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David Quantick (born 1961, Wortley, South Yorkshire, England) is a freelance journalist, writer and critic who specialises in music and comedy. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wortley is a village in the Metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. Divisions and environs South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and

He began writing for the music publication NME in 1983 alongside Danny Baker and Paul Morley. The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Danny Baker (born June 22, 1957, Deptford, South London) is an English Comedy Writer, radio and Paul Morley (born 26 March 1957 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English journalist who wrote for the Along with Steven Wells he contributed to many of the humorous snippet sections in the paper. Steven Wells is a British journalist and author currently based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, USA. He gained a reputation for incisive and witty observations on popular culture and music. Popular culture (or pop culture) is the Culture — patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activities significance and importance — Alongside rock journalism he was also submitting gags and sketches to British comedy shows such as Spitting Image. British Comedy, in Film, Radio and Television, is known for its consistently quirky characters plots and settings and has produced some of the most Spitting Image was a British satirical Puppet show that ran on the ITV television network from 1984 to 1996

Quantick built his profile steadily and his name began to appear more and more often in print, radio and television. In 1992 Armando Iannucci asked him to join the writing team for the radio comedy On The Hour after which he made the natural progression to the television follow up The Day Today (1994). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Armando Iannucci (ɑrˈmændoʊ jəˈnuːtʃɪ (born 1964 is a Scottish Comedian, Writer, Satirist and Radio producer. Radio comedy, or comedic Radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve Sitcom elements sketches, and many other forms of comedy found On the Hour was a British Radio programme that parodied current affairs broadcasting broadcast on BBC Radio 4 between 1991 and 1992 The Day Today is a surreal British Parody of television News programmes It is an adaptation of the radio programme On The Hour Both shows were highly acclaimed within the industry, winning awards and marshalling a loyal fan base.

At this stage Quantick was still submitting copy to the NME, only giving up in 1995 after an unusually long association with the paper. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Around this time he was appearing regularly on Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade (BBC Radio 1 1994–1997), commenting astringently upon music's stars. Andrew Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio DJ and Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar This developed into his own named slot in the show, named Quantick's World. His relationship with Maconie continued in parallel on the weekly show, The Treatment on BBC Radio Five Live, which was an hour-long satirical news round-up.

In 1995 Carlton Television broadcast a set of 6 pilot television shows, one of which was Now What?. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Carlton Television is the British ITV franchisee for London and parts of the surrounding counties from 925am every Monday to 5 The series was not picked up for development but Quantick found a writing partner through these proceedings in Jane Bussmann. Jane Bussmann is a comedian and author who has written for television and radio The two went on to write and perform Bussmann & Quantick Kingsize (1998), a series of sketches and monologues for BBC Radio 4. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)

Quantick rejoined the Chris Morris/Armando Iannucci axis to write for Brass Eye in 1997. Christopher Morris (born 5 September 1965 in Bristol) is an English Comedian, Writer, director, producer, Armando Iannucci (ɑrˈmændoʊ jəˈnuːtʃɪ (born 1964 is a Scottish Comedian, Writer, Satirist and Radio producer. Brass Eye is a UK television series of satirical spoof documentaries which aired on Channel 4 in 1997 and was re-run in 2001 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The show caused huge controversy as Morris's work often does: the Brass Eye Paedophile Special attracted so much protest that Government ministers promptly condemned the programme without having seen it. Quantick's association with Morris on Jam (2000) was less explosive. Jam is a British comedy television series created by Chris Morris. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.

Throughout this period he contributed to less provocative fare such as Smack the Pony (1999–2001), Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show and could be heard on BBC Radio 4's 99p Challenge. Smack the Pony was a British Sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Harry Enfield (born 30 May, 1961 in Sussex, England) is an English Comedian, Actor and Writer The 99p Challenge is a spoof Panel game originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

