Tony Sarchet is a British television and radio writer for alternative comedy shows. Sarchet studied chemistry at University College, Oxford, where he was a member of the University College Players and wrote a revue called ''Gargoyles'' at the Oxford Playhouse with John Albery and Graham Wall in 1978.Univ. Players. ''University College Record'', 1978, pages 179–180. He started his professional career writing for hit shows including ''Three of a Kind (1981 TV series), Three of a Kind'' and ''Spitting Image'', and for comedians such as Lenny Henry and Jasper Carrott. In 1984, his Sony Award-winning BBC Radio 4 satire ''Delve Special'' begun, a comedic parody of Roger Cook (journalist), Roger Cook's investigative journalism series 'Checkpoint'. This time starring Stephen Fry as investigative journalist David Lander. When Roger Cook moved to television, so did his parody, in the Tony Sarchet written series ''This is David Lander'' and ''This is David Harper'' (this last series with Tony Slattery in the main role). Sarchet went on to write the Screen One TV film ''Trust Me'' starring Alfred Molina and in 2001 the ITV (TV network), ITV sitcom ''High Stakes (sitcom), High Stakes'' with Richard Wilson (Scottish actor), Richard Wilson. Tony Sarchet is married to the writer Andrea Solomons.

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Tony Sarchet at The BBC Comedy Guide
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