PRAISE FOR WIT TANK:
★★★★★
“I HAVEN’T READ THIS BOOK SO I CAN HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT!”
BRIAN MURPHY, SITCOM LEGEND
(incl. George & Mildred, Lame Ducks, Last of the Summer Wine, Man About the House, Mrs Merton & Malcolm)
★★★★★
“IT’S FIVE STARS FROM ME!”
DAZ SAMPSON, SINGER-SONGWRITER & RECORD PRODUCER
(incl. Kung Fu Fighting, Out of Touch, Rhinestone Cowboy, represented the UK at Eurovision in 2006)
★★★★★
“HYSTERICALLY FUNNY NONSENSE FROM START TO FINISH. LAUGH? I NEARLY SHAT.”
PETER TYLER, MODEL UNIT & MOTION CONTROL OPERATOR & DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
(incl. Aliens, Atonement, Batman, Doctor Who, Film on Four, Lost in Space, The NeverEnding Story, Red Dwarf)
★★★★★
“EVERY LINE CRAFTED AND BURSTING WITH ZINGY WORD WIZARDRY TO BRING US A GENIUS AND BRILLIANTLY FUNNY CHARACTER OF OUR TIMES, A WONDERFULLY WELL-OBSERVED ANTI-HERO. BEGGING FOR A SCREEN ADAPTATION. WHAT A DEBUT!”
SUSAN LEWIS, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
(at a world-renowned drama school in the City of London, 2010-2026)
★★★★★
“GRIPPING, BITTERSWEET AND UNFLINCHINGLY HONEST, SUCKER-PUNCHED BY TRIPLE-FRIED COMEDY GOLD. AN ABSOLUTE TRIUMPH. YOU’LL BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO WIT TANK.”
VIDEOSYNCRASY
★★★★★
“HILARIOUS, WITH STRONG VIBES OF DOUGLAS ADAMS. A COMEDIC, MYSTERIOUS ONION, WITH HIDDEN LAYERS SLOWLY UNRAVELING. HITS YOU IN THE FEELS AND REALLY PACKS A PUNCH. A MASTERPIECE OF PURE GENIUS.”
ANDREW KANE, TV PRODUCER & SITCOM WRITER
(incl. Madame Detective, Stuck in Suburbia, Tea Time)
★★★★★
“TOP-TIER COMEDY. READS LIKE A SITCOM.”
JASON LOVE, COMEDY EDITOR, WRITER & FILMMAKER
(incl. Herbivore Histories and comedy editor for Comedy Central for ~13 years)
★★★★★
“A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT. SO WELL WRITTEN AND SO HEARTFELT. HAD ME HOWLING LAUGHING ON THE TRAIN.”
AJANTIS, ARTIST, DESIGNER & FILMMAKER
(incl. Concealed Identity, The Manyoshu, Roll Into The Night, Twist the Rule)
★★★★★
“BETTER READ THAN SMEG. FUN, FUN, FUN IN ALL WEATHERS. SUBLIME’S COMING HOME!”
BROMLEY HONEY, POET
(incl. Cliffhanger Ending, Like Clockwork, Ode to Perdition, Tin Man)
★★★★★
“TOP-HOLE HUMOUR. SHARP AS FRESH LEMONADE. TICKLES THE RIBS. PRIMES THE PUMP. KEEPS THE HEART TICKING ALONG NICELY DESPITE THE TEARING PULL ON ITS DELICATE STRINGS. DROWNS ALL RECENT TV COMEDY-CHANNEL OFFERINGS IN A SEA OF THEIR OWN PUTRID SLOP.”
WALTER BLOOM, STAR OF STAGE AND SCREEN
(incl. Camelot, Hell’s Kitchen, In Life, Macbeth, Screwloose Women)
★★★★★
“IF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS YEAR, YOU SHOULD READ MORE BOOKS.”
BLAKE NEALE, WRITER, DESIGNER & DIRECTOR
(incl. Wit Tank, short films Sleep and Sprung, and as “lead” designer, ident director and volunteer script editor & writer
for Comedy Central for ~17 years)
★★★★★
“BLAKE’S ALWAYS HAD A WAY WITH WORDS.”
BLAKE’S MUM
★★★★★
“CAN’T YOU RECORD IT AS AN AUDIOBOOK TO SAVE ME FROM HAVING TO READ IT?”
BLAKE’S DAD
★★★★★
“A HILARIOUS DEBUT NOVEL.”
COLIN COLLINS, COPYWRITER & MAGICIAN
(copywriter for Graylor-Curtis & Nye Associates)
★★★★★
“CONTAINS SOME OF THE MOST ELOQUENTLY CRAFTED NOB JOKES THAT YOU’LL EVER READ.”
BENEDICT TRACY, DESIGNER & WRITER
PRAISE FOR SOME OF BLAKE’S OTHER CREATIVE ENDEAVOURS
FOR HIS RED DWARF TRIBUTE MUSIC VIDEO, NOISE FROM THE DWARF :
REACHED FRONT PAGE OF THE POKE & AWARDED “SUPERCUT” STATUS
THE POKE
(the UK’s biggest humour site)
“EXCELLENT. A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION VIDEO.”
