David Spicer (writer)

David Spicer is a writer, perhaps best known for his BBC Radio 4 comedy series. He has also written for game shows and panel shows and television comedies. He may also be the author of the play Superheroes, ^{[1] [2]} based on the protest group Fathers for Justice .

Works

BBC Radio 4 comedy series

• Double Income, No Kids Yet (18 episodes, ^[3] 2001-2003)
• Three Off the Tee ^[4] (12 episodes, ^[5] 2005-2006)
• Me and Joe ^{[6] [7]} (2008, an afternoon play)
• 28 Minutes to Save the NHS ^[8] (4 episodes, ^[9] 2002)

Game and panel shows

He has written for a number of games shows and panel shows, including:

• Win My Wage (2007)
• That'll Test 'Em ^{[ citation needed ]} (2006)
• Nobody Likes a Smartass ^[10] (2003)
• No Win No Fee ^[11] (2001)
• RTFP ^[12] (short-lived Radio 4 panel game, 1998, ^[13] co-written with Steve Gribbin ^[14] )
• Quizland ^[15] (BBC 7, a 21-part quiz series for children from 4 to 6 years old)
• Hot Gas (script editor)

TV comedy series

He has written for a number of comedy TV series including:

• Comedy Lab (1999)
• Give Your Mate a Break ^{[16] [ better source needed ]} (1999)
• Armstrong and Miller (1997)
• Saturday Live (1996)
• Barrymore (1991)

References

1. Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Superheroes : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
2. "Additional performances of Superheroes from Arts-Archive.com". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
3. "Double Income No Kids Yet (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com.
4. "BBC - (none) - Three off the Tee - 8 December 2006". www.bbc.co.uk.
5. "Three Off the Tee (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com.
6. "Me and Joe, Afternoon Drama - BBC Radio 4". BBC.
7. "Synopsis for Me and Joe at LocateTV.com". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013.
8. Steel, N (2002). "Radio: 28 Minutes to Save the NHS". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 324 (7335): 491a–491. doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7335.491/a. PMC   1122416 .
9. "Twenty-Eight Minutes to Save the NHS (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com.
10. "RDF Television description of Nobody Likes a Smartass". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
11. "No Win, No Fee". 4 May 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
12. Sumner, James. "radiohaha -- RTFP". Angelfire .
13. "RTFP (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com.
14. "Steve Gribbins Biography". Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
15. 2007 Issue of Clean Feed Archived 2008-11-13 at the Wayback Machine , discussing Quizland and mentioning Hot Gas
16. "Give Your Mate a Break" – via www.imdb.com.

External links

• David Spicer at IMDb