Adam Bromley is a television and radio producer and director.
Specialising in comedy, Bromley has won two
Sony Awards for radio. He won Silver Sony Award in 2002 for ''
Think the Unthinkable'', a management consultant sitcom written by
James Cary. In 2004, he won a Bronze Sony Award for ''
The Now Show
''The Now Show'' is a British radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4, which satirises the week's news. The show is a mixture of stand-up, sketches and songs hosted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. The show used to feature regular appearances b ...
'', topical comedy show for
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of Talk radio, spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history fro ...
. Bromley's other radio credits include ''Crème de la Crime'', ''
Concrete Cow
James Cary is a British television and radio writer.
Career
Cary is the creator and writer of BBC Radio 4's Sony Radio Academy Awards Silver Award-winning comedy series, '' Think the Unthinkable'' (four series) and lead writer on the sketch show ...
'', ''
The Party Line'', ''The Problem with Adam Bloom'', ''
Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music
''Mitch Benn's Crimes Against Music'' is a BBC Radio 4 comedy series, taking a satirical look at popular music. It is written by and stars Mitch Benn and Robin Ince. It also features Mitch's group ''The Distractions'' (Kirsty Newton and Tash Bay ...
'', ''Recorded for Training Purposes'', ''
Hut 33
''Hut 33'' is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom set at Bletchley Park in 1941. It includes both the writer ( James Cary) and producer (Adam Bromley) from ''Think the Unthinkable'' and ''Concrete Cow''.
Production
The first six-part series was recorded at ...
'', ''
Double Science'', ''
Clive Anderson's Chat Room'' and ''
Newfangle
''Newfangle'' is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom written by Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose, first broadcast on 1 June 2009. The series is set hundreds of thousands of years ago amongst a tribe of proto-humans. Newfangle (played by Russell Tovey), is ...
''.
He produced two scripted comedy shows for
CBBC
CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...
, a live action puppet game show called ''Tiny and Mr Duk's Huge Show'' and a sketch show, starring
Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Alexander Brigstocke (born 8 May 1973) is a British comedian, actor and satirist. He has worked in stand-up comedy, television, radio and musical theatre. He has appeared on many BBC television and radio shows.
Early life
Brigstocke is ...
, called ''
Stupid!
Stupid! is a British television comedy sketch show aimed at children of primary and secondary school age, which was first broadcast on CBBC and subsequently BBC One.
Main characters
King Stupid (played in Series 1 by Marcus Brigstocke, and S ...
'', written by
Dean Wilkinson and a sitcom pilot, called ''Bash'' written by
Robin French
Robin French (born 1978, Birmingham) is an English playwright, film and television writer and songwriter.
Background
French's father is English, his mother is from Barbados. French studied modern and medieval languages at Selwyn College, Cambri ...
and
Kieron Quirke
Kieron Quirke is an English writer.
Early life
Quirke was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and the Junior Royal Academy of Music.
Quirke attended Merton College, Oxford. He was Librarian of the Oxford Union and left with a Double ...
. It aired on
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, cov ...
in 2007. He produced and directed an E4 sitcom pilot called 'Jesusboy and the Goatherd', starring
Jack Whitehall
Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. He is known for starring as JP in the series '' Fresh Meat'' (2011–2016) and Alfie Wickers in the series '' Bad Education'' (2012–2014, 20 ...
.
He has also directed music videos for
Mitch Benn
Mitchell John Benn (born 20 January 1970) is an English comedian, author and musician known for his comedy rock songs performed on BBC radio. He was, until 2016, a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's satirical programme ''The Now Show'', and ha ...
, including "Everything Sounds Like Coldplay Now" and "Happy Birthday War".
Bromley has written and directed a feature film called ''
Buried Alive
Premature burial, also known as live burial, burial alive, or vivisepulture, means to be buried while still alive.
Animals or humans may be buried alive accidentally on the mistaken assumption that they are dead, or intentionally as a form of t ...
''. The cast includes
Hugh Dennis
Peter Hugh Dennis (born 13 February 1962) is an English comedian, presenter, actor, writer, impressionist and voice-over artist who has appeared in the comedy double act Punt and Dennis with partner Steve Punt. He played Dr Piers Crispin in ...
,
Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair ( Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy A ...
,
Sally Hawkins
Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress who began her career on stage and then moved into film. She has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award and the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear fo ...
and
Mitch Benn
Mitchell John Benn (born 20 January 1970) is an English comedian, author and musician known for his comedy rock songs performed on BBC radio. He was, until 2016, a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's satirical programme ''The Now Show'', and ha ...
. The film won the Best Feature award 2005 in the Digital Narrative Arts Festival, Canada.
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British television producers
British radio producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)