Roger Drew Writer
Roger Drew is an Emmy, WGA and WGGB award winning writer best known for his work as a writer and Supervising Producer on the hit political comedy series VEEP. Roger’s other credits include being a core part of the writing team on THE THICK OF IT, TIME TRUMPET and most recently AVENUE 5.
Film
2019 RED GOLD Feature in development with Belladonna / Jan Dressler Co-written with Ed Dyson
2018 LONDON ONTARIO Co-written with Ed Dyson In development with Stephanie Laing
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL Original feature film written on spec
2017 SUPERVIZED Additional material Riley Productions
OUT THE WINDOW Co-written with Will Smith for BBC Films With Armando Iannucci In development
2015 HAIR OF THE DOG Script Editor for feature produced by Dan Films (in pre-production)
2014 CARDINDALSIN Co-written with Will Smith Original script commissioned by Sacha Baron-Cohen
IN BED WITH CHRIS NEEDHAM Co-written with Will Smith See Saw Films
2012 DEVIL BABY Original spec treatment Co-written with Ed Dyson
2011 THE DICTATOR Comedy punch up material for Sacha Baron Cohen feature Warner Bros
2009 BRUNO Comedy punch up material for Sacha Baron Cohen feature Universal
Television - Narrative
2021 THE PENTAVERATE Executive Producer and Writer Original comedy series for Netflix starring Mike Myers Co-written with Ed Dyson
2019-20 AVENUE 5 Consulting Producer & Writer Created by Armando Iannucci HBO
2019 DEUTSCHLAND 89 Co-wrote three scripts with Ed Dyson for UFA Fiction
FREE EUROPE Pilot script in development with Square One Entertainment Co-written with Ed Dyson
STONEHOUSE Treatment in development with Two Brothers Co-written with Ed Dyson
2018 YOUR HONOUR Drama series in in development with Lindsay Hughes and Andrew Eaton
UBAN MYTHS: THE DALI AND THE COOPER Commissioned for Sky Arts Urban Myths strand Produced by Me & You Productions and co-written with Ed Dyson Starring Noel Fielding
UBAN MYTHS: BEETHOVEN Commissioned for Sky Arts Urban Myths strand Produced by Fudge Park Productions and co-written with Ed Dyson
A WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN Treatment in development with Wild Mercury and Udayan Prasad
THE MAKING OF H Comedy TV series in development with UFA Fiction co-written with Ed Dyson
THE SORCERER Treatment in development Co-written with Tim Kirkby
LUCKY IN ITALY Treatment in development with Ali Jafaar
2017 URBAN MYTHS: WHEN CARY GRANT INTRODUCED TIMOTHY LEARY TO LSD Script commissioned for Sky Playhouse Presents Produced by Two Brothers and co-written with Ed Dyson Starring Ben Chaplin and Aidan Gillen
FOOL’S GOLD Treatment in development with Avalon
AMBASSADOR Treatment in development with Brown Eyed Boy
2016 POLITICIAN’S KIDS Script Editor for pilot in development with Brown Eyed Boy
BAG OF CATS Sitcom co-written with Ed Dyson
BROTHERHOOD OF ETERNAL LOVE 60 minute drama in development 2015 VEEP Series 1-4 for HBO (2011-15) Core writer and Supervising Producer *Won Best Comedy Series- WGA Awards 2016* *Won Best TV Situation Comedy- WGGB Awards 2016* *Won Outstanding Comedy Series- 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards* *Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series- 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards* *Nominated for Best Comedy Series – WGA Awards 2015* *Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series – 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards* *Nominated for Best Comedy Series – Critic’s Choice Awards 2014* *Won Best Comedy Series – WGA Awards 2014* *Nominated for Best New Sitcom – WGA Awards 2013* *Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series – 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards* *Won Best Comedy Series – Women’s Image Network Awards 2012*
ASYLUM Script editor for BBC4 comedy series starring Ben Miller Produced by 2LE
2014 THE THICK OF IT Series 4 for BBC2 (2012) Series 3 for BBC2 (2009) *Won Best Sitcom – Chortle Awards 2013* *Nominated for Best Comedy Writing – BAFTA Craft Awards 2013* *Won Best Comedy Writing – RTS Awards 2012* *Won Best Sitcom – BAFTA 2010* *Won Best Sitcom – RTS Awards 2010*
AH, VIENNA Co-Written with Ed Dyson Original 1 x 30 minute sitcom
THE BROTHERHOOD OF ETERNAL LOVE Co-Created with Tim Kirkby Based on ‘Orange Sunshine’ by Nicolas Schou Treatment for 10 x 60 minute mini-series
2012 SHOT BY BOTH SIDES Original 1 x 60 minute original drama Twenty Twenty Productions
2010 THE SHIT LIST Co-written with Will Smith. Original treatment for Tiger Aspect
MACRAE Co-written with Will Smith. Original treatment for Tiger Aspect
