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".
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