1 Nick Revell Curriculum Vitae 2008 Gigging, writing, planning Edinburgh show.
2007 Gigging on the circuit; writing new sitcom for BBC Radio 4, The Prince, in which I would be starring. Appearances on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz and in four episodes of Andy Hamilton’s sitcom Old Harry’s Game. Writer on BBC TV sitcom After You’ve Gone 2006 Working on the circuit. Wrote and co-starred in sitcom for Radio 4 - Living with the Enemy, with Gyles Brandreth. Wrote monologue material for Lenny Henry BBC TV pilot. Co-developed new writers’ sketch show for Radio 4 - Recorded for Training Purposes performed in 28 Acts in 28 Minutes for BBC Radio 4 2005 Working on the circuit. Wrote stage play - Missing in Edinburgh . Presented and co-wrote The Unofficial Election - eight part comedy series for BBC Radio 4 with Andy Zaltzman, John Oliver and others. Wrote material for pilot of The F-Word, starring Gordon Ramsay, for Channel 4 performer in Old Harry’s Game - Radio 4 sitcom by Andy Hamilton 2004 Working on the circuit. Performed solo show at Edinburgh Festival, Like it Matters Script Editor/ Head Writer on Public Opinion, networked BBC-2 talk/panel show for BBC Scotland
2 2003 Working on the circuit. Performed one man show at Edinburgh Festival, Bare Bones which was also broadcast on BBC Radio 7 Commissioned to write pilot sitcom for Channel 4 - The Art of War which didn’t get picked up but I think is quite good. 2002 Returned to stand-up comedy after break of ten years - to bring down the Bush Administration and keep my house. Both objectives seem to be working out. Wrote two scripts of sitcom Georgie Boy for network via BBC Scotland. 2001 Wrote play for Scarlet Theatre - Love and Other Fairy Tales which toured extensively in 2001/ 2002 and was revived in 2006. Very good reviews from national press which I can’t find. They may be on my website or on scarlettheatre.co.uk Wrote for award-winning Radio 4 series The Sunday Format (there were about four series of this from about 1999 to 2002. I was one of the original writers). 2000 published novel, Night of the Toxic Ostrich (Headline) Reviews on my website. commissioned by BBC TV Drama to write screenplay, From the Bottom of a Glass a principal writer for second series of The Sunday Format (BBC Radio 4) Feb-July: writer-presenter of BBC Radio 4’s book programme, Open Book 1999 script editor, Room 101, (Channel 4 TV) a principal writer for first series of The Sunday Format (BBC Radio 4) Performed in Old Harry’s Game, (situation comedy series, BBC Radio) 4 1998 published novel, House of the Spirit Levels (Headline) Reviews on website. actor, Drop the Dead Donkey, (situation comedy, Channel 4 TV) performed in Old Harry’s Game, (situation comedy series, BBC Radio 4)
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taught sitcom and comedy writing course for Arvon Foundation
1997 wrote and starred in The House of the Spirit Levels, six-part comedy for BBC Radio 4. wrote Dressing For Breakfast, (situation comedy series, Channel 4 TV). 1996 wrote on fifth series of Drop the Dead Donkey. performed in Holding On, drama series, BBC 2 performed in Old Harry’s Game, (situation comedy series, BBC Radio 4) wrote Gary Lineker is Dead, a satire on the commercialisation of sport, for Channel 4. 1995 wrote and performed solo stage show, Liberal Psychotic, at Edinburgh Festival and Hampstead Theatre. Taught stand-up comedy for the Swedish Theaterehus, Stockholm, and performed at Orebro Comedy Festival, Sweden. wrote N7. broadcast TV sitcom pilot, BBC 2 wrote on Rory Bremner, Who Else? (Channel 4 TV)
1994 wrote on fourth series of Drop the Dead Donkey international tour of solo stage show, The Ghost of John Belushi Flushed My Toilet performed at Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, Montreal, Canada. 1993
