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David Quantick
Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn May 14, 1961 (64 years)
David Quantick (born 14 May 1961) is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former freelance writer for the music magazine NME, his writing credits have included On the Hour, Blue Jam and TV Burp. He won an Emmy Award for Veep in 2015.
Quantick was born in Wortley, West Riding of Yorkshire (now South Yorkshire) on 14 May 1961, adopted, and moved at an early age with his family to Plymouth. Quantick spent the 1970s in Exmouth. Quantick went to Woodford Junior School and Plymouth College, then Exmouth Comprehensive School.
He was born in 1961, in a mother-and-baby home in Wortley, Yorkshire. His mother lived in the Midlands and went to stay with an aunt In Derbyshire to conceal the fact she was pregnant. He was adopted by a family, who were living in Sheffield at the time and then moved to Plymouth.
Quantick studied for a Law degree at University College London and "discovered I had no aptitude. They had these 'moot courts' - simulated a court hearings - and all I remember is dressing up in a cape like Batman." and took a Civil Service exam "to please my parents" and nearly failed" - "which was a shock".
"The school I went to has a mentor system. I was asked to go back and give a talk on 'having a dream'. I told them I believe strongly that you should not have a dream." - David Quantick
Quantick began writing for the music publication NME in 1983, where with Steven Wells he concentrated on comedy writing until 1995. Alongside this, he also contributed material to British comedy shows such as Spitting Image. In 1992, he joined the writing team for the Radio 4 spoof news programme On the Hour, before writing for the television follow-up The Day Today in 1994. He appeared regularly on Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade (Radio 1, 1994–1997), with his Quantick's World slot and on the weekly show, The Treatment on BBC Radio Five Live, which was an hour-long satirical news round-up.
In 1995, Quantick presented a pilot show called Now What? to Carlton Television but he series was not picked up for development. He wrote with Chris Morris for Brass Eye in 1996 (broadcast in 1997) and Blue Jam (Radio 1, 1997), as well as the subsequent television version Jam (Channel 4, 2000). He also provided material for Smack the Pony (Channel 4, 1999–2001), Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show (Sky One, 2000), So Graham Norton (Channel 4, 1998) and featured on Radio 4's The 99p Challenge.
Quantick was born in Wortley, West Riding of Yorkshire (now South Yorkshire) on 14 May 1961, adopted, and moved at an early age with his family to Plymouth. Quantick spent the 1970s in Exmouth. Quantick went to Woodford Junior School and Plymouth College, then Exmouth Comprehensive School.
He was born in 1961, in a mother-and-baby home in Wortley, Yorkshire. His mother lived in the Midlands and went to stay with an aunt In Derbyshire to conceal the fact she was pregnant. He was adopted by a family, who were living in Sheffield at the time and then moved to Plymouth.
Quantick studied for a Law degree at University College London and "discovered I had no aptitude. They had these 'moot courts' - simulated a court hearings - and all I remember is dressing up in a cape like Batman." and took a Civil Service exam "to please my parents" and nearly failed" - "which was a shock".
"The school I went to has a mentor system. I was asked to go back and give a talk on 'having a dream'. I told them I believe strongly that you should not have a dream." - David Quantick
Quantick began writing for the music publication NME in 1983, where with Steven Wells he concentrated on comedy writing until 1995. Alongside this, he also contributed material to British comedy shows such as Spitting Image. In 1992, he joined the writing team for the Radio 4 spoof news programme On the Hour, before writing for the television follow-up The Day Today in 1994. He appeared regularly on Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade (Radio 1, 1994–1997), with his Quantick's World slot and on the weekly show, The Treatment on BBC Radio Five Live, which was an hour-long satirical news round-up.
In 1995, Quantick presented a pilot show called Now What? to Carlton Television but he series was not picked up for development. He wrote with Chris Morris for Brass Eye in 1996 (broadcast in 1997) and Blue Jam (Radio 1, 1997), as well as the subsequent television version Jam (Channel 4, 2000). He also provided material for Smack the Pony (Channel 4, 1999–2001), Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show (Sky One, 2000), So Graham Norton (Channel 4, 1998) and featured on Radio 4's The 99p Challenge.
David Quantick Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2014 | Warren United (TV Series) |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (TV Series) |
| 2005 | The Late Edition (TV Series) |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | The Mysti Show (TV Series) |
| 2002 | Make My Day (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Harry Hill's TV Burp (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Jam (TV Series) |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton (TV Series) |
| 2025 | The Most Embarrassing TV Moments (TV Series) · as Self - Writer & Broadcaster |
| 2023 | Margaret Thatcher, l'inoxydable · as Self |
| 2023 | Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs · as Self |
| 2022 | Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive · as Self - Comedy Writer, 'the Thick Of It', 'veep' |
| 2019 | Utterly Outrageous Comedy (TV Series) · as Self - Comedy Writer |
| 2018 | The Library Music Film · as Self |
| 2010 | 100 Greatest Toys · as Self |
| 2006 | Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Return of the Goodies · as Self |
| 2005 | Come Dine with Me (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | 2004: The Stupid Version · as Self |
| 2003 | The 100 Greatest Scary Moments · as Self |
| 2003 | imagine... (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | I Love the '80s (UK) (TV Series) · as Self - Writer |
| 1995 | The Friday Night Armistice (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Coach Trip (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2002 | Make My Day (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2015 | Danger Mouse (2015) (TV Series) · as Head Writer |
| 2012 | Veep (TV Series) · as Story By |
| 2011 | Harry Hill's TV Burp: The Best Bits · as Programme Associate |
| 2010 | The Rob Brydon Show (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 2010 | My Funniest Year (TV Series) · as Additional Material |
| 2010 | Stand Up for the Week (TV Series) · as Additional Material |
| 2009 | Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2 · as Programme Associate |
| 2009 | Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2: Unseen TV Burp · as Programme Associate |
| 2008 | Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold · as Programme Associate |
| 2008 | Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold: Unseen TV Burp · as Programme Associate |
| 2007 | Slacker Cats (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 2006 | Time Trumpet (TV Series) · as Additional Material |
| 2005 | Popetown (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 2005 | The Thick of It (TV Series) · as Additional Material |
| 1999 | Smack the Pony (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1997 | Brass Eye (TV Series) · as Additional Material |
| 1995 | The Friday Night Armistice (TV Series) · as Written By |
| 1994 | The Day Today (TV Series) · as Additional Material |
| 1984 | Spitting Image (TV Series) · as Additional Material |