In 2000 Quantick and Bussmann created the world's first Internet sitcom Junkies about three heroin addicts. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Junkies was a British Sitcom pilot, produced in 2000 for a budget of just £3500 and distributed over the Internet Quantick also claimed it as the first docusitcom (documentary/sitcom), though some argue a competing claim is made by The Osbournes. The Osbournes was an Emmy Award -winning American Reality television program broadcast by MTV in the U It starred long-time Morris collaborator Peter Baynham, with Sally Phillips (Smack the Pony) and Peter Serafinowicz (Look Around You). Peter Baynham (born 1963 in Cardiff, Wales) is an Academy Award -nominated screenwriter and a British comedy writer and performer Sally Phillips (born 10 May 1970) is a British Comic Actress. Smack the Pony was a British Sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Peter Serafinowicz (sɛrəˈfɪnəwiʧ (born 10 July 1972) is a British comic actor Voice artist and Composer of Belarussian Look Around You is a BBC television Comedy series devised and written by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, and in the first series The project grew out of the writing pair's frustration with the commissioning process. The average sitcom, they said, costs £200,000 to make and finding funds is too difficult. So they secured the services of cast and crew on a voluntary basis and made a show for less than £4,000. The site received over a million visits in its first eight months of existence.

In 2001 Quantick collaborated with Collins and Maconie again on Lloyd Cole Knew My Father, a live show where the three recounted humorous tales of working as rock journalists. Stories centred on the deflating aspects of the job: the boredom, missing assignments, the idiosyncrasies of fan letters. Quantick missed one performance at Edinburgh's Pleasance Theatre when he went for a walk up a large hill — Arthur's Seat — and froze from exposure. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Arthur's Seat is the main peak of the group of hills which form most of Holyrood Park, a remarkably wild piece of highland landscape in the centre of the city of He had to be rescued by firemen. A performance was later broadcast on BBC Radio 2 as a six-episode serial.

Around this time Quantick took part in a number of nostalgic list shows on British television themed around decades past: I Love the 1980s and I Love the 1990s etc.

In 2003 and 2005 Quantick contributed material to sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound, and co-wrote three series of 15 Minute Musical (2004-06). That Mitchell and Webb Sound is a comedy sketch show on BBC Radio 4 which started on 28 August 2003.

2005 also saw him take part in Channel 4's Come Dine With Me, with four other celebrities

Throughout, Quantick worked on biographies of musicians and comedians (The Clash, Beck, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks). Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Come Dine With Me is a Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, first broadcast in January 2005 For the debut album by The Clash see The Clash (album The Clash were Beck' s birth name was Bek see the sources given This is not a typo and should not be changed without good reason Lenny Bruce (October 13 1925 &ndash August 3 1966 born Leonard Alfred Schneider, was an American Stand-up comedian, Writer, social Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III ( December 1, 1940 &ndash December 10, 2005) was an American Comedian, Actor William Melvin Hicks ( December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian.

Quantick continues to write, and co-presents a weekly programme One Way Single Parent Family Favourites on art radio station Resonance FM. Resonance 1044 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station run by the London Musicians' Collective (LMC with a licence to cover "practising He is also part of the writing team of Harry Hill's TV Burp, and writes and presents series 3 of 'The Blagger's Guide', a six-part comedy series on BBC Radio 2 with writer and producer Simon Poole. Dr Matthew Keith Hall (born October 1 1964) better known as Harry Roy Hill, is a BAFTA award-winning English Harry Hill's TV Burp is a popular BAFTA award -winning British Television comedy programme produced by Avalon Television for ITV, He also appears as Doctor Dave Radio on another Radio 2 comedy programme, Radio Rivron. In large part due to his his media contacts, Quantick is rarely out of work.

In 2006 Quantick recorded One — his first solo BBC Radio 4 series. Mathematics For any number x: x ·1 = 1· x = x (1 is the multiplicative identity A show in which no sketch featured more than one voice, it received excellent reviews and featured a variety of performers and writers, including Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Dan Maier, Kevin Cecil and Jeremy Clarkson. David Graeme Garden (born 18 February 1943) is a British Actor, Writer, Presenter William Edgar Oddie, OBE (born 7 July 1941 is an English Actor, Writer, Comedian, Natural history Presenter Daniel Maier (born 1968 England) is a comedy writer and performer for television radio and the stage Kevin Cecil is a British Scriptwriter. Writing alongside Andy Riley (with whom he has been friends since attending Aylesbury Grammar School Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960 is an English broadcaster

On 3 April 2008, Word magazine was forced to apologise in court to Morrissey, over an article by Quantick that accused the singer of racism and hypocrisy. Steven Patrick Morrissey (ˈmɒɹɪsiː born May 22, 1959) known primarily as Morrissey, is a British Singer and Lyricist

Quantick is married to TV presenter and former agony aunt Karen Krizanovich.

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