Simon Blackwell
- 58 years old
- English
- Writer and executive producer
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Breeders review
Martin Freeman is the perennially good-natured screen everyman. But in the new Sky comedy Breeders, which he co-created, his character Paul is forced to concede: "I'm not a nice man."
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 12th March 2020Breeders, review
There's a top notch team of writers behind these middle-class Macbeths, but the humour never quite rings true.
Sean O'Grady, The Independent, 12th March 2020Breeders review - I'm a parent ... get me out of here!
Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard star as a stressed out, permanently disappointed couple in a new comedy that ought to come complete with tranquillisers and birth control.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 12th March 2020Breeders, review
Martin Freeman's sweary parenting comedy may be sharp, but it's unlikeable and cruel.
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 12th March 2020Breeders hits absurdity of perfection in parenting
Showrunner Simon Blackwell trades the politics of Veep for the trials of parenthood, and finds the funny in 21st century parental guilt.
Jeff Beer, Fast Company, 10th March 2020TV review: Breeders, Sky One
The first episode positively zips by. It lasts about 25 minutes, though I guess if you took the fucks out of it, it would be around a quarter of an hour.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 9th March 2020Breeders - review
Martin Freeman's hilarious comedy series is almost uniquely truthful about parenthood.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 6th March 2020Breeders review
Smart, spiky and hilarious, this comedy co-created by Freeman will hit home for new parents.
Morgan Jeffery, Radio Times, 3rd March 2020Simon Blackwell interview
The comedy writer, 53, who gave us The Thick of It and David Copperfield, on Oscar nominations, lucky breaks and why we'll miss the BBC when it's gone.
Michael Segalov, The Guardian, 29th February 2020David Copperfield adaptation is brilliantly inclusive
Dickens's story is very funny in The Thick Of It mastermind's hands with a bonus of wonderful casting.
Cath Clarke, The Big Issue, 24th January 2020