Read, Howard
Winner of the 2011 Writer's Guild Award for Best Children's TV Script for Little Howard's Big Question, Howard is a hugely accomplished writer for stage, screen and radio. He is also a stand-up comic and animator.
TV
Horrible Histories series 5, Lion TV/Citrus, BBC1, CBBC, 2012
Fit, CBBC, Citrus, 2012
Little Howard's Big Question series 3, BBC1, 2011
Little Howard's Big Question series 2, BBC1, 2010.
Winner of Best Children's TV Script, Writer's Guild Awards 2011
Little Howard's Big Question series 1, BBC1, CBBC, 2009
Stairlift To Heaven (pilot), CBBC, 2006
Celebdaq, BBC2, BBC3/Choice, 2004
Radio
2012 Steve K Amos’ Life; An Idiot’s Guide, Radio 4, (stand-up and song)
2011 Little Howard’s Comedy Round-up, Radio 4 Extra (Pilot - writer, performer)
2007 Peacefully In Their Sleeps, Radio 4 (creator, writer, actor)
2006 Out To Lunch, Radio 2 (Little Howard, writer, performer)
2005, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes, Radio 4 (performer, songwriter)
2003 Four At The Store, Radio 4 (Big Howard Little Howard)
2002 Fringe Cuts (Radio 4) (stand-up)
Theatre
Howard's hugely acclaimed live act Big Howard Little Howard has been enjoyed by adult and family audiences all across the UK, New York, The HBO Aspen Comedy Festival and at the The Melbourne and New Zealand International Comedy Festivals. In 2003 They were Nominated for the Perrier Comedy Award, in 2007 Little Howard And The Magic Pencil Of Life And Deathwon the Best Family Show at the Buxton Fringe and was nominated for the Best Children's Showat the Brighton Fringe.
2011-present, Little Howard's Big Show -Edinburgh Fringe and National Tour
2007-2011, Little Howard And The Magic Pencil Of Life And Death, Edinburgh Fringe, National Tour, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New Zealand International Comedy Festival.
2007, Light Shade Lemonade, Edinburgh Fringe, Stand-up hour.
2006, The Big Howard Little Howard Children's Show, National Tour.
2005, The Little Howard Appeal, Edinburgh Fringe and National Tour.
2005, The 2005 Comeback Special, Edinburgh Fringe, Stand-up hour.
2004, At Home With The Howards, Edinburgh Fringe
2003, The Big Howard Little Howard Show,Edinburgh Fringe, Perrier Nomination, National Tour, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, New York run and HBO Aspen Comedy Festival.
2002, Howard Read; Words And Pictures,Edinburgh Fringe, National Tour, Combined stand-up and Animation live show.
Online
Two Posh Old Men, UKTV online, a series of 30 short cartoons about two old men, 2001
Bird On A Wire, UKTV online, a series of short cartoons about birds on a telephone wire getting possessed by the conversations that passed through it, 2000
Polar Bears In A Snowstorm, Online and on BBC2. Winner of the BBC New Comedy Award for Animation, 2001.
Books
2010, Little Howard’s Big Book, Friday Project Books/Harper Collins (writer, illustrator)
2007, Little Howard’s Unpleasant Lullaby, Friday Project Books/Harper Collins (writer, illustrator)
Awards
2011 Winner Best Children’s TV Script, Writer’s Guild Award for Little Howard’s Big Question.
2007 Tuborg Musical Comedy Award Nomination for comedy songs
2006 Best Children’s Show Nomination, Brighton Fringe Awardfor Little Howard And The Magic Pencil Of Life And Death
2006 Winner Best Family Show, Buxton Fringe Awards for Little Howard And The Magic Pencil Of Life And Death
2004 Best Innovation Nomination, The Chortle Awards for The Big Howard Little Howard Show.
2003 Perrier Award Nomination for The Big Howard Little Howard Show.
2001 Winner BBC New Comedy Award for Animation for Polar Bears In A Snowstorm.
1999 Winner Fringe Choice Award for Comic Song Mrs Grimshaw




