Adrian Poynton is a British

United Kingdom

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 screenwriter

Screenwriter

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, playwright

Playwright

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, stand up comedian and actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

.

He is the creator and writer of BBC Three

BBC Three

BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...

 sitcom White Van Man

White Van Man (TV series)

White Van Man is a British sitcom created by Adrian Poynton and first broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD in 2011. Will Mellor plays Ollie, a man with business dreams who has to put them on hold while he takes over the family handyman business from his father Tony played by Clive Mantle. It was...

 starring Will Mellor

Will Mellor

William "Will" Mellor is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Jambo Bolton in Hollyoaks, Gaz Wilkinson in comedy, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps...

, Georgia Moffett

Georgia Moffett

Georgia Elizabeth Moffett is a British actress. Moffett was born in West London, the daughter of actors Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson....

 and Clive Mantle

Clive Mantle

-Early life and education:Mantle was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. He was a pupil at Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire and a chorister in St John's College Choir for four years...

. It began screening in March 2011 becoming the highest rated launch ever for a sitcom on BBC3. In May 2011 it was confirmed that a second series has been commissioned, due for transmission sometime in 2012, once again with Poynton writing all the scripts.

His play, A Very Naughty Boy based on the life of Monty Python

Monty Python

Monty Python was a British surreal comedy group who created their influential Monty Python's Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series...

's Graham Chapman

Graham Chapman

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, won a Edinburgh Festival Fringe First award in 2003. It then had a national tour followed by a run at London's Soho Theatre

Soho Theatre

Soho Theatre is a theatre in the eponymous Soho district of the City of Westminster. It presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret....

. He is also the writer of several other plays and TV shows.
As well as touring the world as a stand up comedian, Poynton is also one of the UK's most used TV studio audience warm-ups, mostly working on sitcoms and sketch shows.

Awards

• Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award - Winner
• Fuji Film New Writers Award - Winner
• Jongleurs
  Jongleurs
  Jongleurs is a chain of comedy clubs in the United Kingdom. Maria Kempinska MBE established and opened the first Jongleurs club in 1983 in Battersea, London. In 1985 Maria then met her business partner John Davy, and together they built the Jongleurs brand. The company evolved into a corporate...
  
   New Act - Finalist
• Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award
  Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award
  The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award was a competition for comedians. It ran from 1994 to 2002 when it was discontinued due to sponsorship running out. Despite its short lifespan, its winners and finalists boast some of the UK's most notable comedy talent, including Noel Fielding, Jimmy Carr,...
  
   - Finalist
• Hackney Empire New Act of the Year
  Hackney Empire New Act of the Year
  The Hackney Empire New Act of the Year was a long-running annual competition that ran at the Hackney Empire theatre in London in order to encourage, discover and promote new stand-up comedy and New Variety talent...
  
   - Finalist

Television

• White Van Man
  White Van Man (TV series)
  White Van Man is a British sitcom created by Adrian Poynton and first broadcast on BBC Three and BBC HD in 2011. Will Mellor plays Ollie, a man with business dreams who has to put them on hold while he takes over the family handyman business from his father Tony played by Clive Mantle. It was...
  
  
• That's So Last Week
  That's So Last Week
  That's So Last Week is a UK television panel game, on the subject of celebrity news, gossip and comment. Produced by ZigZag Productiong for Five, it is a comedy programme rather than a serious game show....
  
  
• Nuzzle and Scratch
• Raoul's Summer Camp
• Good Morning Raoul
• The Spooky Sisters
• Football Focus
  Football Focus
  Football Focus is a BBC television show, broadcast on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes, covering football, presented from the 2009/2010 season by Dan Walker...
  
  
• Take The Mic
• SWAG
  SWAG (TV series)
  Swag was a UK prank show broadcast on Five from 2002 to 2004. The general theme of the show was to trick members of the public into committing a minor crime but then get their comeuppance in one way or another...
  
  
• The Roots of Monty Python
• The Double

External links

• Profile on Comedycv.co.uk