This guy has worked on some utter classics of British comedy – Not the Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image, Blackadder, Mr. Bean and the massive hit Notting Hill to name but a few (full filmography below).
Filmography
- Love Actually (2003) (writer, director)
- Mr. Bean (2002) TV Series (co-writer)
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) (co-writer screenplay)
- French & Saunders Live (2000) (additional material)
- Comic Relief: Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death (1999) (V) (executive producer)
- Hooves of Fire (1999) (TV) (co-writer)
- Notting Hill (1999) (writer, executive producer)
- Bean, the Movie (1997) (co-writer) (executive producer)
- The Vicar of Dibley (1994) TV Series (co-writer, co-executive producer)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (writer, co-executive producer)
- Rowan Atkinson Live (1992) (TV) (co-writer)
- Bernard and the Genie (1991) (TV) (writer)
- Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) TV Series (co-writer)
- Mr. Bean (1989) TV Series (co-writer)
- Hysteria 2! (1989) (TV) (additional material)
- The Tall Guy (1989) (writer)
- Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV) (co-writer)
- Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) (TV) (co-writer)
- Blackadder the Third (1987) TV Series (co-writer)
- Comic Relief (1986) (TV) (co-writer)
- Blackadder II (1986) TV Series (co-writer)
- Spitting Image (1984) TV Series (co-writer)
- The Black Adder (1983) TV Series (co-writer)
- Dead On Time (1982) (writer)
- Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) TV Series (co-writer)
Cameos
- The Not the Nine O'Clock News Story (1999) (TV) as Himself
- "Laughter in the House: The Story of British Sitcom" (1999) (mini) TV Series as Himself
- The Story of Bean (1997) (TV) as Himself
- The Tall Guy (1989) (uncredited) (man leaving bathroom)
Sources:
http://uk.imdb.com
http://guardian.co.uk
http://www.bfi.org.uk