Geoffrey Perkins is a comedy producer, writer, and performer, who has been a central figure in British comedy broadcasting. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit He was educated at Harrow County School for Boys. Harrow High School is a state Secondary school in the London Borough of Harrow in the north-west of London.
He worked for several years in BBC Radio Light Entertainment, producing such shows as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series Along with Angus Deayton, he wrote and performed in Radio Active, which transferred to television as KYTV. Gordon Angus Deayton (born 6 January 1956 is an English Actor, Writer, Musician, Comedian and Television presenter. He later produced The Uncyclopaedia of Rock for Capital Radio, which won the Monaco Radio Award. He created the game Mornington Crescent for the radio show I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. Mornington Crescent appears to have first made its appearance as a game featured in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, sometimes abbreviated to "ISIHAC" or simply "Clue", is a BBC
He was a director of Hat Trick Productions, an independent television and radio production company for several years. Hat Trick Productions is a British independent television production company His writing and production credits for television include Spitting Image, Saturday Live, Harry Enfield's Television Programme, Ben Elton: The Man From Auntie, Game On, Father Ted, and The Thin Blue Line. Spitting Image was a British satirical Puppet show that ran on the ITV television network from 1984 to 1996 Saturday Live was an innovative Television Comedy and Music show broadcast in the UK by Channel 4 from 1985 to 1987 Harry Enfield's Television Programme is a British Sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959 is an English Comedian, writer and director. Father Ted was a popular 1990s Television Situation comedy set around the lives of three Irish Catholic priests on the remote (and The Thin Blue Line was a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a Police station that lasted for two series from 1995
He became BBC Television's Head of Comedy in 1995, and is now an executive producer for Tiger Aspect. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Tiger Aspect Productions is a British Television Production company, particularly noted for its situation comedies.
He is married to Lisa Braun, who was a studio manager during the radio production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
In 2005 he cameoed in the fourth radio series of Hitchhiker's (The Quandary Phase), as the producer of the radio show Arthur Dent worked on, essentially playing himself to Arthur's Douglas Adams. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase are radio adaptations of the books Life the Universe and Everything