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Street Catharine"s College.
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Paul Mayhew-Archer
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Before becoming a script writer for the British Broadcasting Corporation, Mayhew-Archer worked in radio as a producer of comedy programmes, and before that as an English teacher. His most notable works are The Vicar of Dibley (main co-writer with Richard Curtis, the series" creator) and My Hero (main co-writer with creator Paul Mendelson), although he has also script-edited Old Harry"s Game (which he also produces), Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Grownups, Home Again, Coming of Age and Big Top, as well as for the first series of Miranda. Episodes of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps contain scenes set in fictional pubs called The Mayhew (first series only) and The Archer, both named after him.
He co-wrote Roald Dahl"s Esio Trot for British Broadcasting Corporation One.
Foreign radio he also wrote An Actor"s Life for Maine a short-lived comedy series starring John Gordon Sinclair, playing the part of a struggling young actor. In addition, Mayhew-Archer appeared on screen in an episode of Drop the Dead Donkey (1996) and as a Life Insurance Officer in the first episode of the second series of Mistress
Brown"s Boys.
