Archive for the ‘television’ Category
Destination X | BBC1
28 July, 2025David Nobbs Memorial Trust longlist
7 May, 2025Comedy screenwriting nomination. An honour!

Bafta nomination
18 April, 2025Decision time: 11 May, Royal Albert Hall.
Update 11 May: here I am with the BBC’s Caroline a short while before the award went elsewhere.

Ludwig | BBC1
24 September, 2024Great fun working with Robbie again and Jonny and Georgie on this:

House of Games | BBC2
23 September, 2024Emmy nomination: Outstanding Writing
19 July, 2024The Reluctant Traveler s2 | Apple TV
5 February, 2024House of Games | BBC2
25 September, 2023The Reluctant Traveler | Apple TV
18 January, 2023House of Games | BBC2
8 September, 2022Series six:

Cat Burglar | Netflix
21 February, 2022It’s your standard texaverienne interactive immersive experience experiment.
Death to 2021 | Netflix
3 December, 2021Due for release 27 December.
House of Games | BBC2
16 August, 2021Series five:

Coronavirus, One Year On | Twitter
11 January, 2021To help sort my own memories, I’m going to try a daily post of something from a year ago, as a thread.
Death To 2020 | Netflix
3 December, 2020I was delighted to work on this review of this year.
Becoming You | Apple TV
26 October, 2020A long time in the making. There is something extraordinary in every episode.
Richard Osman’s House of Games | BBC2
8 October, 2020Series four starts on 12 October. Happily (for me), the question-editor bit of production preceded … the Unpleasantness.

See also: my book for Penguin, The Joy of Quiz. And, to a lesser extent, the official spin-off book.
Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe | BBC2
8 May, 2020Proud to have taken part. BBC2, 9pm, 14 May.

Inside No 9 | BBC2
25 February, 2020You should watch this episode first …

… then listen to the podcast to discover my indirect association.
The book in question is The Joy of Quiz.
See also: The Riddle of the Sphinx













