Oliver Lansley

Oliver Lansley is a British actor and writer. He is Artistic Director of Les Enfants Terribles Theatre Company. He was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award as Best Actor - Male for playing Kenny Everett in Best Possible Taste.

Works

Doctor Who

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.

Release Date2005-03-26

Charactersd Jorj

Episode Count1

Vote Count3295

EastEnders

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

Release Date1985-02-19

Charactersd Craig

Episode Count1

Vote Count219

Sherlock

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

Release Date2010-07-25

Charactersd David

Episode Count1

Vote Count6235

Misfits

When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

Release Date2009-11-12

Charactersd Stuart

Episode Count4

Vote Count986

Too Much

When a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London hoping for a love story, she falls for an indie musician who's anything but the typical romantic hero.

Release Date2025-07-10

Charactersd Frank

Episode Count1

Vote Count30

Flack

Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes to her personal life. Robyn’s work as a crisis PR strategist is fast-paced and unpredictable, as she counsels high-profile personalities in entertainment, fashion and sports.

Release Date2019-02-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd American Mike

Episode Count12

Vote Count37

Requiem

In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason. Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising evidence, linking her mother to the Welsh girl's disappearance all those years ago.

Release Date2018-02-02

Charactersd Carl

Episode Count3

Vote Count101

Whites

Comedy series set in the kitchen of a country house hotel, following the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White and his long suffering sous chef Bib.

Release Date2010-09-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Robin

Episode Count6

Vote Count41

Critical

The Major Trauma Centre is a state-of-the-art unit which treats only the most gravely ill or seriously injured. Whether that patient lives or dies is determined by knife-edge decisions and procedures, but can the diverse team of medical professionals knit together and rise to the challenge? Our team hold a life in their hands but in every case they face the agonisingly real fear that it could slip through their fingers.

Release Date2015-02-24

Charactersd Dr. Wes Howe

Episode Count1

Vote Count15

The Aliens

Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in a ghetto. Border control officer Lewis falls in love with one.

Release Date2016-03-08

Charactersd Sean

Episode Count1

Vote Count31

Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story

Told with the help of some of his most famous comic characters including Cupid Stunt and Quentin Pose, the story of pioneering radio DJ and television star Kenny Everett's against-the-odds struggle to achieve both personal and professional fulfilment, as seen through the decade-and-a-half prism of his marriage to Lee Middleton.

Release Date2012-10-02

Charactersd Kenny Everett

Vote Count5

FM

FM is an ITV2 sitcom created and written by Ian Curtis and Oliver Lansley, and starring Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Bishop and Nina Sosanya. The series followed the lives of two DJs and their producer on their FM radio programme, Skin 86.5 FM. The series also features music from real-life artists and guest stars from the music industry.

Release Date2009-02-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Neil

Episode Count2

Vote Count12

Man Up

A 34 year old single woman, Nancy, hung-over again, exhausted by the endless fruitless set ups by her friends, traveling across London to toast another 10 years of her parent's successful happy magical marriage runs in with a 40 year old divorcee, Jack, who mistakes her for his 24 year old blind date. Nancy, deciding to go with it, happens to hop on the most chaotic yet hilarious journey of her life which neither of them will ever forget.

Release Date2015-05-29

Charactersd Man In Toilet #2

Vote Count1036

Whites

Comedy series set in the kitchen of a country house hotel, following the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White and his long suffering sous chef Bib.

Release Date2010-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Robin

Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death

A public-relations agent leaves London for a seemingly idyllic village in the Cotswolds, and soon finds herself a suspect in a murder case involving a poisoned quiche.

Release Date2014-12-26

Charactersd Dr Brendon Monk

Vote Count1

Sarah Chong Is Going to Kill Herself

Sarah Chong Is Going To Kill Herself is a surreal workplace fantasy in which a maltreated receptionist decides to take matters into her own hands. Hands which may well contain grenades.

Release Date2016-01-01

Charactersd Receptionist

Pleased to Eat You!

Castaways, corpses and carrots in a cannibalistic comedy caper! A musical.

Release Date2019-01-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd John

Where's Wanda?

After the Klatts' daughter goes missing, they take matters into their own hands and hatch a wild plan: Spy on the neighborhood. As they make their way into small-time espionage, shocking secrets come to light one by one.

Release Date2024-10-02

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count8

Vote Count35

Rotters

"Oceans 11" meets "Dumb and Dumber" in this action-packed slapstick riot of a show starring comedian Frank Skinner. Rotters follows a blundering gang of buffoons who attempt to rob an auction house owned by an antiques dealer (Skinner). Staring Phil Burgers, John Kearns, Sam Simmons, Lolly Adefope, and Daniel Simonsen.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter