Robert Popper
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Robert Popper is a comedy writer and actor, best known as co-creator of the mock BBC documentary Look Around You, in which he also plays the part of Jack Morgan. He also published the books, "The Timewaster Letters", "The Return of The Timewaster Letters" and the forthcoming "The Timewaster Diary" under the pseudonym of Robin Cooper.
[edit] Biography
Popper began his career in the television industry, working for Granada Television. Later, was employed as Commissioning Editor for Entertainment and Comedy at Channel 4. His commissioning credits include the series Bo' Selecta!, Black Books, Spaced and Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He also commissioned three series of the Comedy Lab whilst at the channel. During this time, he also made his first appearance as a comedian on The Eleven O'Clock Show. He left the role in 2003 to work on the first series of Look Around You with Peter Serafinowicz. He co-wrote the short film Hello Friend with Graham Linehan, also in 2003.
Popper had a small, uncredited role in Shaun of the Dead, in which he played a news reporter and appears in the follow-up Hot Fuzz, credited as 'Not Janine'.
He is also the script editor for the fourth series of Bo' Selecta!, and producer for the third series of Peep Show.
In 2005 he returned to the screen with a second series of Look Around You. Made up of six half-hour shows, it resembled an early 80s Tomorrow's World and, besides Robert and Peter, featured Josie D'Arby and Olivia Colman as presenters.
Robert Popper is a regular contributor to "Jack Magazine" and the US magazine "Methicamay".
[edit] External Link
Webpage regarding the timewaster letters
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