Esther Manito

Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Self - Contestant

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.

Drama Series - 2011, 16 episodes • as Self - Participant

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes • as Guest

A British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London.

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Self

Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.

Drama Series - 2019, 16 episodes • as Self

A new approach to stand up and sketch comedy, featuring established routines by some of the nation’s most popular comedians alongside brand new material from Britain’s up and coming talent. Each sketch starts on stage with a comedian telling their story, before it transforms into a surreal dramatisation of the material with the comedian playing themselves alongside comedic actors and all dialogue being lip-synced.

Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Self

In her award-winning stand-up show, Esther Manito (Live At The Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show) looks back at the era of lad mags, landlines and cock-n-ball graffiti. A time where the media said her Middle Eastern heritage was filled with misogynistic men, whereas the West absolutely had (and still has) sexism sorted. Has lad culture really improved? Does 90s Essex have the answers?

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self

A documentary following five comedians: Amy Gledhill, Sikisa, Josh Jones, Lily Phillips and Anthony DeVito at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022. A funny, intimate showcase of what it's like for comedians to bring their debut show to the festival.

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • as Self

Wife, Mother, Arab, British, Muslim...Esther is on a mission to show you what life is like when you can't meet the expectations of your identity. From battling ridiculous comments online to facing head-on confrontations in person, in this assured and witty debut Esther asks what happens if you decide to reject the role of the Crusader.