“Friday Night Dinner” writer Popper shares some truly bizarre offcuts including the fake CV that landed him his big break in comedy, a prank community woodland notice and a sitcom about a wasp.
This episode contains strong language.
Cast: David Holt, Alex Lowe, Toby Longworth and Lizzie Roper.
OFFCUTS:
- 03’09” – My Brother; essay, 1975
- 09’17” – The Seasons; poems, 1977
- 15’48” – Fake CV, 1993
- 22’17” – Job application letter, 1993
- 34’42” – The Incredible World of Everything; pitch document for US TV series, 2003
- 41’03” – Peter & The Wasp; TV script, 2004
- 48’44” – Sneepals; document posted in local woods, 2014
Robert Popper is an award-winning writer, producer, performer, and bestselling author. He is the writer and producer of all 6 series of Channel 4’s Friday Night Dinner, he co-created and starred in BBC 2’s Look Around You with Peter Serafinowicz, produced the Bafta-winning Peep Show, wrote on season 14 of South Park, and script-edited British TV comedies The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd and Him & Her. More recently he co-wrote several episodes of Channel 4’s Stath Lets Flats.
Under his pseudonym, Robin Cooper, he wrote the bestselling The Timewaster Letters and the follow-up, Return of The Timewaster Letters, and an audio compendium of both has just been released on Audible read by Popper himself and featuring the voices of Serafinowicz and Dawn French.
More About Robert Popper:
- Twitter: @robertpopper
- Website: robertpopper.com
- Podcast: Robin Cooper Podcast
- Audible: Time Waster Diaries
