James Cary (writer)

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James Cary is a British television and radio writer.

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Career

Cary is the creator and writer of BBC Radio 4's Sony Radio Academy Awards Silver Award-winning comedy series, Think the Unthinkable (four series) and lead writer on the sketch show, Concrete Cow. Cary co-created and co-wrote the BBC Three series Bluestone 42 with Richard Hurst. [1] He has also written for My Hero , My Family and co-written two radio series with comedian Milton Jones, as well as contributing to a number of sketch shows and children's and animation programmes. His radio comedy series Hut 33 about Bletchley Park boffins, starring Robert Bathurst and Olivia Colman, ran for three series. [2] He has contributed to some episodes of Miranda , the television version of the comedy show Miranda Hart's Joke Shop which was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award.

His script editing work includes Almost Never (CBBC), Recorded For Training Purposes (BBC Radio 4), Gigglebiz (CBeebies) and Mr Bloom's Nursery (CBeebies).

Books

In 2013 he published his first book, Death By Civilisation, based on articles written for the magazine Third Way . [3]

In 2014 he published a novel, Crossword Ends In Violence. [4]

In 2019 he published the Sacred Art of Joking and in 2021 he published The Gospel according to a Sitcom Writer both of which provide an unlikely mix of comedy and religious commentary.

Sitcom Geek

James has been blogging and podcasting about the mechanics of writing sitcoms, in his blog Sitcom Geek [5] since 2010, and his podcast since 2015, Sitcom Geeks [6] with fellow comedy writer Dave Cohen.

Personal

Cary has a degree in Theology from Durham University ( Hatfield College ). [7] [8]

In April 2017, he was identified as one of the very few pro-Brexit comedians in the United Kingdom, noting that other comedians should be wary of pointing out that people like him might be 'backward, nationalistic and patriotic and racist'. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Bluestone 42 - BBC3 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.
  2. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Hut 33 - Radio 4 Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.
  3. ↑ "Death By Civilisation". David Higham Associates. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Connor, Alan (9 June 2014). "Crossword blog: a novel about the D-day crossword enigma". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sitcom Geek". sitcomgeek.blogspot.com. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sitcom Geeks". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Cooper & Cary Have Biographies". Cooper & Cary. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "James Cary". Twitter . 9 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020. Hello! Yes. I failed to get into Cambridge (twice) and went to Durham. I was technically in a college (Hatfield. Sorry) & theoretically studied Theology.
  9. ↑ Sillito, David (5 April 2017). "How many pro-Brexit comedians are there?". BBC News.


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