Writing Stuff
I'm a writer. Mostly I write comedy programmes for television. It's usually sitcoms, but I've also written (and performed) in sketch shows, and script-edited on factual series. I also write for radio and video games. Once long ago I even toured theatre, and performed live comedy.
All kinds of famous people have been in things that I've written, and their pictures are scattered around these pages until their agents contact me and tell me to remove them. Until then, let's hope that some of their celebrity glory rubs off and makes me look good.
Here's a list of a few of the things I've done, sometimes with my comedy writing partner James Griffiths, and sometimes not. Click on each title for more information:
Hotel Trubble
Production Company: CBBC
Broadcast: BBC1, 2010
We wrote two episodes of this brilliantly mental CBBC sitcom; "Hello Dolly" in Season 2, and "Offensive" in Season 3. I also script-polished the final five episodes in Season 3.
Summer in Transylvania
Production Company: RDF
Broadcast: Nickelodeon UK, 2010
A sitcom about a family who move to Transylvania and end up at school with vampires, werewolves and zombies. We wrote one episode, Kiss of the Wolfboy, and I polished a further script.
Jinx
Production Company: Kindle
Broadcast: CBBC & BBC2, 2009
We wrote four episodes of this CBBC sitcom based on The Lulu Baker trilogy, about a girl with a magic cookbook and an anarchic fairy godmother. These were: Sweet Taste of Success, Ratatorquil, Honey You Were Fabulous, and Cake Expectations (the Christmas Special). I also script-polished a further two episodes.
My Spy Family
Production Company: Kindle
Broadcast: Boomerang, 2008
"The Trophy Affair" - one episode of the international hit kid's sitcom about a family of retired secret agents attempting to live a normal life in Batley.
Trexx & Flipside
Production Company: Hanrahan Media
Broadcast: BBC3 & BBC2, 2008
"Resplendent" - one episode of the hip hop sitcom, guest starring Reginald D Hunter as an insane music producer.
Placebo
Production Company: BBC Comedy North
Broadcast: BBC3, 2008
I wrote this sitcom set in a clinical tirals unit, starring Maxine Peake, Katy Brand, and Nick Mohammed.
Skin Deep
Production Company: Celador
Broadcast: Channel 4, 2005
Comedy Lab sitcom about a mis-matched tattoo artist and body piercer forced to share a studio. Starring Steve Oram, Tom Meeten, Katherine Jakeways, and Ian Boldsworth.
Facing Up
Production Company: Celador
Broadcaster: ITV 2003
ITV sitcom pilot starring Mark Heap, Samantha Janus, John Thompson, and Tom Watt.
The 11 O'Clock Show
Production Company: Talkback
Broadcast: Channel 4, 2000
I wrote (and designed) a web-based comedy spot on the classic late night comedy show.
Electric Babylon
Production Company: Paramount Comedy Channel
Broadcast: Paramount Comedy Channel, 1998
Along with comedy partners James Griffiths and Jamie Sefton, I wrote and performed in several two minute "interstitial" sketches, including Celine Dion vs The Prodigy (with me as Keith Flint), and Radiohead's World Cup anthem, Save Us England.
Comedy Nation
Production Company: BBC Entertainment
Broadcast: BBC2, 1998
'90s BBC2 sketch show for breaking comedy talent, including the likes of Mitchell & Webb, Omid Djalili, Ronnie Ancona, Sally Phillips, Kevin Eldon, Stephen Merchant, and Julia Davies. We wrote and performed a lot of music-based comedy, including our sickeningly dumb boy band, Boy2Boy.
Malice - Argonaut
Production Company: Argonaut
Platform: X-Box and PS2, 2004
This was a video game about a wise-cracking teenage goddess with a giant hammer.