UNTITLED RIK MAYALL PROJECT Co-written with Will Smith. Original treatment for Objective
2009 MOVING WALLPAPER Co-written with Will Smith. Two episodes for series 2, one episode for series one for Kudos/ITV1 (2007-2009)
RENT IS KING Co-written with Will Smith. Pilot Script for Hat Trick/ITV
2008 TOYMAKERS Co-written with Will Smith. Original script for BBC
2007 SLACKER CATS Co-written with Will Smith. Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil’s animation series for ABC Family Channel/Film Roman
2005 TIME TRUMPET Series for BBC 2
2003 WEEKEND WARRIORS, I MAY BE SOME TIME, BARESI AND MI6 Co-written with Will Smith. 4 original series in development at Vera Productions (2001-3)
GASH Co-written with Will Smith. Armando Ianucci series for Talkback/Channel 4
THE STATE WE’RE IN Co-written with Will Smith. Series for BBC television
REBUILDING THE PAST Co-written with Will Smith. 10 part series narrated by Terry Jones for Siguy Films/Discovery Channel
1997 TIM TECHNO Co-written with Will Smith. Children’s cartoon series for Honeycomb Animation
Television- Entertainment and Sketch
2011 KING OF Series with Claudia Winkleman. Big Talk
REVOLTING Hat Trick
AWFULLY GOOD Objective
2010 THINGS… Development work and Pilot for Twenty Twenty
ARMSTRONG & MILLER Hat Trick/BBC 1
SCAREMONGER Sketch Show Pilot for Objective/Channel 4
DATE ME BABY ONE MORE TIME Development work for Twenty Twenty Television
2009 GLOBAL WARMING Pilot with Steve Jones
THE OMID DJALILI SHOW Two series for BBC 1 (2006-9)
2008 THE FULL MONTGOMERY Four minute sketch script for Lucy Montgomery Pilot/BBC
2007 HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU Hat Trick/BBC1/2
RUDDY HELL! IT’S HARRY AND PAUL Tiger Aspect/BBC1
LOVE ISLAND Series for LWT/ITV Writer and Director
2006 THE KUMARS AT NUMBER 42 Hat Trick/BBC 2
2005 THERE’S A GERMAN ON MY SUNBED Endemol/ ITV 2
JUNGLE DRUMS Granada/ITV 2
MORE 4 Objective/More 4
NO CURE FOR FAME For Monkey/Five
NOT TONIGHT WITH JOHN SERGEANT Cheeky Film and TV/ITV
ANIMATED SKETCH SHOW Pilot for BBC3
CELEBRITY LOVE ISLAND Series for LWT/ITV2
FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT Princess/Channel 4
THE WEAKEST LINK Series for BBC 1
MAN STROKE WOMAN Sketch show for Talkback/BBC3. Prod: Ash Atalla RUMBLES END OF YEAR SHOW Sketch for BBC 3 (2004)
2004 SEX SKETCH SHOW Pilot for Monkey Kingdom/Channel 5
SKETCH SHOW Pilot for Objective/Channel 4
LIPSMACKIN’ 4 sketches, pilot for BBC 3
JOHNNY VAUGHAN TONIGHT Writers on 3 series of talk show for Worlds End Productions/BBC
2003 GYLES’S HOME SHOPPING CHANNEL Pilot for Hat Trick
AMERICAN HOT Pilot for CHX productions
MONKEY DUST 2 series of the sketch show for Talkback/BBC (2001-3)
2002 THE RALF LITTLE SHOW Series for BBC television
ALISTAIR MCGOWAN’S BIG IMPRESSION Sketch show for Vera/BBC
2001 UP LATE WITH… Series writers on comedy show for BBC
RECOMMENDED DAILY ALLOWANCE Series writers on comedy show for BBC
THE 11 O’CLOCK SHOW Series writers on topical comedy show for Talkback/ Channel 4 Writer and Director
2000 GOOD EVENING ROCKALL Series writers on topical comedy quiz for Princess Productions/BBC
AAAGH! IT’S THE MR HELL SHOW 13 part animated series for Peafur Productions/BBC
1999 THE JOHNNY BRAVO BREAKFAST SHOW Series on Cartoon Network for Turner Entertainment
TV SOUP Pilot for Granada 1998 ARMSTRONG AND MILLER Absolutely/Channel 4
STRAIGHT TO VIDEO Pilot of own series looking at the bargain bin culture of films which go straight to video. Celador/Channel 4
JASPER CARROTT Series for Celador
COMEDY NATION 2 series for BBC2
1997 THE JACK DOCHERTY SHOW Absolutely/Channel 5
SLANDERAMA! Game show pilot for Celador/Channel 4
1996 BOB MONKHOUSE ON THE SPOT BBC
RUSS ABBOT CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Granada/ITV
ANGUS DEAYTON’S END OF THE YEAR SHOW BBC
1995 THE PAUL MERTON SHOW Pilot, BBC Radio
Co-written with Will Smith
2005-8 ARMANDO IANNUCCI’S CHARM OFFENSIVE Pozzitive/Radio 4 (2005 - 8) The Comedy Award, Bronze, Sony Radio Academy Awards, 2007.
2008 WILL SMITH’S MID-LIFE CRISIS MANAGEMENT BBC Radio 4 (2008)
2007 THE TAO OF BERGERAC BBC Radio 4 (2007)
1998 THE VERY WORLD OF MILTON JONES Pozzitive/BBC (1998)
1997 VIRUS Comedy pilot based on the Internet, produced by Phil Clarke, for BBC Radio 4 (1997)
1996 THE WHAT IF SHOW BBC Radio 2 (1996)
Other
Co-written with Will Smith
2009 LOU REED’S LOO READS Online Comedy Channel (2009)
2009 BARCODERS Pilot for BBC Switch (2009)
2007 FORD KA VIRAL CAMPAIGN Online Viral Script (2007)
MOVING WALLPAPER Webisodes for Kudos/ITV1 (2007)
Solo projects by Roger Drew
2008 THE INSIDERS Multiplatform project for Twenty Twenty/Channel 4 (2008