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Katherine Jakeways

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Katherine Jakeways

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Katherine Jakeways is a British writer, actress and comedian who performed throughout The Armstrong and Miller Show. Her archived appearances include Lady Margaret in How Many Hats and a part in RAF Pilots’ Enigma. She has also appeared in Horrible Histories, Tracey Ullman’s Show and Tracey Breaks the News.

Jakeways’s writing spans radio comedy and television drama. She created North by Northamptonshire for BBC Radio 4 and wrote the series of railway-set plays beginning with Where This Service Will Terminate. She also created the television adaptation The Buccaneers, serving as its lead writer and executive producer.

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