LES KEEN

Height: 5'8
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Hazel
Roles: Writer
Representing Agent: Debi Allen
Biography:

Les began his career path as an outstanding and promising mathematician. At University, however, he spent almost the entire time in the drama department culminating in a few surreal performances at the Edinburgh Fringe. Mathematics went out the window with the lure of bearing your soul to complete strangers on the comedy circuit.

Les is a highly accomplished comedy writer working on a wide range of projects including: 'Friday/Sunday Night Project', 'Argumental', '8 out of 10 Cats', 'The Kevin Bishop Show' and 'Mr and Mrs'.

CV:

Television Writing:
Project Company Notes
PADDY MCGUINESS (PILOT) ITV Main writer
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST WEEK (PILOT) Whizz Kid/ITV2 Writing for Rufus Hound
ALAN CARR’S SUMMERTIME Channel 4 Main writer
THE BIG SPORTS QUIZ: BOYS V GIRLS ITV1 Series for Saturday Nights
AND THE GONG TO.. ITV Studios Pilot
BRITAIN UNZIPPED Talkback Thames Pilot
ANIMAL ANTICS BBC1 Series
CELEBRITY JUICE Talkback / ITV2 Head writer on SERIES 1,2,3,4,5, 6 & 7
ALAN CARR'S CHATTY MAN Open Mike Productions SERIES 1-7
MAD MAD WORLD ITV/Roughcut Productions 8 episode panel show. Exec Producer: Ash Atalla
MICHAEL MCINTYRE CHRISTMAS COMEDY ROADSHOW Open Mike Productions Writer for Rob Brydon
ALL ABOUT ME ITV Studios
THEY DRINK IT IN THE CONGO ITV 1 Writer for Paddy Mcguiness
KEITH LEMON'S BANG TIDY SHOW ITV1/Talkback Thames Pilot - studio based entertainment show
BRITAIN'S OLDEST STAND UP Channel 4 / Testimony Films Main writer / 1 x 30 min film commissioned as part of First Cuts season. Producer/Director Clair Titley
ASK RHOD GILBERT BBC 1/Green Inc SERIES 2 - 8 x 40MIN episodes. Producer: Sophie Cousens
TAKE ME OUT (SERIES 1,2 &3) ITV/Talkback Thames Television dating show hosted by Paddy McGuinness
ARGUMENTAL Tiger Aspect SERIES 3+4 Directors: Ian Lorimer & Geraldine Dowd
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONNAIRE ITV
THE MARRIAGE REF Zeppotron/ITV SERIES 1 - Panel show Exec Producers: Ruth Phillips, Richard Osman
JOHN BISHOP'S BRITAIN (SERIES 1&2) Objective Productions / BBC One Andrew Chaplin and Lucy Forbes
RUTH JONES Tidy Productions
71 DEGREES NORTH ITV Series 1. Director: Simon Draper
STAND UP FOR THE WEEK (SERIES 1 & 2) Open Mike Productions Director: Tom Poole
COMIC RELIEF - 24 HOUR PANEL PEOPLE BBC 1 2 x 30 min episodes
HOW DO I GET UP THERE (DEVELOPMENT) Freemantle Media/Talkback Thames
WALK THE LINE (NON-TX PILOT) Freemantle Media/Talkback Thames
RUTH JONES' CHRISTMAS CRACKER BBC 1 Steve Smith
BEER AND PIZZA CLUB (SERIES 2) ITV4/FremantleMedia Limited Toby Baker
MEET THE PARENTS Objective Productions/ E4 Director: Paul Young
MAN WITH PAN (PILOT) Betty
THE LATE LIST PILOT Princess Productions
BEER AND PIZZA CLUB (SERIES 1) ITV4/FremantleMedia Limited
ODD ONE IN ITV 1 Series 1 + 2. Director: Steve Smith
OVER THE RAINBOW (SERIES 1) BBC 1 Simon Staffurth
THE STEPHEN K AMOS SHOW BBC 2 Simon London
CHANNEL 4'S COMEDY GALA (SERIES 1) Channel 4/Open Mike Productions Stand up Show for Charity Director: Elliot Hegarty
THE KING IS DEAD Talkback Thames/BBC 3 Directors: Barbara Wiltshire and Juliet May
ULTIMATE MOVIE TOONS ITV 1 Family Entertainment Show hosted by Danni Minogue. Director: Jonathan Bullen
8 OUT OF 10 CATS (SERIES 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11&12) Channel 4 Director: Chris Howe
THE KEVIN BISHOP SHOW (SERIES 1,2 &3) Channel 4 Directors: Eliot Hegarty and Dominic Brigstocke
MAGIC NUMBERS (PILOT) CPL
ARGUMENTAL (SERIES 3) Tiger for Dave Channel Panel show featuring Sean Lock. Director: Ian Lorimer
SEXY ADS CPL Productions Showcase of barely broadcast-able adverts. Director: Chris Howe
