Adrian Poynton

Adrian Poynton is a British screenwriter, playwright, stand up comedian and actor.

He is the creator and writer of BBC Three sitcom White Van Man starring Will Mellor, Georgia Moffett and Clive Mantle. It began screening in March 2011 becoming the highest rated launch ever for a sitcom on BBC3. In May 2011 it was confirmed that a second series has been commissioned, due for transmission on 23rd February 2012, once again with Poynton writing all the scripts.

His play, A Very Naughty Boy based on the life of Monty Python's Graham Chapman, won a Edinburgh Festival Fringe First award in 2003. It then had a national tour followed by a run at London's Soho Theatre. He is also the writer of several other plays and TV shows.

As well as touring the world as a stand up comedian, Poynton is also one of the UK's most used TV studio audience warm-ups, mostly working on sitcoms and sketch shows.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

• Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award - Winner
• Fuji Film New Writers Award - Winner
• Jongleurs New Act - Finalist
• Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award - Finalist
• Hackney Empire New Act of the Year - Finalist

Filmography

Television

• White Van Man
• That's So Last Week
• Nuzzle and Scratch
• Raoul's Summer Camp
• Good Morning Raoul
• The Spooky Sisters
• Football Focus
• Take The Mic
• SWAG
• The Roots of Monty Python
• The Double

External links

• Profile on Comedycv.co.uk