Simon Blackwell
- 58 years old
- English
- Writer and executive producer
Press clippings
Mitchell & Webb sitcom Back to be adapted by HBO
Back, the 2017 to 2021 Channel 4 sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, is set to be re-made for American audiences by HBO.
British Comedy Guide, 1st October 2024Breeders review
I'll miss its cynicism-fuelled sparkle.
Barbara Ellen, The Observer, 22nd October 2023Sky orders Breeders Series 4
Sky Comedy and US channel FX have co-commissioned a fourth series of Breeders, the sitcom starring Daisy Haggard and Martin Freeman.
British Comedy Guide, 19th July 2022Feel Good wins at Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
Feel Good writers Mae Martin and Joe Hampson won the Best TV Situation Comedy prize at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards. Prizes also went to the writers behind radio series Olga Koch: Fight, film The Personal History Of David Copperfield and online sketch Remember Getting the Period Talk at School? #Menopause.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2022Mae Martin, Sarah Kendall and Aisling Bea's shows up for writing award
The Writers' Guild Of Great Britain Awards shortlist features Feel Good creators Mae Martin and Joe Hampson, Sarah Kendall (Frayed) and Aisling Bea (This Way Up).
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2021Read a dark script from parenting comedy Breeders
Simon Blackwell explains the episode contains a "pivotal piece of action" around which the entire second season was built, something the co-creator says is a "gamble" but "very satisfying."
Deadline, 27th June 2021Breeders, season two review
An angry parenting comedy somewhere between amusing and bemusing.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 28th May 2021Sky backs comedies
Sky has reiterated its commitment to comedy, as work resumes on several of its shows. A fourth series of Brassic is being written, Breeders looks set to return for a third series, and drafting is underway on a third series of Intelligence. Further episodes of The Reluctant Landlord were also in development before the coronavirus pandemic struck.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2021Simon Blackwell talks about Breeders Series 3
Breeders writer Simon Blackwell has revealed that work is underway on Season 3 of FX and Sky's parenthood comedy - and a physical writers room has been set up for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe.
Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27th April 2021Back review
Return of sibling-rivalry comedy with Mitchell and Webb.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 22nd January 2021