Kate Copstick

Kate Copstick is a Paisley-born Scottish actress, television presenter, writer, critic, director and producer.

Career

She is best known for her roles on the children's TV shows No. 73 and ChuckleVision. She also played Marlene Marlowe in Marlene Marlowe Investigates and performed as part of the ensemble cast of former Saturday morning kid's show, On the Waterfront. Copstick executive produced Natural Born Racers TV series that follows the Virgin Media R6 cup which is currently filming its fifth series.

Copstick is also well known as a commentator on human sexuality. After years writing for the Erotic Review, she enjoyed it so much she bought the company.

At the Edinburgh Fringe, she was a Perrier Comedy Award judge in 2003 and 2004 and a Malcolm Hardee Award judge in 2008-2015. She is also chief comedy reviewer for The Scotsman newspaper. She lends her voice to the announcements at Fort William train station.

Recently she has been spending much time in Kenya working with HIV+ women and their families. Through CWAC (Children With AIDS Charity), of which she is vice-chair, she has most recently started Mama Biashara ("Business Mother") working to set these women up in small businesses thus making them financially independent. She made Positive Thinking for BBC1 – the UK's first television documentary on children and HIV/AIDS for children. She is a patron of the Waverley Care Trust.

Filmography

Actress

• The Basil Brush Show (1 episode, 2003)
• ChuckleVision (10 episodes, 1992–2000)
• Marlene Marlowe Investigates (1993) TV series
• A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1 episode, 1992)
• On the Waterfront (12 episodes, 1988)
• No. 73 (20 episodes, 1986–1987)

Writer

• Hotel Getaway (8 episodes, 2000–2003)
• On the Waterfront (24 episodes, 1988–1989)
• Lose A Million

Self

• Show Me the Funny (2011) - Judge (TV)
• Dawn Goes Lesbian (2008) - Instructor
• The If.comedy Awards: A Comedy Cuts Special (2007) (TV)
• RIP 2002 (2002) (TV)
• Hotel Getaway (1 episode, 2000)
• No Kidding (1991) - Presenter
• Crosswits - Regular Panelist
• On the Waterfront (12 episodes, 1989)
• So You Want to be Top? (1983) (TV)- Co-host

Bibliography

• Masterclass: Girl on Girl: Erotic Print Society, Jan 2008. ISBN 1-904989-40-3 - ISBN 978-1-904989-40-0
• Porn Week: Erotic Print Society, May 2007. ISBN 1-904989-31-4 - ISBN 978-1-904989-31-8
• The Illustrated Book of Sapphic Sex: Erotic Print Society, May 2000. ISBN 1-898998-25-6 - ISBN 978-1-898998-25-9

External links

• Kate Copstick at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview
• Edinburgh Festival 2008 video blog
• Links to articles by Kate Copstick
• RDF Management
• UK Gameshows
• TV.com
• Bobbysgirl Productions

• Women can't write about sex?
• Editorial Team
• CWAC's Board of Trustees