Acts in 60 Minutes | Shaftesbury Theatre -2 month run | Producer |
2007 | Brendon Burns: So I Suppose This Is Offensive | Pleasance Dome / Soho Theatre/Montreal and Melbourne Comedy Festivals | Director. |
2004-06 | BBC Stand-Up Show Live | Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh | Producer |
2006 | Comedy Storm | Storm Nightclub, Leicester Square | Producer |
2005 | Electric Cabaret | C Venues, Edinburgh | Producer |
2005 | Steve Oram: Denim | Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh | Producer |
2003-04 | 60 Acts In 60 Minutes Live | Madame JoJo's | Creator |
2004 | Comedy-A-Jo-Jo | Madame JoJo's | Producer |
2004 | Stickmen | The Pod, Edinburgh | Producer / Director / Script Editor |
2004 | Nudge | The Pod, Edinburgh | Producer / Director |
2004 | Comedy-A-Oh-Oh | C Venues, Edinburgh | Producer |
2003 | Nudge | Canal Cafe Theatre | Producer / Director |
2003 | On The Funny Side | Bar 242 | Co-Producer |
2002 | Absolute Comedy | Madame JoJo's | Producer |
2002 | The Establishment | C Venues, Edinburgh | Programmer / Deviser |
2001 | NewsRevue | Canal Cafe Theatre | Director / Deviser |
2001 | UberArmy | Canal Cafe Theatre | Producer / Director |
2001 | UberNacht | C Venues, Edinburgh | Producer |
2001 | Lipstick On Your Teeth | C Venues, Edinburgh | Director |
2000 | UberChipolata | C Venues, Edinburgh | Producer |
1999 | Ubersausage | C Venues, Edinburgh | Producer / Director |
1999 | Lear's Daughters | Coventry | Director |