Victoria Pile
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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
.
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". http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000121
United Kingdom
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comedy writer, director and producer, most noted as the creator of two Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
comedy programmes, the sketch
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
show Smack the Pony
Smack the Pony
Smack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation; the working title was Spot the Pony. The main performers and writers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips...
and the sitcom Green Wing
Green Wing
Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
.
Writer
- Not the Nine O'Clock NewsNot the Nine O'Clock NewsNot the Nine O'Clock News is a television comedy sketch show which was broadcast on BBC 2 from 1979 to 1982.Originally shown as a comedy "alternative" to the BBC Nine O'Clock News on BBC 1, it featured satirical sketches on current news stories and popular culture, as well as parody songs, comedy...
(1979–82) - Dear HeartDear HeartDear Heart is a 1964 American comedy film, starring Glenn Ford and Geraldine Page. It was directed by Delbert Mann.- Plot :The story takes place in New York, where Evie Jackson attends a convention in the city and meets Harry Mork , a womanizer who has become engaged to prove his maturity.-Cast:...
(1982–83) - Karen KayKaren KayKaren Kay is the pen name for Karen Kay Elstner, an American author of historical romance novels. All of her novels feature Native Americans.-Biography:...
(1983–86) - Pushing Up Daisies, later Coming Next... - (1984–85)
- Lazarus and Dingwall - (1991)
- You Gotta Be Jokin' - (1991)
- Los Dos BrosLos Dos BrosLos Dos Bros is a British television comedy about two half-brothers who find themselves in a series of strange situations. They discuss their experiences back to a psychiatrist ....
- (1999–2001) - Smack the PonySmack the PonySmack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation; the working title was Spot the Pony. The main performers and writers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips...
- (1999–2003) - Green WingGreen WingGreen Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
- (2004–2007) - CampusCampus (TV series)Campus is a semi-improvised British sitcom created by the team behind the comedy sketch show Smack the Pony and hospital-based sitcom Green Wing, led by Victoria Pile who acts as co-writer, producer and director...
- (2009-2011)
She has also written a pilot for ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, 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". http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000121
Director
- Los Dos BrosLos Dos BrosLos Dos Bros is a British television comedy about two half-brothers who find themselves in a series of strange situations. They discuss their experiences back to a psychiatrist ....
- (1999–2001) - Smack the PonySmack the PonySmack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation; the working title was Spot the Pony. The main performers and writers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips...
- (1999–2003) - Green WingGreen WingGreen Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
- (2004–2007) - CampusCampus (TV series)Campus is a semi-improvised British sitcom created by the team behind the comedy sketch show Smack the Pony and hospital-based sitcom Green Wing, led by Victoria Pile who acts as co-writer, producer and director...
- (2009-2011)
Producer
- Los Dos BrosLos Dos BrosLos Dos Bros is a British television comedy about two half-brothers who find themselves in a series of strange situations. They discuss their experiences back to a psychiatrist ....
- (1999–2001) - Smack the PonySmack the PonySmack the Pony is a British sketch comedy show that ran from 1999 until 2003 on Channel 4. Its title was intended to sound like a euphemism for female masturbation; the working title was Spot the Pony. The main performers and writers on the show were Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips...
- (1999–2003) - Green WingGreen WingGreen Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
- (2004–2007) - CampusCampus (TV series)Campus is a semi-improvised British sitcom created by the team behind the comedy sketch show Smack the Pony and hospital-based sitcom Green Wing, led by Victoria Pile who acts as co-writer, producer and director...
- (2009-2011)
External links
- Victoria Pile in BBC Comedy Guide
- Green Wing "microsite" at Channel4.com
- British Sitcom Guide Green Wing writers.
- Internet Movie Database