Richie Webb is a British comedy writer, actor and composer. He was educated at

Wolverhampton Grammar School Wolverhampton Grammar School is a co-educational private school in Wolverhampton, England. History Initially a grammar school for boys, WGS was founded in 1512 by Sir Stephen Jenyns, a master of the ancient guild of Merchant Taylors, who was ...

. He is a composer of music for television – often with partner music producer Matt Katz – contributing to many comedy, entertainment and children's programmes, most notably The reboot of the classic British children’s television series ''

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'' and ''

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'', the multi-award-winning

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sketch show where Webb's music is regarded as a key ingredient of the show's success. He has also won a BAFTA award. As a writer and performer he is perhaps best known for his work on numerous

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comedy programmes. He began his career as a member of ''

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'' and went on to have regular musical comedy slots on both ''

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'' and ''

Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections ''Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections'' was a BBC Radio 2 satirical comedy show starring Andy Parsons and Henry Naylor. It also stars Richie Webb, and one female "special guest". Female guests included Lucy Porter, Jo Caulfield, Julia Morr ...

''. He is currently creator and star of '' 15 Minute Musical'' which won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and writes and stars in BBC Radio 4's "The Music Teacher". Along with

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and other Warwick University alumni he runs a radio production company ''Top Dog Productions'', which makes comedy and drama for

.Top Dog Productions
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, and has a

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for

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BBC Radio 4 – Look Away Now
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