‘It helped me through dark moments’: the male comedians

After the runaway success of Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer, fellow standup Mark O’Sullivan has a new sitcom about personal pain

Comedian Mark O’Sullivan was sexually assaulted by a member of his extended family when he was 12 years old. In his 30s, he reported the abuse to the police and, following a court case, the perpetrator was convicted and jailed.

Now 47, O’Sullivan is addressing this painful part of his past through his comedy. A documentary My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom, will be screened on Channel 4, with the accompanying sitcom streaming online.