Barunka is a writer for stage, film, TV and radio.
After creating and writing both series of the sketch show SCHOOL OF COMEDY for Channel 4, in 2012 Barunka teamed up with Jess Hynes to write two series of Suffragette sitcom UP THE WOMEN for BBC2.
Barunka’s love of all things past then led her to co-write both series of the BAFTA and Comedy Award-winning HUNDERBY for Sky Atlantic, continuing her collaboration with Julia Davis on BAFTA-nominated CAMPING and BAFTA-winning SALLY 4 EVER in 2019.
In 2021 Barunka applied her talents to a new genre, co-creating and writing mini series THE TEACHER. Starring Sheridan Smith, it is Channel 5’s highest-rating drama to date.
Barunka’s new adaptation of Molière’s THE MISER for Radio 3 earned its star Toby Jones a 2023 BBC Audio Drama Award nomination for Best Actor.
In 2022, Barunka won a Scripted Comedy BAFTA for smash hit BBC1 sitcom MOTHERLAND.
Current projects include A HOLE, a dark comedy series based on her Czech/Irish childhood, a feature in development with Screen Ireland and a multi-generational family drama.
Having started her career as a performer/deviser in theatre and live comedy, Barunka will occasionally do a turn, if asked nicely.