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He attended a public school in London before graduating from the University of Manchester, where he met his writing partner Jesse Armstrong.
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Sam Bain
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Collaborations with Jesse Armstrong They went on to create and write Peep Show, British Broadcasting Corporation One sitcom The Old Guys, and most recently Channel 4 comedy-dramas Fresh Meat and Babylon. They also wrote for the Radio Four sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound, starring Peep Show"s two main actors David Mitchell and Robert Webb, and its British Broadcasting Corporation Two adaptation That Mitchell and Webb Look. To date, Bain and Armstrong have written two films together — the 2007 comedy Magicians, and, alongside Chris Morris, the 2010 terrorism satire Four Lions.
In 2012 both Bain and Armstrong were featured on the television industry journal Broadcast"s "Hot 100" list, highlighting the most successful people in United Kingdom television
In 2012 Bain and Armstrong wrote the Channel 4 comedy pilot Bad Sugar, a spoof of Dynasty-style soap operas, which starred Olivia Colman, Julia Davis and Sharon Horgan, all of whom also co-conceived the show.
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