EVERYBODY DANCE NOW ITV 1/Talent Nostalgic journey through the biggest dance crazes of all time. Director Simon Staffurth
TARRANT LETS THE KIDS LOOSE North One Television Daryl Goodrich
LOVELAND (PILOT) Standing Stone Productions
MEZMERIZED (PILOT) Celador
MY FAMILY BBC Domestic Sitcom. Director: Dewi Humphreys
SUNDAY NIGHT PROJECT (SERIES 6,7 & 8) Ch 4 Directors: Steve Smith and Paul Taylor
VODAFONE LIVE MUSIC AWARDS 2008 Endemol Director: Phil Heyes
MR AND MRS (SERIES 1 & 3) Celador
COMEDY LIVE PRESENTS: RUSSELL BRAND & FRIENDS Objective
OFF THEIR ROCKERS CPL/BBC 1 Exec Producer Mob Dar
THE BRITISH SOAP AWARDS ITV 1 Writing for Bradley Walsh
COOKING THE BOOKS Talkback Thames Celebrity cooking Show. Director: David Coyle
THAT'S WHAT I CALL TELEVISION Unique Director: Simon Staffurth
BEST OF BRITISH Shine Limited Director: Danni Wright
DAME EDNA TREATMENT ITV / Tiger Aspect John F.D Northover
FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT (SERIES 4) Channel4 / Endemol Steve Smith
BEST MANS SPEECH Scream Films
SHOWBIZ BLACK JACK Sunset and Vine / Challenge
BALLS OF STEEL II Objective Productions Dave Skinner
FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT (SERIES 2 & 3) Channel 4 / Princess Productions Director: Steve Smith
8 OUT OF 10 CATS Channel 4/Endemol Chris Howe
CELEBRITY SOUP E! / Optimistic Entertainment Nick Pinn
DEADLY KNOWLEDGE Channel 4 / Princess Productions Dave Skinner and Ralph Spark
OFFICE MONKEY ITV 2 Richard Ackerman
FRIDAY NIGHT PROJECT (SERIES 2) Princess / Ch4 Steve Smith
THE FARM Endemol / Channel 5 Alex Rudzinski
THE WEAKEST LINK BBC2 Lamees Nuseibeh
MODERN MANNERS (PILOT) Talkback
THAT WAS SO LAST WEEK Zig Zag / Ch 5 Richard Drew
100 SCARY MOMENTS YTV / Ch4 Samantha Stamp
FAME ACADEMY 2 Endemol / BBC Alex Hardcastle
I'M THE ANSWER Unique / ITV Michael Hurll
RED OR DEAD Pearson / ITV Pilot Dean Jones
JUDGEMENT DAY Endemol / ITV Dominic English
V GRAHAM NORTON So TV / Ch 4 Jon Magnusson
SPY TV Endemol / BBC 1 Dominic English
BIG TRAIN Talkback / BBC Phil Clark
THIS WEEK ONLY Princess / Ch 4 Jon Naismith
LILY LIVE Carlton / ITV Robert Gray
JIMMY CARR'S WORLD OF CORPORATE VIDEOS Talentshed / E4 Sheridan Simove
THE BRIAN CONLEY SHOW Pearson / ITV Clare Horton
DO OR DIE Sophie Clark-Jervois
THE FIRST TELEVISION SHOW Ch 4 / Zenith Steve Pinhay
THE VERY WORLD OF MILTON JONES Pozzitive / R4 David Tyler
THE WEEKLY AWARD SHOW (PILOT) Hat Trick Dominic English
THE 11 O'CLOCK SHOW Talkback / Ch 4 Various
FRONTAL Initial / Ch 4
COMEDY RED Assembly Film Website
OUT THERE Meridian / Ch 5 Michael Carson and Anna Johnson
COMEDY NATION BBC 2 Gareth Carrivick
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY LIVE BBC 1 Stuart McDonald
BREMNER, BIRD AND FORTUNE Vera / Ch 4 Tristram Shapeero

Radio Writing:
Project Company Notes
THE TREATMENT BBC Radio 5
LOOSE ENDS BBC Radio 2

Television Presenting:
Production Character Director Production Company
NTL Presenter NTL
E4 DAILY Location Presenter Dan Mazer Talkback / E4
LATE LOUNGE Kenton Lazer Ian Cross Bravo / Flextech
SHOW ME THE FUNNY Presenter Talkback Dan Mazer
THE OUTLAWS Presenter BBC Television Vicky Barrass
AROUND WESTMINSTER Alain Gateaux Anna Teeman BBC Television
STAND UP SHOW Stand Up Gareth Carrivick BBC Television
COMEDY NATION (SERIES 1 & 2) Various Roles Gareth Carrivick BBC Television
MIDWEEK NATIONAL LOTTERY SHOW Lottery Les Alan King BBC Television
FIVES COMPANY Presenter John Montague Pearson Television
FIVE'S COMPANY Presenter Channel 5
HE'S GOTTA HAVE IT Presenter Discovery Channel
SPY TV Presenter Les Keen Endemol
ANN THEN YOU DIE (PILOT) Panel Guest Darren Sole North One

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