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Mike Shephard is a writer with extensive experience across radio, television, theatre, and live performance.
He was awarded the BBC Radio Comedy Writing Bursary in 2017 and has since written for more than 25 series of BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, along with The Now Show, Joe Lycett’s Obsessions, The Museum of Curiosity, Ian Smith is Stressed, Lucy Porter’s Lucky Dip, Lucy Porter in the Family Way, Dead Ringers, Domestic Science, Newsjack Unplugged, Rich Hall’s US Breakdown, and even the Today programme.
His television work includes writing for Eugene Levy on The Reluctant Traveler, as well as Have I Got News For You, and Comic Relief. He is an experienced joke-writer, script editor, and director for comedians’ tour shows, panel show appearances, and for major events such as the BBC News Awards, the BBC Radio and Music Awards, and corporate awards ceremonies for every profession that you can think of, and a few that you can’t.
Mike’s theatre and film scripts have been selected for international festivals and have received several awards. He currently has a number of comedy and drama projects in development.
