DANNY ROBINS SCRIPT WRITING CV
Current Projects:
END OF THE PIER Chichester Festival Theatre Stage Play
GRAMPS NBC Universal Creator & Writer 1 x 30’ TV sitcom pilot
BIG FAT FINNISH ADVENTURE Rough Cut / Dave Channel 1 x 30’ TV comedy factual pilot
COOPER AND SON Hattrick Creator & Writer 1 x 30’ TV sitcom pilot
Selected Television credits:
MONKS BBC Comedy / BBC One Creator & Writer 1 x 30’ Comedy Playhouse
RUDY'S RARE RECORDS BBC Comedy Co-creator & Writer 1 x 30' TV sitcom pilot Cast: Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker, Joivan Wade
YOUNG DRACULA BBC One / CBBC Co-creator & writer. Children’s comedy drama. Has run for 5 series. *RTS Award for Best Children's Drama 2006 *BAFTA Nomination for Best Children's Drama 2008
BLUEBELL WELCH Angeleye / MTV 7 x 3' comedy shorts
MOCK THE WEEK Angst Productions / BBC Two Programme Associate (Series 1, 2 & 3)
THIS IS GENIUS Tiger Aspect / BBC4 Co-creator & writer 2 x 30' spoof arts documentaries Cast: Rebecca Front & Justin Edwards
THE JOAN RIVERS POSITION So TV / Channel Five Team writer 6 x 30’chat show
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BEX BBC Comedy / BBC One 2 x 30' sitcom scripts & team writing on Series 1 Cast: Jessica Stevenson, Greg Wise, Raquel Cassidy
LIFE BEYOND THE BOX: NORMAN STANLEY FLETCHER Wall to Wall/ BBC Two 50’ Comedy Film. Cast: Ronnie Barker, Bill Nighy, Peter Vaughan. 1
WE ARE HISTORY (2 series – 12 episodes) BBC Two Co-creator/writer/performer 12 x 10' episodes "Utterly absurd and quite brilliant" - The Guardian
ARMANDO IANNUCCI'S ‘GASH’ Talkback / CHANNEL 4 Team writer 6 x 30’ series
BASIL BRUSH (Series 1 & 2) Foundation / BBC One CBBC 7 x 30' episodes including pilot.
SERIOUSLY WEIRD Granada / Cine Groupe Images / ITV 1 4 x 30' episodes
Selected Stage Credits
RUDY’S RARE RECORDS Birmingham Rep & Hackney Empire 2014 Stage Play Cast: Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker, Joivan Wade Director: Paulette Randall “Stuffed with gags and overflowing with an easygoing, laid-back liberalism, this comedy has the feel of a stonking hit.” «««« Michael Billington, The Guardian.
“A wonderful funny, humane play that celebrates the diversity of Britain.” «««« Dominic Cavendish, The Daily Telegraph
“Howlingly funny from beginning to end.” «««« Neil Norman, The Daily Express
A delight from start to finish... an extremely funny and shrewd take on multi-racial Britain...” «««« Paul Taylor, The Independent
MANDEM ON THE WALL Hackney Empire 2015 Co-writer Comedy Play
DJ DANNY Edinburgh Festival, Soho Theatre & International Tour Written and performed by Danny Robins "The cult of the superstar DJ is ripe for sending up and nobody does it better than Danny Robins." - Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard
DJ DANNY: MUSIC THERAPY Edinburgh Festival, Soho Theatre & National Tour "It may just be the most fun show on the fringe. Danny is a positively adorable creation." **** - Kate Copstick, The Scotsman
LIVE GHOST HUNT Edinburgh Festival, National Tour & Waterloo East Theatre Written & Performed with Dan Tetsell "Superb character comedy." -The Guardian
THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING Edinburgh Festival (With Dan Tetsell and Marcus Brigstocke) "Ridiculously enjoyable... gleefully silly" - The Scotsman 2
Selected Radio Credits:
THE COLD SWEDISH WINTER (2 series – 8 Episodes) BBC Radio 4 Creator/writer/performer. 30’ comedy drama. *Series 2 TX Jan 2016 “A sweet Richard Curtis-ish delight. The kind of thing you could imagine translating effortlessly to TV.” – The Guardian.
RUDY'S RARE RECORDS (4 series – 20 episodes) BBC Radio 4 Co creator (with Lenny Henry) & writer. 30' sitcom "A warm, clever, funny new sitcom... it will be a hit." - The Sunday Times
DANNY ROBINS MUSIC THERAPY BBC Radio 4 Creator & performer 4 x 30' series
THE MUSEUM OF EVERYTHING (3 Series – 18 episodes) BBC Radio 4 Co-creater/writer/performer (with Marcus Brigstocke and Dan Tetsell) * Series 1 Sony Radio Award nomination, Best Radio Comedy.
PAPERBACK HELL (3 Series – 16 episodes) BBC Radio 4 Co-creator & writer "A series of delightful short satires." The Sunday Telegraph
ARMANDO IANUCCI'S CHARM OFFENSIVE Pozzitive / BBC Radio 4 Team writer (Series 1 & 2)
PARSONS & NAYLOR PULL OUT SECTIONS BBC Radio 2 Sketch writer (Series 3 & 4)
THE HUDSON & PEPPERDINE SHOW BBC Radio 4 Co-writer (series 2, 3 & 4) *Series 2 Sony Radio Award nomination for Best Comedy
DEAD RINGERS BBC Radio 4 Sketch writer (Series 3 & 6) *Golden Sony Radio Award for Best Comedy
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