Richard L Lewis
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Richard Leslie Lewis is a broadcaster
, script writer
and television producer
.
Lewis left the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1998 to concentrate on writing. He was a screenwriter on Undertaking Betty, released by Miramax films.
shows for British Television including Call My Bluff, Noel's House Party. He worked closely with Dead Ringers
impressionist Jon Culshaw
on ITV show Alter Ego.
Lewis wrote Bill, Jill & Soda and The Parcel of Dreams for Radio 4
. He wrote Plaza Patrol, Free Every Friday and Casino
for YTV
. He was the writer and director
of The Golden Oldie Picture Show BBC1. He produced and wrote Back on the Box .
Lewis worked for BBC Entertainment Department as Producer/Director and later Executive Producer. Richard Lewis was the series producer on a number of Noel Edmonds
television vehicles:
Lewis wrote and produced Jeremy Clarkson's Star Cars and Going for a Song
with Michael Parkinson
. Lewis brought the popular word game Call My Bluff back to British TV with Alan Coren
and Sandi Toksvig
. He was the producer of Le Man Dream, Variety Club Awards, Not A Lot of people Know That and 21 Years of Radio 1.
He was heard on Radio Bristol between (2004- until October 2008) BBC Radio Bristol
Hosted hugely popular evening show then Sundays and in the week day afternoon. Features include The Golden Oldie Name Game, The Top 10, and lever changing text and phone in competitions and stories.http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2005/11/30/richardlewisprofile_feature.shtml
Richard left BBC Bristol 2009 to concentrate on his writing.
Presenter
A presenter, or host , is a person or organization responsible for running an event. A museum or university, for example, may be the presenter or host of an exhibit. Likewise, a master of ceremonies is a person that hosts or presents a show...
, script writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and television producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
.
Lewis left the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1998 to concentrate on writing. He was a screenwriter on Undertaking Betty, released by Miramax films.
Writing & producing
He was writer of The Last Detective: A Funny Thing Happened On Tne Way To Willesden in 2007. Writer on Miramax film Plotz With A View aka Undertaking Betty with Alfred Molina, Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Walken, Lee Evans. Lewis was a contributing writer on many comedyComedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
shows for British Television including Call My Bluff, Noel's House Party. He worked closely with Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers (comedy)
Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and later BBC Two. The programme was devised by producer Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell. It starred Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Phil Cornwell, Kevin Connelly and Mark Perry...
impressionist Jon Culshaw
Jon Culshaw
Jonathan Peter Culshaw is an English impressionist and comedian. He was educated at St Bede's RC High School, Ormskirk and St John Rigby College, in Orrell, Wigan....
on ITV show Alter Ego.
Lewis wrote Bill, Jill & Soda and The Parcel of Dreams for Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
. He wrote Plaza Patrol, Free Every Friday and Casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
for YTV
Yorkshire Television
Yorkshire Television, now officially known as ITV Yorkshire and sometimes unofficially abbreviated to YTV, is a British television broadcaster and the contractor for the Yorkshire franchise area on the ITV network...
. He was the writer and director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
of The Golden Oldie Picture Show BBC1. He produced and wrote Back on the Box .
Lewis worked for BBC Entertainment Department as Producer/Director and later Executive Producer. Richard Lewis was the series producer on a number of Noel Edmonds
Noel Edmonds
Noel Ernest Edmonds, is an English broadcaster and executive, who made his name as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He has presented many light entertainment television programmes, including Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Top of the Pops, The Late, Late Breakfast Show, Telly Addicts, Noel's Saturday...
television vehicles:
- Telly AddictsTelly AddictsTelly Addicts is the name of a BBC1 game show hosted by Noel Edmonds, broadcast from 3 September 1985 until 29 July 1998 and produced at the BBC's Pebble Mill Studios...
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507667/, - Telly Years and
- Noel's Addicts.
Lewis wrote and produced Jeremy Clarkson's Star Cars and Going for a Song
Going for a Song
Going for a Song was an antiques quiz show broadcast by the BBC from 1965-1977. It was a forerunner of the Antiques Roadshow. The original television series was hosted by presenter Max Robertson, with Arthur Negus appearing as the resident expert and antique valuer. The programmes were recorded...
with Michael Parkinson
Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his interview programme, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007.- Early life :...
. Lewis brought the popular word game Call My Bluff back to British TV with Alan Coren
Alan Coren
Alan Coren was an English humorist, writer and satirist who was well known as a regular panellist on the BBC radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My Bluff...
and Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig
Sandra Brigitte “Sandi” Toksvig is a Danish comedian, author and presenter on British radio and television.-Career:...
. He was the producer of Le Man Dream, Variety Club Awards, Not A Lot of people Know That and 21 Years of Radio 1.
Broadcasting
- Late Night Friday, Radio 2,
- Reader of Seven Professor of the Far North,
- The Big Toe Radio ShowThe Big Toe Radio ShowThe Big Toe Radio Show was a daily show for children on the DAB radio station BBC 7 at breakfast time and from 4-6pm. It was aimed at children aged nine to eleven. It featured music, games, stories read from well-known books such as those by Roald Dahl and fun...
on BBC Radio 7.
He was heard on Radio Bristol between (2004- until October 2008) BBC Radio Bristol
BBC Radio Bristol
BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC Local Radio service for the English city of Bristol and the surrounding former Avon area. Launched in September 1970, it broadcasts from Broadcasting House in Bristol on FM frequencies 94.9 MHz , 104.6 MHz , 103.6 MHz , on AM 1548 kHz and on DAB.The...
Hosted hugely popular evening show then Sundays and in the week day afternoon. Features include The Golden Oldie Name Game, The Top 10, and lever changing text and phone in competitions and stories.http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2005/11/30/richardlewisprofile_feature.shtml
Richard left BBC Bristol 2009 to concentrate on his writing.