Education
Born in Surrey, he attended Boston Grammar School and Oakham School before studying at Street Hugh"s College, Oxford, and training as a director at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal National Theatre Studio.
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Career
Was broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation Choice. His Edinburgh work has included work with Pegabovine and Girl and Dean, Moon The Loon (a play about Keith Moon), the sell-out children"s shows Potted Potter, Potted Pirates, which he co-wrote, and Silly Billy Bum Breath. In 2004 he directed Bill Hicks: Slight Return, which he co-wrote with Chas Early.
The play suggests what would happen if Bill Hicks returned to Earth for one final show.
The show toured extensively in the United Kingdom, including four West End runs, and also appeared in Éire, Belgium and Australia. In 2010 he co-wrote and directed Potted Panto, which opened at the Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, and subsequently transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre, London, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment.
He has also worked extensively with Miranda Hart as a writer, director and script editors He co-wrote seventeen episodes of the multi-award-winning Miranda for BBC2, having script edited the first episode.
Other television work includes writing three episodes of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl for Tiger Aspect for ITV2 / Showtime.
In March 2013 Bluestone 42, which he co-wrote and co-created with James Cary, was broadcast by the British Broadcasting Corporation. lieutenant was subsequently renewed for its second (2014) and third (2015) seasons.
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Membership
He was a founding member of the sketch group The Four Horsemen, whose series This Is People’s!.