4 wrote and performed The Ghost of John Belushi Flushed My Toilet at the Edinburgh Festival and Hampstead Theatre. wrote on third series of Drop the Dead Donkey wrote and performed second seris of The Nick Revell Show. (situation comedy series, BBC Radio 4). wrote stand-up comedy material for Dave Allen TV series. 1992 wrote and performed The Ed Case Showcase, an environmental comedy series for BBC 2. wrote and performed first series of The Nick Revell Show. stopped performing stand-up comedy 1984-1993 writer and co-star of six series of The Million Pound Radio Show with Andy Hamilton 1985 played gang-member in the film Billy The Kid and the Green Baize Vampire, directed by Alan Clarke and starring Phil Daniels and Alun Armstrong. played Feste in Twelfth Night at Chesterfield Arts Centre 1980-92 Worked as stand-up comedian - regular at Comedy Store, Jongleurs, everywhere. Toured United States and Canada - New York, Boston, Providence Rhode Island, San Francisco, Los Angles, Montreal. Toured Sweden, Ireland. Several shows at Edinburgh Festival, including sell out runs at Assembly Rooms, 1989 Perrier nomination 1987. TV included Just For Laughs, Montreal, 1988, Numerous television appearances including Saturday Night Live, (Channel 4), Nick Revell, (BBC 1). Off The Wall, (BBC 1). London Underground (Comedy Central, USA); two concert specials for BSkyB, regular writer and presenter on Up Yer News (nightly topical show on BSky B). Several appearances on The Funny Farm (Scottish TV), and various stand up shows the names of which escape me - Live from Jongleurs, stuff for Granada. Several appearances on That’s Showbusiness; Newsnight, Did You See? Did bit parts in Who Dares Wins? - sketch show on Channel 4 1983-1985 Radio appearances on Just A Minute, Newsquiz, Hey Radio, other panel shows I can’t remember the names of.
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Charrington’s Award, Best London Comedian, 1988, Perrier Comedy Award nominee 1987. 1980-81 actor-writer with The Fools Theatre Company, Oxford. Wrote comedy revue, True Stories, for The Fools and played Lucky in Waiting for Godot 1978-present. Writer for various comedians and comedy shows on radio and TV which apart from those already mentioned include,: Weekending, The News Huddlines, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Naked Video, Jasper Carrot, Three of A Kind (starring Lenny Henry, Tracy Ullman and David Copperfield). Alas Smith and Jones, and material for stage and LP for Nigel Planer as Neil the Hippy from The Young Ones. Also various and occasional articles for The Guardian, London Evening Standard, The Observer, Glasgow Herald, The Scotsman. I’ve also done lots of script editing and writing jobs for shows that I’m not entirely proud of, or can’t remember the names of. Other comedians I’ve written material for include Bob Monkhouse, Michael Moore and er...Jim Davidson. Awards 1987 - Perrier Nominee 1988- Charrington Award - best London Comedian Best Radio Comedy at British Comedy Awards for Million Pound Radio Show and The Sunday Format; Radio Times Award for Best Comedy for The Million Pound Radio Show. Nick Revell Show was Runner-Up. South Bank Show nomination for Sunday Format. Dave Allen Show - runner up, British Comedy Awards Various awards for Drop the Dead Donkey including BAFTA, Britsh Comedy Awards, International Emmy Silver Rose of Montreux – Three of a Kind Personal Stuff that may be useful. born 26th Dec 1957 BA Hons Degree from University of Oxford in Modern and Medieval Languages. Fluent French and German Conversational Italian and Spanish Some ability in Dutch, Swedish, Greek, Polish, Hungarian and Welsh.
6 reasonable martial artist - that is, trained with some very good people but don’t employ me as a bodyguard qualified teacher of tai chi full driving licence hobbies and interests - travelling, art, literature, film, music food. quite a good cook and am thinking of doing a food blog for comics - I always sus out good places to eat when I’m on the road. reasonable awareness of sport - football, rugby, cricket rudimentary guitar player