[3] The Sony Gold citation said: "Assured direction, excellent performances and concise, skilfully-researched writing all made this deceptively straightforward story a masterpiece.
The Sony Gold citation said: "The judges described this as a wonderfully written and performed, highly original piece of radio drama in which the production perfectly mirrored the subject.
[4] Canny was listed as the Executive Producer of the winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Sony Awards for Best Comedy in 2011.
[7] Plays written include: A Dulditch Angel,[8] Spyski (revived as The Importance of Being Honest),[9] Origins,[10] No Wise Men,[11] The Hound of the Baskervilles[1] The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society,[12] and The Time Machine; A Comedy (nominated for an Olivier Award 2024).
[15] There he has been the Executive Producer of Mammoth, Miller's Mountain[16] (winner Scottish BAFTA Best Comedy 2014),[17] Bob Servant (winner Best Comedy RTS Scotland Award),[18] Don't Drop the Baton,[19] Comedy Playhouse: Where it All Began,[20] What's Funny about the Indyref,[21] Still Game Live,[22] Radges,[23] Sketchland, Two Doors Down (winner Best Comedy RTS Scotland Award),[24] Mrs Brown's Boys (winner of BAFTA, Scottish BAFTA, IFTA, RTS and National Television Award),[25] Gary: Tank Commander Election Special,[26] Stop/Start,[27] Porridge,[28] Pumped,[29] British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves,[30] A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong,[31] Lost Sitcoms[32] and Still Game series 7, 8 & 9.