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'''Victoria Pile''', also known as '''Vicky Pile''', is a |
{{Short description|British television director and producer}} |
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'''Victoria Pile''', also known as '''Vicky Pile''', is a British comedy writer, director and producer, most noted as the creator of two [[Channel 4]] comedy programmes, the [[Sketch comedy|sketch]] show ''[[Smack the Pony]]'' and the [[sitcom]] ''[[Green Wing]]''. |
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==Early life== |
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Pile began her career writing for ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' whilst still a student at [[University of Sussex]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3651213/Green-Wings-midwife-and-surgeon.html Green Wing's midwife and surgeon – Telegraph<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jul/17/mediaguardiantop100200632 96. Victoria Pile | Media | The Guardian<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She has also written for ''[[Spitting Image]]'' and [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]].<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |
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== Writer == |
== Writer == |
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* ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' (1979–82) |
* ''[[Not the Nine O'Clock News]]'' (1979–82) |
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* ''Dear Heart'' (1982–83) |
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* ''[[Karen Kay (TV personality)|Karen Kay]]'' (1983–86) |
* ''[[Karen Kay (TV personality)|Karen Kay]]'' (1983–86) |
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* '' |
* ''Pushing Up Daisies'', later ''Coming Next...'' (1984–85) |
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* ''[[Lazarus and Dingwall]]'' |
* ''[[Lazarus and Dingwall]]'' (1991) |
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* '' |
* ''You Gotta Be Jokin''' (1991) |
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* ''[[Los Dos Bros]]'' |
* ''[[Los Dos Bros]]'' (1999–2001) |
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* ''[[Smack the Pony]]'' |
* ''[[Smack the Pony]]'' (1999–2003) |
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* ''[[Green Wing]]'' |
* ''[[Green Wing]]'' (2004–2007) |
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* ''[[Campus (TV series)|Campus]]'' |
* ''[[Campus (TV series)|Campus]]'' (2009-2011) |
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* ''[[Piglets (TV series)|Piglets]]'' (2024) <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/7867/piglets-cast/|website=British Comedy Guide|date=1 May 2024|accessdate=2 May 2024|title=Piglets}}</ref> |
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She has also written a pilot for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], set in a police precinct in America. British Sitcom Guide states that "it isn't often that British writers deliberately pitch a series to the American market first".<ref> |
She has also written a pilot for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], set in a police precinct in America. British Sitcom Guide states that "it isn't often that British writers deliberately pitch a series to the American market first".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000121|title=Green Wing writers create US pilot comedy|work=sitcom.co.uk|access-date=27 August 2015}}</ref> |
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== Producer / director == |
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* ''[[The Delivery Man (TV series)|The Delivery Man]]'' (2015) |
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* ''[[Piglets (TV series)|Piglets]]'' (2024) |
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==References== |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/p/pile_victoria.shtml Victoria Pile in BBC Comedy Guide] |
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*[http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greenwing/index.html Green Wing "microsite"] at Channel4.com |
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*[http://www.sitcom.co.uk/green_wing/writers.shtml British Sitcom Guide] Green Wing writers. |
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*{{IMDb name|683376}} |
*{{IMDb name|683376}} |
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[[Category:Alumni of the University of Sussex]] |
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[[Category:British women television directors]] |
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Latest revision as of 07:26, 2 May 2024
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Victoria Pile, also known as Vicky Pile, is a British comedy writer, director and producer, most noted as the creator of two Channel 4 comedy programmes, the sketch show Smack the Pony and the sitcom Green Wing.
Early life
[edit]Pile began her career writing for Not the Nine O'Clock News whilst still a student at University of Sussex.[1][2] She has also written for Spitting Image and CBBC.[2]
Writer
[edit]- Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–82)
- Dear Heart (1982–83)
- Karen Kay (1983–86)
- Pushing Up Daisies, later Coming Next... (1984–85)
- Lazarus and Dingwall (1991)
- You Gotta Be Jokin' (1991)
- Los Dos Bros (1999–2001)
- Smack the Pony (1999–2003)
- Green Wing (2004–2007)
- Campus (2009-2011)
- Piglets (2024) [3]
She has also written a pilot for ABC, set in a police precinct in America. British Sitcom Guide states that "it isn't often that British writers deliberately pitch a series to the American market first".[4]
Producer / director
[edit]- Los Dos Bros (1999–2001)
- Smack the Pony (1999–2003)
- Green Wing (2004–2007)
- Campus (2009-2011)
- The Delivery Man (2015)
- Piglets (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ Green Wing's midwife and surgeon – Telegraph
- ^ a b 96. Victoria Pile | Media | The Guardian
- ^ "Piglets". British Comedy Guide. 1 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "Green Wing writers create US pilot comedy". sitcom.co.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
External links
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