Writing

David Quantick

Born

1961-05-14 (65)

Place of birth

Wortley, South Yorkshire, England, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

17 titles

David Quantick (born 14 May 1961) is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former freelance writer for the music magazine NME, his writing credits have included On the Hour, Blue Jam and TV Burp. He won an Emmy Award for Veep in 2015. Quantick was born in Wortley, West Riding of Yorkshire (now South Yorkshire) on 14 May 1961, adopted, and moved at an early age with his family to Plymouth. Quantick spent the 1970s in Exmouth. Quantick went to Woodford Junior School and Plymouth College, then Exmouth Comprehensive School. He was born in 1961, in a mother-and-baby home in Wortley, Yorkshire. His mother lived in the Midlands and went …

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Spider Island poster
4.6

A group of social media influencers go to the launch of a new hotel on a tropical island, where they find deadly spiders.

Spider Island

2026

Book of Love poster
5.6

Henry, an English writer who has written a new book that has become a failure in the U.K, gets notified that the dull book has been highly trending over in Mexico. Little does he know that Maria, a Spanish translator, turned the book into an erotic novel. Henry and Maria then swerve around Mexico to do a book tour and go through a wind of events.

Book of Love

2022

Spitting Image: Election Special '87 poster
NR

Alastair Burnet announces the predicted results of the general election. Then he announces that the polls are now closed, shortly to be followed by the hospitals, the schools, and the BBC.

Spitting Image: Election Special '87

1987

The Junkies poster
NR

Sal, Big Al and Jackie all deal with heroin use in a fun-filled romp.

The Junkies

2001

Eurovision: 30 Unforgettable Moments poster
NR

Celebrating the most spectacular moments in Eurovision's long history, including the outlandish outfits and gimmicks that have made the competition so very memorable over the years.

Eurovision: 30 Unforgettable Moments

2023

Snodgrass poster
NR

In 1991 50-year old John Lennon, living on the dole in Birmingham and following the moderate success of the Beatles, recalls how he left the band in 1962 after they were persuaded to release 'How Do You Do It?' as a single, rather than 'Love Me Do'.

Snodgrass

2013

Sleigh poster
NR

Formerly successful rock band THE KINDNESS are trying to record a Christmas song for their comeback single. It's the height of summer, tempers are fraying and obnoxious lead singer Rob and his dad Gerald, the officious Bishop, aren't helping. So, with the aid of port, cheese and swearing, it's up to long-suffering manager Martin to save the day.

Sleigh

2017

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2 poster
10.0

Harry Hill returns to DVD for a second volume of TV Burp Gold, with a brand new selection of the funniest bits from the Multi BAFTA winning, hit series, TV Burp. Some of TV's biggest shows such as Coronation Street, East Enders, Dancing On Ice and The X Factor get the full Harry treatment. It's crammed with hilarious jokes, funny clips and silly sketches plus a host of extras including "unseen" TV Burp and side-splitting out-takes.

Harry Hill's TV Burp Gold 2

2009

Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are poster
8.0

Angry Kid is given the task to write a 10-page essay for his teacher on who he really thinks he is.

Angry Kid: Who Do You Think You Are

2004

No artwork available
NR

Charting the rise of the Milliband brother, from their left-wing upbringing to their University days, using dramatized scenes and interviews with people who knew them.

Miliband of Brothers

2010

Sleepyman poster
NR

The 1890's. Jeremy, an academic, is plagued by glimpses of a ghostly figure. He confides in his condition to his closest friend Alfred. Is Jeremy's affliction in his mind, or is there more to the tale of Sleepyman than meets the eye..

Sleepyman

2023