Kevin Robert Cecil (born 1969 in London) is a British screenwriter. Writing alongside

Andy Riley Andy Riley (born 1970) is a British author, cartoonist, and Emmy-winning screenwriter for TV and film. Riley has written and drawn many best-selling cartoon books, including '' The Book of Bunny Suicides'' (2003) and its sequels, and ''Great Li ...

(with whom he has been friends since attending

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), he has won two BAFTA awards, the first for writing the

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one-off special ''

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'' in 2000, and the second for ''

Black Books ''Black Books'' is a British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Linehan, and written by Moran, Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Linehan and Arthur Mathews. It was broadcast on Channel 4, running for three series from 2000 to 2004. Starring Mo ...

'' in 2005. He went to Oxford University where he attended New College reading English Literature. He has also written for ''

The Armando Iannucci Shows ''The Armando Iannucci Shows'' is a series of eight programmes directed by Armando Iannucci and written by Iannucci with Andy Riley and Kevin Cecil. It was shown on UK's Channel 4 from August to October 2001. Each episode focused on specific the ...

'', '' Armstrong & Miller'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' and on radio he co-created ''

The 99p Challenge ''The 99p Challenge'' is a spoof panel game originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The show is presented by Sue Perkins and features a selection of regular panelists such as Armando Iannucci and regular writers Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Jon Holmes ...

''. The second ''Robbie the Reindeer'' special, "Legend of the Lost Tribe", which Cecil and Riley co-wrote won an International Emmy for best children's programme in 2003. Kevin also co-created and wrote a Sci-Fi comedy series for television entitled '' Hyperdrive''. The first series aired on BBC2 in 2006, and the second series aired on the same channel in 2007. The programme starred Nick Frost,

Kevin Eldon Kevin Eldon (born 2 October 1959) is an English actor and comedian. He featured in British comedy television shows of the 1990s including ''Fist of Fun'', ''This Morning with Richard Not Judy'', '' Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge'' ...

and

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who was nominated for best newcomer in the British Comedy Awards in 2006 for her role in the programme. An animated series '' Slacker Cats'' he and

created was broadcast on the

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in 2007. He has worked on a number of feature films including ''

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'', the Aardman adaptation of Gideon Defoe's '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists'' and ''

The Corpse Bride ''Corpse Bride'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's Corpse Bride'') is a 2005 stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based on cha ...

'' (uncredited). In 2013, he co-wrote ''

Gangsta Granny ''Gangsta Granny'' is a 2011 British children's comedy fiction book, written by David Walliams, illustrated by Tony Ross and published by HarperCollins. A sequel, '' Gangsta Granny Strikes Again'', was released in 2021. Plot Ben, a curious b ...

''. In 2016 he won a Writers Guild of America award for his work on Veep.2016 Writers Guild Awards Nominees
/ref> He has also appeared in the episode of the IT crowd 'Something happened', where he starred as Norman the geeky keyboard player.

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cecil, Kevin British male screenwriters Living people Alumni of New College, Oxford BAFTA winners (people) People educated at Aylesbury Grammar School 1969 births