Career
After graduating from Churchill College, Cambridge as a mature student and then working as a sub-editor for magazines, Blackwell started writing TV comedy in 1999 on shows such as Have I Got News For You , The Kumars at No. 42 , Alastair McGowan's Big Impression and The Armstrong and Miller Show , for which he created the duo's street-talking RAF pilot characters. [1] [2] [3] He first worked with Armando Iannucci in 2003 on the topical Channel 4 show Gash . He went on to write on all four series of Iannucci's political sitcom The Thick of It and co-wrote its spin-off film In The Loop , which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Other work with Iannucci includes 2004: The Stupid Version and Time Trumpet .
The two collaborated again on the HBO comedy Veep , with Blackwell co-writing the pilot episode and serving as writer and executive producer on the subsequent four seasons, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards. [4]
Blackwell wrote for Chris Morris's 2010 black comedy film Four Lions , alongside Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain. He had previously collaborated with them on the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show and BBC One's The Old Guys .
In 2016, Blackwell created the sitcom Back starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. It premiered on Channel 4 on 6 September 2017. [5]
In 2020, Blackwell created the dramedy Breeders , starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard. The series premiered on the American cable network FX on 2 March 2020, and on Sky One on 12 March 2020. [6]
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