Geoffrey Howard Perkins (22 February 1953 – 29 August 2008) was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. He was BBC head of comedy between 1995...

cut down in a final edit that Douglas Adams and Geoffrey Perkins had both intended to make. Perkins has said, "[I]t is far too long on each side. It's...

Chelmsford 123, a situation comedy for Channel 4. Two years later, Geoffrey Perkins became company director, and helped to produce shows such as Father...

Active and KYTV colleague and friend (and long-time BBC producer) Geoffrey Perkins for BBC Radio 4 on 4 October 2008. Deayton was frequently a straight...

behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and forewords by Adams and by series producer Geoffrey Perkins. The book was reprinted in a 10th-year edition in 1995, and a 25th...

post-show party at the Edinburgh Festival by then-BBC controller of comedy Geoffrey Perkins, who encouraged Tate to develop her character ideas, especially to...

Planet"), the final five episodes in the first series were produced by Geoffrey Perkins. With conflicting writing commitments, Adams engaged his friend and...

who visits his friends in the seminary in Maynooth College. Producer Geoffrey Perkins suggested that the episode's concept be dramatised and rewritten as...

Zealand film director, writer and assistant director Geoffrey Palmer (actor), English actor Geoffrey Perkins, British radio and television producer Geoff Ramsey...

all". Radio Times. Retrieved 8 July 2013. Adams, Douglas (2003). Perkins, Geoffrey (ed.). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts...

September 2008. This was the last TV series from the comedy producer Geoffrey Perkins, who died shortly before transmission. A third series was commissioned...

Entertainment Shared with Harry Enfield, Simon Greenall, Ian Hislop, Geoffrey Perkins, Nick Newman, Harry Thompson & Kay Stonham Harry Enfield & Chums Won...

Perkins is a surname derived from the Anglo-Saxon corruption of the kin of Pierre (from Pierre kin to Pierrekin to Perkins), introduced into England by...

Harry Enfield in the title role. It was written by Harry Enfield and Geoffrey Perkins and directed by Geoff Posner. The film is presented as if it were an...

2011, with a Christmas special airing in December 2010. After cast member Geoffrey Hutchings' sudden death in July 2010 from a suspected viral infection,...

suggestions and decisions were made by Adams and Geoffrey Perkins for the remainder of both series. Perkins, using Brett's original notes, remarks that three...

origins of the game are not clear. One claim is that it was invented by Geoffrey Perkins, who stated in an interview that Mornington Crescent was created as...

Stroud, produced by Sioned Wiliam and the BBC Television Head of Comedy Geoffrey Perkins, and executive produced by Denise O'Donohue on behalf of Hat Trick...

Alexander Armstrong, Nicola Stapleton, Perry Fenwick, Walter Sparrow, Geoffrey Chater, Gabrielle Blunt and Rupert Vansittart. Creator and writer Ben Elton...

explained in the script book was that I was also teasing the typist, Geoffrey [Perkins]'s secretary, because ... she'd be typing out this long and extraordinary...

1976 miniseries The Glittering Prizes. This role was later cited by Geoffrey Perkins as the likely reason for his being cast in arguably his most memorable...

 1987 (1987-02-07) April 11, 1987 (1987-04-11) Ian Hamilton Geoff Posner and Geoffrey Perkins Friday Night Live Series 1 75 mins 10 February 19, 1988 (1988-02-19)...

was developed by the same team. It was written by Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins, produced by Jamie Rix, directed by John Kilby and John Stroud, with...

in 1995, the episode was rebroadcast on BBC2 in 2008 in tribute to Geoffrey Perkins. Ted hosts Cuba's Father Hernandez at the Craggy Island Parochial House...

series. Angus Deayton and Geoffrey Perkins wrote most of the material. The first series was credited as written by Deayton, Perkins and Richard Curtis, as...

episodes) Production Executive producers Beryl Vertue (series 1–2) Geoffrey Perkins (series 1–2) Sophie Clarke-Jervoise (series 3–4) Producer Sue Vertue...

20 (+ 4 spin-off specials) (list of episodes) Production Producers Geoffrey Perkins (2004–2006) Sophie Clarke–Jervoise (2007–2009) Cinematography John...

Coogan, Patrick Marber, David Tyler, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Geoffrey Perkins and Henry Normal. The series consists of six self-contained stories...

Active during the 1980s, alongside Helen Atkinson-Wood, Angus Deayton, Geoffrey Perkins and Philip Pope, which later led to the television series KYTV. He...

Don't Quote Me, from the left, Kit Hollerbach, Austin Mitchell, Chairman Geoffrey Perkins, Simon Williams, and Carol Thatcher, Channel 4 1990...