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Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Illustrator

Name
  
Roger Drew


Known for
  
TV and radio comedy

Occupation
  
Illustrator, writer

TV shows
  
Time Trumpet

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Born
  
April 15, 1971 (age 52) (
1971-04-15
)
Jersey, Channel Islands

Awards
  
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series

Nominations
  
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series

Similar People
  
Armando Iannucci, Will Smith, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, Simon Blackwell

Roger Drew is a British illustrator and television screenwriter, and was educated at Victoria College, Jersey. He has written material for TV shows such as The Thick of It and won an Emmy for his work on Veep.

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Illustration

His illustration work ranges from music sleeve art for I Believe in a Thing Called Love by The Darkness, to TV artwork for Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round and Johnny Vaughan Tonight.

Writing

He often partners with Will Smith working on Smith's stand-up material and on TV shows.

The pair were writers on Armando Iannucci's satirical television comedy series Time Trumpet which was originally broadcast on BBC Two.

Screenwriting credits

Roger Drew has worked on many films and TV shows, some of which are listed here.

  • The 11 O'Clock Show (Channel 4, 1998)
  • Back To The Front (Jasper Carrott) (BBC, 1999)
  • The RDA (2000)
  • Aaagh! It's the Mr Hell Show (BBC, 2001)
  • Johnny Vaughan Tonight (BBC, 2002)
  • Monkey Dust (BBC, 2003)
  • Gash (Channel 4, 2003)
  • 2004: The Stupid Version (BBC, 2004)
  • The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (BBC, 2004)
  • Celebrity Love Island: Aftersun (2005)
  • The Thick Of It (2005–present)
  • Time Trumpet (2006)
  • The Omid Djalili Show (BBC, 2007–09)
  • Brüno (2009)
  • The Armstrong and Miller Show (2009–10)
  • Veep (2012)

    • References

    Roger Drew Wikipedia
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