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'''Dave Cohen''' is a writer for television and radio, as well as a columnist for ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. He has written for ''[[Have I Got News For You]]'' and contributes musically to the award-winning and hugely popular ''[[Horrible Histories (2001 TV series)|Horrible Histories]]''.

==Career==

===Writing===
Cohen is a prolific writer for television and radio as well as contributing columns to ''[[NME]]'', ''Chortle'' and ''The Huffington Post''.<ref>''The Huffington Post'' [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dave-cohen "Dave Cohen's Page"] 2012.</ref>

He has written for [[BBC Radio 4]] including ''The Best of British'', ''[[Dead Ringers (comedy)|Dead Ringers]]'' which won a Sony Gold Award 2001, ''[[The Sunday Format]]'', ''[[The News Quiz]]'' and ''[[15 Minute Musical]]''<ref>Comedy Guide [http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/15_minute_musical/ "15 Minute Musical"]</ref> which he was also a co-creator and won the 2009 Writer's Guild Best Radio Comedy Show, to name a few. He also wrote for [[BBC Radio 5 Live|BBC Radio 5]]'s ''The Treatment'' and ''They Came From Nowhere''.

Cohen has written for a number of television shows including the ''[[Rory Bremner Show]]'', ''[[Spitting Image]]'', ''[[Eleven O'Clock Show]]'', ''[[Not Going Out]]'' and ''[[My Family]]''.<ref>IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1471191/ "Dave Cohen, IMDB page"]</ref> He has been a long time writer for ''Have I Got News For You'' and ''Horrible Histories'' which has won a variety of awards including Best Sketch Show, Best Comedy Show at the Children's BAFTAs and Best British Comedy Show.<ref>''The Independent'' [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/horrible-histories-the-best-laughs-are-on-childrens-tv-2194280.html "Horrible Histories: The Best Laughs Are On Children's TV"] 26 January 2011.</ref>

He was a columnist for ''NME''/''The Face'' in 1984–5, ''[[The Guardian]]'' in 2009 and has been writing for ''The Huffington Post'' since 2011.<ref>''The Huffington Post'' [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/dave-cohen "Dave Cohen's Page"] 2012.</ref>

===Theatre, film and television performance===
Cohen began performing in 1984, at [[Edinburgh Fringe]] as a stand-up comedian. He was nominated for a [[Perrier Comedy Award]] for ''Tuxedo Junta'', which he wrote and performed with [[Paul B. Davies]]. He went on to co-found ''The Comedy Store Players''<ref>Comedy Store Players [http://www.comedystoreplayers.com/ "Comedy Store Players Website"]</ref> and was a member of ''Comedy Store Cutting Edge''. From 1994 to 2000 he occasionally performed for ''Guns'n'Moses''. After nearly a decade of absence, he returned to perform in ''My Life As A Footnote'' and most recently, in 2012, performed ''Songs in A Flat''.<ref>''Chortle'' [http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2012/d/20880/dave_cohen%3A_songs_in_a_flat "Dave Cohen: Songs In A Flat"] August 2012.</ref>

In television, Cohen has acted in ''[[15 Storeys High]]''<ref>Ep Guide [https://web.archive.org/web/20080801091535/http://epguides.com/SeanLocks15MinutesofMisery/ "15 Minutes of Misery, Episode Guide"]</ref> and ''Sixty Six'' and in 2004 was in ''[[Suzie Gold]]''.

===Radio===
From 1991 through to 1999, Cohen contributed to [[BBC Radio 1]]'s ''Loose Talk'' and ''Songlines'', of which he was co-creator. He was also a recurring guest for BBC Radio 4's ''Loose Ends''. His own series, ''Travels With My Anti Semitism'', appeared in 1999.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102023504/http://davecohen.squarespace.com/ Dave Cohen's website]
*{{IMDb name|1471191}}

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