Simon Farnaby

Simon Farnaby (born 2 April 1973) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work with the Them There collective, where he has written and starred in productions including Horrible Histories, Yonderland, and Ghosts. Farnaby earned BAFTA nominations for his co-writing of Paddington 2, both for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best British Film. He was the winner of the 2023 Television BAFTA for memorable TV moments. In 2023, he co-wrote and appeared in Wonka, a film which serves as a prequel to the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, exploring Willy Wonka's origins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Farnaby, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Horrible Histories

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others.

Release Date2009-04-16

Charactersd Various

Episode Count10

Vote Count59

Not Going Out

Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man, as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle-class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.

Release Date2006-10-06

Charactersd Scott Perry

Episode Count1

Vote Count72

Yonderland

A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.

Release Date2013-11-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Various

Episode Count25

Vote Count22

Ghosts

A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

Release Date2019-04-15

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Julian Fawcett

Episode Count30

Vote Count209

Utopia

The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.

Release Date2013-01-15

Charactersd Marcus

Episode Count1

Vote Count598

The Mighty Boosh

A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.

Release Date2004-05-18

Charactersd Marcus Hoffman

Episode Count1

Vote Count147

The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin

Legendary highwayman Dick Turpin sets out on a series of wildly absurd escapades when he's made the reluctant leader of a band of outlaws—and tasked with outwitting utterly corrupt lawman Jonathan Wilde.

Release Date2024-03-01

Charactersd Lord Saltley

Episode Count1

Vote Count68

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

Noel Fielding fronts this psychedelic character-based comedy show half filmed and half animated, with music provided by Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno.

Release Date2012-01-26

Charactersd George Orwell

Episode Count1

Vote Count15

Wonka

Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with a dream, and if you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

Release Date2023-12-06

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Basil, Zoo Security Guard

Vote Count3940

Paddington in Peru

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

Release Date2024-11-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenstory

Charactersd Barry the Air Steward

Vote Count427

Detectorists

The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

Release Date2014-10-02

Charactersd Art

Episode Count2

Vote Count152

This Time with Alan Partridge

Alan is handed a career lifeline - the chance to stand in as co-host on This Time, a weekday magazine show. But can he capitalise on the opportunity?

Release Date2019-02-25

Charactersd Sam Chatwin

Episode Count2

Vote Count41

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Release Date2016-12-14

Charactersd Blue Five

Vote Count15720

Paddington

A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.

Release Date2014-11-24

Charactersd Barry

Vote Count3923

Paddington 2

Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.

Release Date2017-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Barry

Vote Count2521

Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.

Release Date2018-08-01

Charactersd Taxi Driver

Vote Count2790

Angelo's

Angelo's is a sitcom created for Five and Paramount Comedy by Bwark Productions. It follows the ups and downs of everyday life in a central London greasy spoon café.

Release Date2007-11-16

Charactersd Kris

Episode Count6

Vote Count1

Your Highness

A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

Release Date2011-04-08

Charactersd Manious the Bold

Vote Count1364

Burke & Hare

Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.

Release Date2010-10-29

Charactersd William Wordsworth

Vote Count477

The Phantom of the Open

Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.

Release Date2022-03-18

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Laurent Lambert

Vote Count117

Bill

What really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'? Hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his home to follow his dream.

Release Date2015-03-27

Charactersd Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller

Vote Count82

Mindhorn

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn" must work with the police when a serial killer says that he will only speak with Detective Mindhorn, whom he believes to be real.

Release Date2016-10-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Clive Parnevik

Vote Count301

Fat Slags

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.

Release Date2004-10-15

Charactersd Ventriloquist

Vote Count27

All Stars

Two kids look to throw an ambitious dance show in order to save their struggling youth center.

Release Date2013-05-01

Charactersd Foreman

Vote Count44

Bunny and the Bull

A young shut-in takes an imaginary road trip inside his apartment, based on mementos and memories of a European trek from years before.

