Shaun Pye (born December 1971) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television producer, known for co-creating the animated

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Monkey Dust ''Monkey Dust'' is a British adult animated satirical sketch comedy series created by Harry Thompson and Shaun Pye. The series is characterised by its dark humour, frequent shifts in animation styles, and handling of taboo topics such ...

'' with

Harry Thompson Harry William Thompson (6 February 1960 – 7 November 2005) was an English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer. He was the creator of the dark humour television series '' Monkey Dust'', screened between 200 ...

, and for his role as Greg Lindley-Jones on

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's and

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's sitcom '' Extras''. Pye created and wrote '' There She Goes''.

Career

A former comedy critic for the ''

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'' and editor of ''Tough Puzzles'', Pye has performed as a comedian. He is, however, known best for his work as a writer, having written for series including ''

Never Mind the Buzzcocks ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' is a British comedy panel game show with a pop music theme. It has aired on Sky Max since September 2021, having originally aired between November 1996 and January 2015 on BBC Two. The original series was first host ...

'', '' They Think It's All Over'', ''

Armstrong and Miller Armstrong and Miller are an English comedy double act consisting of the actor-comedians Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller. They have performed in two eponymous television sketch shows, the satirical ''Timeghost'' podcast, and many individu ...

'', ''

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross and broadcast on BBC One between 2001 and 2010. The programme featured Ross' take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews (usually three per show ...

'', '' Would I Lie to You?'', and

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's '' The 100 Greatest Cartoons''. He also worked as one of the head writers on ''

8 Out of 10 Cats ''8 Out of 10 Cats'' (stylised as ''8 out of 10 CATS'') is a British comedy panel show that aired from 3 June 2005 to 17 January 2021. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 from 2005 to 2015, then More4 from 2016 to 2017, and finally E4 from ...

'' alongside presenter

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and fellow comedian

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. He first met his comedy partner Harry Thompson while working on ''

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'', and together they created the dark satirical animation ''

'', which broadcast on

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for three series. The pair collaborated with Alan Connor in 2006 to create '' Respectable'', a sitcom for channel

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about a

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. Following Thompson's death from lung cancer in 2005, Shaun took over production of the show. He also co-produced the short-lived

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''It's Only TV... But I Like It''. Pye co-created '' The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' with comedian

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for

. As of October 2015, Pye is a "Programme Associate" on the BBC comedy panel show ''

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''. Pye was the creator and writer of '' There She Goes'', a 2018 programme on

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about a family with a learning disability. It was based on Pye's experiences with his daughter, who was born in 2006 with a chromosomal disorder. From 2019 to 2022, Pye was a writer on '' Frankie Boyle's New World Order''. In 2021, he co-wrote the second series of '' Jerk'', alongside

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. Pye also appeared as a paramedic in one episode of the show.

Acting filmography

References

External links

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