Tony Roche

Tony Roche's early writing assignments included scripts for Alan Davies on his Radio 1 show and John Shuttleworth's on Radio 4. His first original series World of Pub debuted on radio and transferred to BBC2 starring Peter Serafinowicz, Kevin Eldon and Phil Cornwall.

He co-created and wrote the current affairs comedy 7 Days with Andy Marlatt for BBC3 and Broken News for BBC2 with John Morton.

Tony is a key member of the team responsible for the multi-award winning comedy The Thick of It and its spin-off feature film, In The Loop which was released in the UK and US in 2009 and nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars.

Tony's original film Holy Flying Circus produced by Hillbilly Television for BBC4 and directed by Owen Harris transmits in Autumn 2011.  He is co-executive producer on Armando Iannucci's HBO comedy series, Veep.