Allan “Seapa” Mustafa wins Best Performance in a Comedy at the RTS North West Awards 2022

28 Oct

Ben Murray and Lara Singer collect the award for Best Performance in a Comedy on behalf of Allan "Seapa" Mustafa at the RTS North West Awards 2022 — Ben Murray and Lara Singer collect the award for Best Performance in a Comedy on behalf of Allan "Seapa" Mustafa at the awards ceremony.

The award for Peacock was announced at a ceremony in Manchester on Saturday 26 November.

We’re thrilled that Allan “Seapa” Mustafa has been recognised by the RTS North West Awards 2022 by being awarded Best Performance in a Comedy for his role as Andy Peacock in the BBC Three comedy Peacock, which aired earlier this year.

Written by Steve Stamp and Ben Murray, Peacock is the story of Andy, a personal trainer at Sportif Leisure in the midst of an identity crisis. His world is one of selfies, bravado and gym memberships, where vanity and success are often horribly entangled. When Andy loses out on a job promotion to a younger, better looking PT, he suddenly realises he’s a man out of time. He needs to prove that there’s more to him than his good looks and his well curated dating profile. He sets out to prove that he can be taken seriously. But can he?

Allan ‘Seapa’ Mustafa (People Just Do Nothing) stars as Andy Peacock, Lucien Laviscount (Emily in Paris) as Jay, Thomas Gray (Absolutely Fine) as Spooner, Susan Wokoma (Year of the Rabbit) as Liz, Callie Cooke (The Stranger) as Carly, Mandeep Dhillon (After Life) as Georgia and Sophia Di Martino (Loki) as Blue.

Peacock, which was also nominated for Best Comedy Programme, is a Big Talk production created by Steve Stamp and Ben Murray for BBC Three and BBC iPlayer. The series (3x30’) is directed by Freddie Waters (Waiting) and produced by Lara Singer (Behind The Filter). Executive Producers are Saurabh Kakkar, Kenton Allen, and Matthew Justice for Big Talk. The series has been commissioned by Fiona Campbell for BBC Three and BBC Comedy. Seb Barwell is the Commissioning Editor for the BBC.

BBC Studios are the international distributors. Big Talk is a part of ITV Studios.

For a complete list of nominees and winners, please see the RTS North West Awards 2022 website.