Geoffrey Perkins

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Comedy producer, writer and performer - a graduate of BBC Radio's Light Entertainment department, which also gave production credits to [[John Lloyd]] and [[Gruff Rhys Jones]].
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Comedy producer, writer and performer - a graduate of BBC Radio's Light Entertainment department, which also gave production credits to [[John Lloyd]] and [[Griff Rhys Jones]].
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After a stint on the satirical training ground of 'Week Ending', he achieved a blockbuster success for Radio 4 with ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' and was at the helm of [[I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue]] when the first rounds of Mornington Crescent were played.
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After a stint on the satirical training ground of 'Week Ending', he achieved a blockbuster success for Radio 4 with ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' and was at the helm of [[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]] when the first rounds of Mornington Crescent were played.
Under the guise of Mike Flex, he went behind the mic for the long-running Radio Active and in front of camera for its TV spin-off, KYTV - both co-created with long-time writing partner [[Angus Deayton]].
Under the guise of Mike Flex, he went behind the mic for the long-running Radio Active and in front of camera for its TV spin-off, KYTV - both co-created with long-time writing partner [[Angus Deayton]].

Current revision as of 01:43, 5 September 2024

Contents

Shows

Don't Quote Me

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (producer)

Quote... Unquote (producer)

Top of the Form (producer)

Biography

Comedy producer, writer and performer - a graduate of BBC Radio's Light Entertainment department, which also gave production credits to John Lloyd and Griff Rhys Jones.

After a stint on the satirical training ground of 'Week Ending', he achieved a blockbuster success for Radio 4 with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and was at the helm of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue when the first rounds of Mornington Crescent were played.

Under the guise of Mike Flex, he went behind the mic for the long-running Radio Active and in front of camera for its TV spin-off, KYTV - both co-created with long-time writing partner Angus Deayton.

Perkins went onto become a leading producer in TV comedy, working on Spitting Image, Harry Enfield's Television Programme and Father Ted among others.

Despite a successful six-year stint as head of comedy at BBC TV, unhappiness over growing bureaucracy saw him depart in 2001 to take on a hands-on production role at Tiger Aspect.

He died suddenly in August 2008, aged 55.

Trivia

He attended Harrow County School for Boys, alongside fellow pupils Clive Anderson and Michael Portillo.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

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