Nico Tatarowicz (born 23 April 1974) is a British actor and writer, known for ''
The Armstrong & Miller Show
''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' is a British sketch comedy television show produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One. It features the double act Armstrong and Miller and a number of notable scriptwriters including Andy Hamilton, co-creator ...
'' (
BAFTA
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winner) (2007), ''
Very Important People'' (2012), ''
Crackanory
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'' (
Broadcasting Press Guild
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History
The Guild was established in 1974 as a breakaway of The Critics' Circle and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 20 ...
Award Winner) (2013), ''
Shooting Stars'' and ''
Murder in Successville'' (BAFTA winner) (2015–2017).
Career
Nico Tatarowicz has written and co-written comedy, mainly for TV, since around 2005. Formerly writing alongside David-Cadji-Newby, the pair's material made its debut on Channel 5's relationship sketch-show ''Swinging''. This led to a commission to write for BBC 1's ''
The Armstrong & Miller Show
''The Armstrong & Miller Show'' is a British sketch comedy television show produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One. It features the double act Armstrong and Miller and a number of notable scriptwriters including Andy Hamilton, co-creator ...
'', which they contributed to over three series.
The pair began working on their own projects and Tatarowicz switched to writing material that he could perform himself as well as for other people. His self-penned E4 Funny Cut ''The Viewing'' was broadcast in August 2008 to critical acclaim. He has since appeared as a character performer in several productions including ''
Murder In Successville'' as 'Sid Lowecroft', ''
Crackanory
''Crackanory'' is a storytelling television series aimed at adults and inspired by the popular children's series ''Jackanory''. It is broadcast on the UKTV channel Dave. Each episode features tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, co ...
'', ''
The Warm-Up Guy,'' and
Morgana Robinson's ''
Very Important People'' (as
Liam Gallagher
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). In 2012, Tatarowicz also pitched and shot a low-budget mini-pilot for a spoof rock-doc about
The Stone Roses
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, which though never picked up, was put online.
In 2008, Tatarowicz provided the opening voice-over for the comeback series of ''
Shooting Stars'', and did some character voices on some of the same series sketches.
His written work includes several stories written over 4 series of
TV Station Dave ''
Crackanory
''Crackanory'' is a storytelling television series aimed at adults and inspired by the popular children's series ''Jackanory''. It is broadcast on the UKTV channel Dave. Each episode features tales narrated by contemporary comedians and actors, co ...
'', with his stories read by
Jack Dee
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,
Harry Enfield
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,
Vic Reeves
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In 2003, Ree ...
,
Emilia Fox
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,
Carrie Fisher
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,
Paul Whitehouse
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and a double-length story read by
Sheridan Smith
Sheridan Caroline Sian Smith (born 25 June 1981) is an English actress and singer. She came to prominence after playing a variety of characters in sitcoms, including '' The Royle Family'' (1999–2000), ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Cri ...
.
In 2016, Tatarowicz wrote a one-off special for BBC2 show ''
Morgana Robinson's The Agency
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'', set around Robinson's take on
Natalie Cassidy
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going through a day from hell.
In 2017, he co-wrote
ITV2
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espionage comedy ''
Action Team'' with
Tom Davis and James De Frond. The series was broadcast in 2018.
Tatarowicz has written three humour books with sometime collaborator and friend Jason Hazeley - they are ''What Not to Say to Your Wife'', ''What Not to Say to Your Husband'', and the pandemic-based ''Instructions for the British Citizens During the Emergency''. The pair also wrote together across 2 series of
Spitting Image
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in 2020-2021 on Britbox. He is also a podcaster, his podcast project ''Stupid Hearts Club'' features comedy chat and conversations around mental health. He often appears on Matt Morgan's Patreon Podcast, and previously recorded episodes of a podcast called ''Sick Minds'' with writer Alistair Griggs.
Tatarowicz has contributed music to various productions including spoof songs for Liam Gallagher and
Adele
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on ''Very Important People'' and 2014 Cinema release ''
Benny & Jolene.'' In 2017 Nico contributed a tongue-in-cheek fictional
Britpop
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hit to the indie-film ''
Songbird
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'' directed by Jamie Adams. His love for music began when his uncle Ackley provided him with a guitar which once belonged to
Earl Slick
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's niece and had been previously used during a
Ono studio session for
Season of Glass. Being a big beatles fan from conception, Nico was more than appreicative and it spurred him to do a rigorious 4 hours a day practice of chords, arpeggio work and ear training. Although he was rejected from local
Manchester
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Bands Charles Darwen and Hulme Alone his enthusiasm never weened and now he's performing around the
Brighton
Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...
area on a regular basis.
References
External links
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Nico Tatarowicz' Twitter Feed
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English television writers
English male stage actors
Living people
1980 births
British male television writers