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name: "Abigail Dankwa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/abigail-dankwa"
fi1m_id: "abigail-dankwa"
tmdb_id: 3315513
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T17:19:05.121674+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Abigail Dankwa

## Identity

Abigail Dankwa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/abigail-dankwa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** abigail-dankwa
- **TMDB ID:** 3315513
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3315513

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3315513

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Have I Got News for You*](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Abigail Dankwa is a British television director specialising in multi-camera studio and fixed-rig work. She trained at the National Film and Television School.

She has directed episodes of *Have I Got News for You* since 2022, as well as series including *Pointless* (2023–), *Pointless Celebrities*, *Lingo* and *Paul Sinha's TV Showdown*. Other credits include *The World According to Kaleb: On Tour* (2024) and *Grayson's Art Club*.

Dankwa directed the BAFTA-winning *Life and Rhymes* and the RTS Award-winning revival of *The Big Breakfast*. She was named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit in 2020 and worked on the London 2012 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, abigaildankwa.com, metro.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Have I Got News for You* (1990), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/have-i-got-news-for-you.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The World According to Kaleb - On Tour* (2024), Director
- *Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy* (2021), Director

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