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Jesse Armstrong

  1. 28th July: Peep Show creators tried to make a female spin-off with Dobby

Jesse Armstrong is an English writer. He is company director at Nightjack.

More biography details
Gender
Male
Nationality
England

Awards

  • BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2020 - Writer: Drama: Winner
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2016 - Best Scripted Comedy: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2016 - Writer: Comedy: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2014 - Writer: Comedy: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2012 - Best Sitcom: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2011 - Best Sitcom: Nominee
  • British Comedy Awards 2010 - Best Writing: Winner
  • Academy Awards (Oscars) 2010 - Best Adapted Screenplay: Nominee
  • BAFTA Film Awards 2010 - Best Adapted Screenplay: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2010 - Best Sitcom: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2009 - Writer: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2009 - Best Sitcom: Nominee
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2008 - Best Sitcom: Winner
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2006 - Best Sitcom: Nominee

Known for

Fresh Meat. Image shows from L to R: Kingsley (Joe Thomas), Vod (Zawe Ashton), Josie (Kimberley Nixon), JP (Jack Whitehall), Howard (Greg McHugh), Oregon (Charlotte Ritchie). Copyright: Objective Productions / Lime Pictures. Fresh Meat - Writer
Peep Show. Image shows from L to R: Mark Corrigan (David Mitchell), Jeremy Usbourne (Robert Webb). Copyright: Objective Productions. Peep Show - Writer
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC. That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Writer
The Thick Of It. Image shows from L to R: Oliver Reeder (Chris Addison), Terri Coverley (Joanna Scanlan), Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front), Glenn Cullen (James Smith), Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi). Copyright: BBC. The Thick Of It - Writer
The Old Guys. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Roger Lloyd Pack), Roy (Clive Swift). Copyright: BBC. The Old Guys - Creator

Credits

 
Year Production Role
2021 Dead Pixels - Series 2 Executive Producer
2019 The Day Shall Come Writer
2019 Dead Pixels - Series 1 Executive Producer
2017 Back - Series 1 Story Consultant
2016 Fleabag - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Script Development
2016 Avatards Executive Producer
2016 Fresh Meat - Series 4 Writer
2016 Fresh Meat - Series 4 Executive Producer
2015 Peep Show - Series 9 Writer
2015 Peep Show - Series 9 Executive Producer
2014 Babylon - Series 1 Writer
2014 Babylon - Series 1 Executive Producer
2014 Babylon Creator
2014 Trying Again Script Editor
2014 Babylon - Pilot Writer
2014 Babylon - Pilot Executive Producer
2013 Archive On 4: When Comedy And Politics Collide Self
2013 Fresh Meat - Series 3 Writer
2013 Fresh Meat - Series 3 Executive Producer
2013 Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2012 Peep Show - Series 8 Writer
2012 Peep Show - Series 8 Executive Producer
2012 Fresh Meat - Series 2 Writer
2012 Fresh Meat - Series 2 Executive Producer
2012 Bad Sugar Writer
2012 Bad Sugar Executive Producer
2012 Bad Sugar Creator
2012 Channel 4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows Self
2011 Black Mirror - Series 1 Writer
2011 Fresh Meat - Series 1 Writer
2011 Fresh Meat - Series 1 Executive Producer
2011 10 O'Clock Live - Series 1
  1. E15 - Episode Fifteen
 Guest
2010 Peep Show & Tell Self
2010 Peep Show - Series 7 Writer
2010 Peep Show - Series 7 Executive Producer
2010 The Old Guys - Series 2 Writer
2010 The Old Guys - Series 2 Executive Producer
2010 Four Lions Writer
2010 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. E1 - Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2010
 Writer
2010 Laughed Off The Page - Series 2
  1. E2 - Jesse Armstrong & Sam Bain
 Self
2009 The Thick Of It - Series 3 Writer
2009 The Thick Of It - Series 3
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Writer (Additional Material)
2009 Peep Show - Series 6 Writer
2009 Peep Show - Series 6 Executive Producer
2009 That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 4 Writer
2009 That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series 3 Writer (Additional Material)
2009 The Old Guys - Series 1 Writer
2009 The Old Guys - Series 1 Executive Producer
2009 The Old Guys Creator
2009 In The Loop Writer
2008 Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe - Series 5
  1. Special - Writing Special
 Self
2008 Peep Show - Series 5 Writer
2008 That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series 2 Writer (Additional Material)
2007 Ladies And Gentlemen Writer
2007 Peep Show - Series 4 Writer
2007 Peep Show - Series 4 Executive Producer
2007 The Thick Of It - 2007 Specials Writer
2007 Magicians Writer
2006 The Catherine Tate Show - Series 3
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Writer
2006 That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series 1 Writer (Additional Material)
2005 Peep Show - Series 3 Writer
2005 Peep Show - Series 3 Associate Producer
2005 The Thick Of It - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Writer (Additional Material)
2005 The Thick Of It - Series 2 Writer
2005 The Thick Of It - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Writer (Additional Material)
2005 The Thick Of It - Series 1 Writer
2005 That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 2 Writer
2004 Peep Show - Series 2 Writer
2004 Peep Show - Series 2 Associate Producer
2003 Peep Show - Series 1 Writer
2003 Peep Show - Series 1 Associate Producer
2003 Peep Show Creator
2003 That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 1 Writer
2002 Ed Stone Is Dead Writer
2002 TV To Go - Series 2 Writer
2001 TV To Go - Series 1 Writer
2001 Smack The Pony - Series 3
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E1 - Episode One
 Writer (Additional Material)
2000 Smack The Pony - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Writer (Additional Material)

Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Jesse Armstrong on IMDb

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