David Spicer (writer)

David Spicer is a writer, perhaps best known for his BBC Radio 4 comedy series:

• Double Income, No Kids Yet (18 episodes,^[1] 2001-2003)
• Three Off the Tee^[2] (12 episodes,^[3] 2005-2006)
• Me and Joe^[4][5] (2008, an afternoon play)
• 28 Minutes to Save the NHS^[6] (4 episodes,^[7] 2002)

He has written for a number of games shows and panel shows, including:

• Win My Wage (2007)
• That'll Test 'Em^[8] (2006)
• Nobody Likes a Smartass^[9] (2003)
• No Win No Fee^[10] (2001)
• RTFP^[11] (short-lived Radio 4 panel game, 1998,^[12] co-written with Steve Gribbin^[13])
• Quizland^[14] (BBC 7, a 21-part quiz series for children from 4 to 6 years old)
• Hot Gas (script editor)

He has written for a number of comedy TV series including:

• Comedy Lab (1999)
• Give Your Mate a Break^[15] (1999)
• Armstrong and Miller (1997)
• Saturday Live (1996)
• Barrymore (1991)

He may also be the author of the play Superheroes,^[16][17] based on the protest group Fathers for Justice.

References

1. EpGuides.com listing for Double Income, No Kids Yet
2. BBC Radio 4 Three off the Tee episode 6
3. EpGuides.com for Three Off the Tee
4. BBC Radio 4 Listing for Me and Joe
5. Synopsis for Me and Joe at LocateTV.com
6. Steel, N (2002). "Radio: 28 Minutes to Save the NHS". BMJ: British Medical Journal 324 (7335): 491. PMC 1122416.
7. EpGuides.com for 28 Minutes to Save the NHS
8. That'll Teach 'Em#That'll Test 'Em
9. RDF Television description of Nobody Likes a Smartass
10. BBC news item on the program No Win No Fee
11. Radiohaha description of the short-lived RTFP
12. EpGuides listing of air dates of RTFP
13. Steve Gribbins Biography
14. 2007 Issue of Clean Feed, discussing Quizzland and mentioning Hot Gas
15. IMDB: Give Your Mate a Break
16. Chortle.co.uk description and review of Superheroes at Edinburgh Fringe 2006
17. Additional performances of Superheroes from Arts-Archive.com

External links

• David Spicer at the Internet Movie Database