He was born in Fulham, South West London and educated at grammar school before reading English at Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society (CULES).

Scripts

• Who Dares Wins (1983)
• Alas Smith & Jones (1984)
• The Kit Curran Radio Show (1984; with Guy Jenkin)
• Scotch & Wry (1986)
• The Return of Shelley (1988)
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1990; with Guy Jenkin)
• Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)
• Never Mind the Horrocks (1996)
• Bedtime (2001-2003)
• Trevor's World of Sport (2003)
• The Million Pound Radio Show
• The News Huddlines
• Not the Nine O'Clock News
• Old Harry's Game
• Revolting People
• The Two Ronnies
• Week Ending