REDDWARF.CO.UK
(official home of Red Dwarf )
“THIS IS TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD.”
BBC
(using Blake’s video to help promote the upcoming new series)
“BRILLIANT.”
CHRIS BARRIE, ACTOR & VOICE ARTIST
(incl. The Brittas Empire, Red Dwarf, Son of Cliché, Spitting Image)
“CHRIST, HE’S BIG, IN’ HE?”
CRAIG CHARLES (RE BLAKE, NOT JESUS), ACTOR, COMEDIAN, DJ, POET, AND PRESENTER
(incl. Coronation Street, Red Dwarf)
“THIS GUY REALLY KNOWS HIS SHIT.”
DANNY JOHN-JULES, ACTOR, DANCER, AND SINGER
(incl. Death in Paradise, M.I. High, Red Dwarf)
“[A] RATHER IMPRESSIVE RED DWARF (USING YOUTHFUL PHRASE) #MASHUP”
ROBERT LLEWELLYN, ACTOR, COMEDIAN, PRESENTER, AND WRITER
(incl. Carpool, The Man on Platform 5, Punchbag, Red Dwarf)
“FABULOUS. THIS COULD WELL BE THE GREATEST FAN MADE RED DWARF CREATION EVER.”
ANDREW ELLARD, PRODUCER, SCRIPT EDITOR & SCRIPT WRITER
(incl. script editor and DVD director for Red Dwarf)
★★★★★
“A WORK OF ART. SOLID-GOLD AWESOME.”
RICARDO AUTOBAHN, PRODUCER, SONGWRITER & MUSICIAN
(incl. Cognoscenti vs. Intelligentsia, Rhinestone Cowboy, Yippie-I-Oh, and co-wrote & produced the UK’s 2006 Eurovision entry)
★★★★★
“MASTERFULLY DONE.”
AJANTIS, ARTIST, DESIGNER & FILMMAKER
(incl. Concealed Identity, The Manyoshu, Roll Into The Night, Twist the Rule)
“A MASTERPIECE OF RECYCLED FOOTAGE; AN UNOFFICIAL PROMO PIECE FOR THE NEW SERIES WHICH SUGGESTS THAT ALL THE PR CAMPAIGNS UNDER THE SUN COULD NEVER MATCH UP TO THE LOVE, CARE AND DEDICATION OF A PROPER FAN.”
GANYMEDE & TITAN
(the ultimate Red Dwarf fan site)
“BLAKE CLEARLY BEING A F*CKING AWESOME EDITOR.”
IAN SYMES, HEAD OF DIGITAL,
AND GANYMEDE & TITAN FOUNDER
“AMAZING.”
JOHN J. HOARE, TV COMEDY JOURNALIST, BROADCAST INCIDENT MANAGER, AND FORMER PLAYOUT DIRECTOR
(incl. Dirty Feed, Ofla)
PRAISE FOR BLAKE’S ANIMATED SHORT FILM, SPRUNG:
REACHED FRONT PAGE
METRO.CO.UK
★★★★★
“PURE GENIUS.”
CHI CHOW, ANIMATOR
(incl. for Cartoon Network, MTV)
★★★★★
“HILARIOUS.”
RICHARD BATESON, COMEDY CENTRAL VICE PRESIDENT
★★★★★
“MAGNIFICENT! REAL CRAFT AND EXEMPLARY STORYTELLING.”
RICHARD KOVITCH, FILMMAKER & WRITER
(incl. Denizens, Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows, The Sacrifice, Seconds, Vranyo)
“IT DOES NOT RELATE BACK TO ANY OF OUR ORIGINAL WORK OR INVOKE ANY OF OUR COPYRIGHTED WORK.”
AARDMAN ANIMATIONS, ANIMATION STUDIO
(incl. Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit)
PRAISE FOR BLAKE’S SHORT FILM, SLEEP :
OPENED THE SUBURBAN SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL
“AN INCREDIBLY WELL-SHOT FILM.”
PETER TYLER, MODEL UNIT & MOTION CONTROL OPERATOR & DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
(incl. Aliens, Atonement, Batman, Doctor Who, Film on Four, Lost in Space, The NeverEnding Story, Red Dwarf)
★★★★★
“THIS MASTERFUL FILM TAKES ON A VERY DARK AND SINISTER ATMOSPHERE THROUGHOUT, ACCOMPANIED BY AN EERIE SOUNDTRACK, WHICH MAKES FOR AN EXCELLENT SHORT.”
CHRIS TIDMARSH, FILMMAKER
★★★★★
“DISGUSTINGLY GOOD.”
JOE DALE, FILMMAKER
★★★★★
“SLEEP WILL KEEP YOU AWAKE AT NIGHT.”
JAMES NEWMAN
★★★★★
“WILL LEAVE VIEWERS DUMBFOUNDED.”
ZOË BORDER
★★★★★
“PURE GENIUS.”
DANETTE DAVILA
★★★★★
“FANTASTIC.”
JO EYRE, WRITER
PRESS HIGHLIGHTS:
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