British writer, producer, actor Geoffrey Perkins, 55
Posted: Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 2:55 pmFebruary 22, 1953 - August 29, 2008
As writer, producer, occasional actor and, for a time, BBC executive, Geoffrey Perkins was one of the most important figures in radio and television comedy over two decades with credits ranging from Spitting Image in the 1980s to The Catherine Tate Show. …
As a writer and producer Perkins helped further to establish Harry Enfield as one of television’s most talented young performers. Harry Enfield’s Television Programme, in which Enfield was joined by Paul Whitehouse and Kathy Burke, introduced such characters as the disc jockeys Smashie and Nicey, Wayne and Waynetta Slob and the Old Gits. …
In 1995 Perkins became Head of Comedy at the BBC. … Read full obituary
