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Dan Patterson (born March 1960) is a British television producer and writer, best known as co-creator, alongside Mark Leveson, and producer of both the British and American incarnations of the comedy improvisation show ''
Whose Line Is It Anyway? ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' is a short-form improvisational comedy show created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. The three major versions of the show are the original 1988 British radio programme (from which all subsequent versions are ada ...
'' and the British satirical comedy panel show ''
Mock the Week ''Mock the Week'' is a topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. Presenter Dara Ó Briain and pan ...
''. Patterson and Leveson created ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' initially as a 6-episode radio show for the
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in 1988. Later that year, the show moved to television on
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, running for 136 episodes over the next ten years. An American version then ran on
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from 1998 to 2007, before returning on
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in 2013. In 2005, Patterson and Leveson created ''Mock the Week'', which ran on the BBC until 2022, with 245 episodes in total. Patterson has been a producer on every episode of ''Whose Line'' (both UK and US) and ''Mock the Week''. In 2004, he established Angst Productions, which is responsible for ''Mock the Week''. In October 2013, the play '' The Duck House'', a farcical political
satire Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposin ...
which he wrote alongside ''
Have I Got News for You ''Have I Got News for You'' (''HIGNFY'') is a British television panel show, produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, which premiered on 28 September 1990. The programme focuses on two teams, one usually captained by Ian Hislop and one ...
'' writer Colin Swash, embarked on a five-week tour before transferring to the
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in
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's West End through Spring 2014.


Television

Producer * ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' (UK version) -
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(1988–1999) * ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' (US version) -
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/
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(executive producer 1998–2007, 2013–present) * ''Clive Anderson Talks Back'' -
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(1989–1995) * ''Clive Anderson All Talk'' -
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(1996–1998) * ''S&M'' -
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(1991) * ''
The Brain Drain ''The Brain Drain'' is a British comedy panel show that aired on BBC2 from 19 September 1992 to 13 August 1993 and is hosted by Jimmy Mulville Format The show is essentially a comedy version of '' Question Time'' and features four celebrity pa ...
'' -
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(1992–1993) * ''
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'' -
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(1994–1997) * '' The Peter Principle'' -
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(1995–1997) * '' Never Mind the Horrocks'' -
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(1996) * ''
29 Minutes of Fame ''29 Minutes of Fame'' is a British satirical celebrity quiz series which aired on BBC One on Fridays in early 2005. The show was presented by comedian Bob Mortimer. The show's two team captains were Jo Brand and Alistair McGowan, they were also j ...
'' -
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(2005) * ''
Mock the Week ''Mock the Week'' is a topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. Presenter Dara Ó Briain and pan ...
'' -
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(2005–2022) * '' Fast and Loose'' -
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(2011)BBC Press Office
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Stage

;Writer * '' The Duck House''


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, Dan British television producers British television show creators British satirists British satirical television show creators Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 1960 births