Amelia Gething: the TikTok star breaking into the BBC
by Tara Conlan from Technology | The Guardian on (#4RY7V)
Public broadcaster launches show led by 20-year-old comedian with 7m followers aiming to attract younger viewers
She has 7 million followers on video app TikTok and the BBC is pinning its hopes on her new female-led sketch show winning it teen viewers but Amelia Gething says she still encounters "cavemen" comments about women comedians.
The 20-year-old's forthcoming BBC youth series The Amelia Gething Complex counters pre-conceived ideas about female comedians with its surreal Monty Python and League of Gentlemen style of humour.
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