Dan Swimer (Writer)

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.

Release Date1996-11-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count57

Bad Education

Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford, Hertfordshire.

Release Date2012-08-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count108

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.

Release Date2020-10-23

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count2824

BBC Comedy Feeds

Comedy Feeds is a sitcom / sketch show featured on BBC Three since 2014. Each Comedy Feed showcases emerging new talent by making their pilot shows available exclusively on BBC iPlayer.

Release Date2012-08-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

How TV Ruined Your Life

How TV Ruined Your Life is a six-episode BBC Two television series written and presented by Charlie Brooker. Charlie Brooker, whose earlier TV-related programmes include How to Watch Television, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and You Have Been Watching, examines how the medium has bent reality to fit its own ends. Produced by Zeppotron, the series aired its first episode in January 2011.

Release Date2011-01-25

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Writing

Episode Count5

Vote Count27

Psychobitches

Psychobitches is a British sketch comedy programme created by Jeremy Dyson for Sky One Arts. Rebecca Front stars as The Therapist, who holds sessions with famous historical and spiritual women, exploring their psychological issues via anachronistic humour, with such individuals like Mary Magdalene, Bonnie Parker, and Lucille Ball appearing in contemporary settings. Blending historical figures with modern comedy, it features a cast of well-known British talent in a variety of roles as the iconic women.

Release Date2013-05-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count12

Grandma's House

Simon Amstell stars as a fictionalised version of himself, a TV presenter who quits his job, leading to family drama, particularly with his mother, Tanya, and her boyfriend, Clive, all unfolding at his grandmother's house.

Release Date2010-08-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Vote Count19

Benjamin

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

Release Date2019-03-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Editor

Vote Count82

Catherine Tate's Nan

Catherine returns with one of her most beloved characters in a full comedy series following the life and hilarious antics of a potty-mouthed granny.

Release Date2015-12-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count7

Jonas Brothers Family Roast

Kevin, Joe and Nick face down quick wits and deep cuts in this comedy special featuring Pete Davidson, John Legend and more. Hosted by Kenan Thompson.

Release Date2021-11-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count63

Crims

Straight-laced Luke inadvertently finds himself sentenced to two years in Young Offender Institution Sunnybank View after becoming a bank robber’s getaway driver, along with the bank robber in question, his girlfriend’s brother and so-called friend - Jason. To make matters worse he has to share a cell with Jason. Luke will have to rely on Jason’s street smarts to get him through. Unfortunately, Jason is a massive idiot.

Release Date2015-01-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Catherine Tate's Nan

Catherine Tate returns with one of her most beloved characters in a half-hour special following the life and hilarious antics of a potty-mouthed granny. When Nan's kitchen tap breaks, she visits the council to arrange to get it fixed. Whilst there, she causes mayhem and upset.

Release Date2014-01-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

Class Dismissed

It's official; class is back! Riots on the street, old-Etonians in government, a workforce on strike, "Downton Abbey", "The King's Speech", the royal wedding and vajazzling. In this one-off special, Frank Skinner is joined by comedians Micky Flanagan, Roisin Conaty and Miles Jupp to assess whether class is still relevant in the 21st century. Probing analysis meets comedy chat, as our comics become intrepid reporters, examining the subject through their own unorthodox reports.

Release Date2011-12-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Bad Education: Reunion

Form K return and their reunion descends into mayhem. Alfie has a decision to make.

Release Date2022-12-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Editor

Vote Count2

Simon Amstell: Set Free

Honest, introspective comic Simon Amstell digs deep and delivers a uniquely vulnerable stand-up set on love, ego, intimacy and ayahuasca.

Release Date2019-08-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScript Consultant

Vote Count24

The Great Amazon Heist

Oobah Butler, a writer and filmmaker with a history of pulling elaborate pranks and gaming the system to advance his career, has his sights set on challenging Amazon.

Release Date2023-10-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2