Chewing Gum (TV series) 31 October 2016. In August 2014, Channel 4 announced that Coel was to star in and write a new sitcom called "Chewing Gum", inspired by her play "Chewing Gum Dreams". "C4 Comedy Blaps" were released as teasers in September 2014, and the series began on E4 in October 2015. Her performance earned her the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2016; she also won a BAFTA for Breakthrough Talent for writing the show. "Chewing Gum" received overwhelmingly positive reviews. Series one premiered on 6 October 2015 until 10 November 2015. On 3 December 2015, E4 ordered
John Mason Brown that the prize go to Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf". He was inducted, posthumously, into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. John Mason Brown John Mason Brown (July 3, 1900 – March 16, 1969) was an American drama critic and author. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he graduated from Harvard College in 1923. He worked for the "New York Evening Post" from 1929 to 1941. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, beginning in 1942. His book, "To All Hands", documents his activities aboard the "USS Ancon" (AGC-4) during Operation