Andy Riley

Riley worked across cartoonist, writer, screenwriter and author. This article rests on 1 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Andy Riley • Born — 1970 • Birthplace — Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England • Occupation — Author, cartoonist, screenwriter and television producer • Period — 1993–present • Genre — Comedy, adventure, science fiction • Education — Pembroke College, Oxford

Riley was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read Modern History.

Riley has written and drawn many best-selling cartoon books, including The Book of Bunny Suicides (2003) and its sequels, and Great Lies To Tell Small Kids (2005). From 2002 until February 2010 he drew a weekly comic strip called Roasted in The Observer Magazine, a collection of which was released in book form in 2007. Riley also publishes the King Flashypants series of children's books. With Kevin Cecil, his best friend since they attended Aylesbury Grammar School, he created and wrote the sitcoms Year of the Rabbit for Channel 4 and IFC, The Great Outdoors for BBC Four, Hyperdrive for BBC Two and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Their other television work includes Veep (for which they each won an Emmy in 2015 in the Outstanding Comedy Series category), Black Books, the Comic Relief one-off special Robbie the Reindeer, for which he and Cecil won a BAFTA in 2000, Little Britain, Tracey Ullman's Show, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack the Pony, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Harry and Paul, Big Bad World, Come Fly With Me, and Spitting Image. The Radio Four panel game they wrote with Jon Holmes and Tony Roche, The 99p Challenge, ran for five series from 2000. They wrote for the Touchstone animated feature Gnomeo and Juliet, and its sequel Sherlock Gnomes. Riley has co-written two TV adaptations of David Walliams books: Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress.

• Production — Notes — Broadcaster • The Good Sex Guide — *Unknown episodes (1993) — ITV • Smith & Jones: One Night Stand — *Television film (co-written with Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Simon Godley, Rory McGrath, John O'Farrell, Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith, 1994) — N/A • The Friday Night Armistice — *Unknown episodes (1995) — BBC Two • Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives — *Unknown episodes (1996) (additional material) — Channel 4 • The Armstrong and Miller Show — *Unknown episodes (1997) — Paramount Comedy Channel • Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round — *6 episodes (1998) — BBC Two • Big Train — *"Episode #1.1" (1998) (additional material) — BBC Two • The Morwenna Banks Show — *Unknown episodes (1998) — Channel 5 • Hooves of Fire — *Short film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and Richard Curtis, 1999) — BBC One Fox Family Channel • The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything — *Television film (co-written with Mark Burton and Kim Fuller, 1999) — BBC One • Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show — *Unknown episodes (2000) — Sky 1 • Smack the Pony — *7 episodes (2000–2001) (additional material) — Channel 4 • Slacker Cats — *Television film (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2001) — ABC Family • TV to Go — *Unknown episodes (2001) — BBC One • The Armando Iannucci Shows — *8 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2001) — Channel 4 • Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe — *Short film (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2002) — BBC One • Black Books — *8 episodes (2002, 2004) — Channel 4 • Man Stroke Woman — *"Episode #1.3" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2005) — BBC Three • Little Britain — *8 episodes (2005–2006) (additional material) — BBC One • Hyperdrive — *12 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2005–2006) — BBC Two • Katy Brand's Big Ass Show — *"Episode #2.2" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2007) *"Episode #2.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2007) — ITV2 • Slacker Cats — *7 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2007, 2009) — ABC Family • The Great Outdoors — *3 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) — BBC Four • The Armstrong & Miller Show — *"Episode #2.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2009) *"Episode #3.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) *"Episode #3.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) *"Episode #3.6" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) — BBC One • Come Fly with Me — *6 episodes (2010–2011) (additional material) — BBC One • Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul — *"Episode #3.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) (additional material) *"Episode #4.2" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2012) (additional material) *"Episode #4.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2012) (additional material) — BBC Two • Gnomeo & Juliet — *Feature film (co-written with Kelly Asbury, Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Steve Hamilton Shaw, John R. Smith and Rob Sprackling, 2011) — N/A • Big Bad World — *"Episode #1.6" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2013) — Comedy Central • Gangsta Granny — *Television film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and David Walliams, 2013) — BBC One • The Boy in the Dress — *Television film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and David Walliams, 2014) — BBC One • Veep — *"Clovis" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2014) *"Detroit" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2014) *"East Wing" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2015) *"B/ill" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2015) — HBO • Tracey Ullman's Show — *6 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2016–) — BBC One • Sherlock Gnomes — *Feature film (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2018) — Paramount Pictures • Seize Them! — *Feature film (2024) — TBA • Beyond Paradise — *Series 4 Episode 5 (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2026) — BBC One

Andy Riley was born on 27 April 1970 in Aylesbury. Riley held the nationality of United Kingdom. Riley was educated at Pembroke College and Aylesbury Grammar School.

Riley wrote as well as composed, and is recorded as writer and author. 8 books and published texts survive in the institutional catalogues, spanning 2003 to 2010. Among them are The Book of Bunny Suicides (2003), Return of the Bunny Suicides (2004) and The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides (2010). The whole run is set out in the catalogue below.