Release Date2009-11-27

Charactersd Bunny

Vote Count64

The Yellow House

John Simm stars as Vincent Van Gogh in The Yellow House, a feature-length drama that tells the moving human story of the most influential and explosive housemates in art history. For just nine weeks, in late 1888, Van Gogh and Gauguin share a home, The Yellow House, in Arles, southern France.

Release Date2007-03-22

Charactersd Henri

Vote Count2

The Last Summer on Earth

Feel the tension. Feel the heat. Listen to the beat! Join the Ginger Goofball in 50s America as he struggles with love, friendship, and the rebelliousness of youth.

Release Date2013-01-01

Charactersd Brad

Paddington Meets The Queen

Paddington learns that The Queen also loves marmalade sandwiches. He shows Her Majesty where he hides his sandwiches, and The Queen also shows where she keeps hers.

Release Date2022-06-04

Charactersd Butler

Blake's Junction 7

Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.

Release Date2004-08-24

Charactersd Terry The Chef

Vote Count2

Trafalgar Square

Short film set among the various workers and tradespeople in the famous London thoroughfare that spoofs the popular docusoap genre of the day. Writer and star Sharon Horgan would later rework this to form the basis of the 2007 TV sitcom Angelo's

Release Date2004-01-01

Charactersd Kris

The Golf War

TV Pilot starring Simon Farnaby, Matt Berry, Rich Fulcher and Nina Conti.

Release Date2007-01-01

Charactersd Stuart Ogilvy

An A to Z of Paddington

Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beautiful illustrations and interviews with famous fans.

Release Date2024-10-31

Charactersd Self

Richard III: The King in the Car Park

This documentary looks at the search for the remains of King Richard III of England (1452-1485). After being killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field (August 22, 1485), his remains were taken to Leicester and it was believed that he was buried at Greyfriars Church. The church no longer exists and its remains were now believed to be under a car park. Phillipa Langley of the Richard III Society convinced archaeologists at the University of Leicester to lead a dig and surprisingly, as it turned out, the first skeleton they found was subsequently proven to be that of the King through DNA tests which showed a match to Canadian Michael Ibsen, a direct descendant of Richard III's sister.

Release Date2013-02-04

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

Richard III: The Unseen Story

In this special follow-up programme, the only television team with access to the dig and the scientific tests on the skeleton uses unseen footage and conducts two days of additional interviews to tell this extraordinary forensic detective story in even greater scientific and archaeological detail.

Release Date2013-02-27

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

Ghosts

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

Release Date2021-10-07

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count72

Vote Count284

The Magic Faraway Tree

Soon after the Thompson family’s arrival in the countryside, the three children – Beth, Joe, and Fran – discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric residents, including Moonface, Silky, Dame Washalot, and Saucepan Man. At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the Thompsons learn to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Prince Charming

Plot TBA. Will not be specifically linked to Cinderella.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Spoons

Spoons was a comedy sketch show first broadcast on the United Kingdom's Channel 4 from 30 September 2005. In the United States, Spoons is broadcast on BBC America. The relationship themed show combined recent trends in sketch shows — dark content, strong language, and recurring catchphrases. It was produced by Endemol owned production company, Zeppotron. Channel 4 didn't recommission the show for second series due to low ratings and bad reviews. The programme appeared at around the same time as two other similar sketch series based on relationships - Five's Swinging and BBC Three's Man Stroke Woman.

Release Date2005-09-30

Episode Count6

Vote Count2

Blunder

Blunder was a Channel 4 comedy sketch series shown in the UK on E4 and repeated on Channel 4. No announcement of a second series has been made.

Release Date2006-11-23

Episode Count5

Vote Count1

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

Horrible Histories Prom was a free family concert showcasing the original songs from the British television series Horrible Histories, along with classical music. It was held on 30 July 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and was that year's children's entry in the BBC's annual Proms series.

Release Date2011-09-09