David Spicer (writer)

David Spicer is a writer, perhaps best known for his BBC Radio 4 comedy series. He has also written for gameshows 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

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 (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] (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.
  2. "Additional performances of Superheroes from Arts-Archive.com".
  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 2013-01-27.
  8. Steel, N (2002). "Radio: 28 Minutes to Save the NHS". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 324 (7335): 491. 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 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  11. "No Win, No Fee". 4 May 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  12. Sumner, James. "radiohaha -- RTFP". www.angelfire.com.
  13. "RTFP (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)". epguides.com.
  14. "Steve Gribbins Biography". Archived from the original on 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
  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.


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