1. Robert Darren Popper was born on 23 November 1967 and is a British comedy producer, writer, actor, and author, best known as co-creator of the mock BBC documentary Look Around You, and creator of Channel 4's sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
19 Facts About Robert Popper
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Robert Popper wrote the books The Timewaster Letters, Return of The Timewaster Letters and The Timewaster Diaries under the pseudonym Robin Cooper.
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Robert Popper began his career in British television working for The Comic Strip under Peter Richardson.
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Robert Popper then worked on the Channel 4 show, The Big Breakfast, writing for comedy puppets Zig and Zag.
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Robert Popper made his first appearance as a comedian on The Eleven O'Clock Show as the character Simon Michael Simon.
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Robert Popper commissioned three series of the Comedy Lab whilst at the channel.
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Robert Popper left the role to work on the first series of Look Around You with Peter Serafinowicz.
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In 2003, Robert Popper co-wrote the short film Hello Friend with Graham Linehan.
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In 2005, Robert Popper returned to the screen with a second series of Look Around You, again co-written by him and Serafinowicz.
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Robert Popper was a programme consultant and co-writer for the TV sketch comedy The Peter Serafinowicz Show, in which he made several brief on-screen appearances.
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Robert Popper was the producer for the third and fourth series of Channel 4's Peep Show.
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Robert Popper was the script editor on all three series of The Inbetweeners.
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Robert Popper wrote on the fourteenth series of South Park; he was signed up by creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker following a week-long brainstorming session, and worked on the final four episodes of the first half-season.
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Robert Popper created, wrote and produced six series of the Channel 4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
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Robert Popper co-wrote the first three episodes of Stath Lets Flats with Jamie Demetriou in 2018.
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Robert Popper created and wrote I Hate You for Channel 4, starring Tanya Reynolds and Melissa Saint.
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Robert Popper had a small, uncredited role in Edgar Wright's 2004 film Shaun of the Dead, in which he played a news reporter, and appeared in Wright's next film, Hot Fuzz, credited as "Not Janine".
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Robert Popper wrote the books The Timewaster Letters and Return of the Timewaster Letters under the pseudonym Robin Cooper.
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Robert Popper was responsible for a minor hoax regarding Gordon Brown in February 2010 known as "Tangerinegate".