Emma Kennedy

Actor and writer · Born May 28, 1967 (59) · Corby, Northamptonshire, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Emma Kennedy (born Elizabeth Emma Williams 28 May 1967, Corby, Northamptonshire) is an English television presenter, actress and writer. She was educated at Hitchin Girls' School and St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. At Oxford in 1987, she worked with (among others) Richard Herring and Stewart Lee in comedy troupes the Seven Raymonds and The Oxford Revue. She used to present The Real Holiday Show on Channel 4. She has since made appearances in TV comedies Goodness Gracious Me, This Morning With Richard Not Judy (again with Lee and Herring), Jonathan Creek alongside Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin, People Like Us (with Chris Langham) and hit BBC comedy The Smoking Room, along with appearing in several of The Mark Steel Lectures, as well as in several plays and radio shows. She was also a movie reviewer on Five's Terry and Gaby Show. In addition to this, she has made several appearances on Big Brother's Little Brother. Kennedy has written for radio, television and the theatre. She provided voices for The Comic Side of 7 Days and was a regular on the BBC Radio 2 comedy That Was Then, This Is Now with Richard Herring. She appeared in the movie Notes on a Scandal and also appears in the Five series Suburban Shootout and Suburban Shootout 2: Clackers at Dawn. She now appears as a regular on the popular podcast As It Occurs To Me. Her first book How To Bring Up Your Parents was published in August 2007. It is loosely based on her blog. Her second book, The Tent, The Bucket and Me is based on her childhood camping experiences and was published in April 2009. Her first children's book, Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Frozen Hearts was released in July 2009. Her second children's book, Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Putrid Poison was released in July 2010. The third book in the series Wilma Tenderfoot and the Case of the Fatal Phantom is due for release in November 2010 and the follow-up to The Tent, The Bucket and Me - provisionally entitled I Left My Tent In San Francisco - was released in May 2011. Emma announced on Twitter in July 2009 that she has been signed up to write a further three books. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emma Kennedy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

What are Emma Kennedy's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Themes

share of theme weight

Bonds

40%

Society

27%

Self

19%

Power

7%

Ideas

6%

Community5 Family bonds3 Friendship3 Identity2 Isolation2

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Heroas Becky Butters in Strange Hill High (2013)

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

6

Warm

5

Absurd

4

Thrilling

2

Contemplative

1

Other

2

How their films linger

Fun7 Feel-good5 Cozy2

How their films end

Happy2
Bittersweet3
Ambiguous1
Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Emma Kennedy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Also on these channels

Ameba1 title, show their title on Ameba
Kartoon Channel1 title, show their title on Kartoon Channel

Subscription and free streaming for Emma Kennedy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

23 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Lloyd of the Flies(2022)
Show 3 episodes · Writer
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Lovely Little Farm(2022)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows(2019)
as Shannon
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Waffle the Wonder Dog(2018)
Show Writer
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows
The Kennedys(2015)
Show Creator · Writer
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Danger Mouse(2015)
Show 1 episode · Writer
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows
Strange Hill High(2013)
Show 26 episodes · Writer · as Becky Butters (voice)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Arthur Christmas(2011)
as Elf (voice)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
A Very British Cult (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
as Claire
Notes on a Scandal(2006)
as Linda
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Not Going Out(2006)
Show 1 episode · as Reverend Jenkins
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Rabbit Fever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
as Dr Emily Reed
Suburban Shootout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Show 14 episodes · Actor
The Comic Side of 7 Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Show 19 episodes · Actor
The Smoking Room(2004)
Show 9 episodes · Actor
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Celebrity Mastermind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 1 episode · Actor
The Terry and Gaby Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Show 4 episodes · Actor
Rescue Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Show 1 episode · as Deborah
People Like Us(1999)
Show 1 episode · as Elaine Richards · as WPC Jane Thaw
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
This Morning with Richard Not Judy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Show 18 episodes · Actor
Goodness Gracious Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Show 5 episodes · Actor
Jonathan Creek(1997)
Show 1 episode · as Christine
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Planet Mirth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Show 19 episodes · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 62^nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 21 titles from 1987 to 2022; peak year 2006.

Highest rated

The Smoking Room (2004)

Midcredits 86^th

Film career

19872022

Peak 2006 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

2006Screen debut· Notes on a Scandal

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting18 of 21 · 85^thWriting3 of 21Other crew1 of 21

By decade

1980s1 · acting1990s4 · acting2000s10 · acting2010s5 · 3 acting · 3 crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Emma Kennedy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Emma Kennedy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Oswin shares the most, 3.