Profile

Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Factual: Life Stories

An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines

BBC Radio 4 LW

Profile: Jesse Armstrong

27/05/2023

Jesse Armstrong

BBC Radio 4 - Profile, Jesse Armstrong

The creator of the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning Succession TV series.

The co-writer of Peep Show and the creator of the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning Succession TV series.

Succession - the dark comedy following an American media family - has won 13 Emmys, 5 Golden Globes and a BAFTA. As it draws to a close, we take a look at the life of its creator, a British writer who has co-written some of the best television of the last 20 years including Peep Show, The Thick of it and Fresh Meat.

From the border town of Oswestry, Shropshire to the toast of Manhattan and LA, Jesse Armstrong has had an extraordinary journey.

Mark Coles hears from his family, friends and colleagues (including Chris Morris, Isy Suttie, Paterson Joseph, David Mitchell and Susan Soon He Stanton), finding out how Armstrong was able to write such rich worlds that bring the pain and absurdity of life in such a colourful fashion. 

Credits

The Hollywood Reporter 

Succession 
Created by Jesse Armstrong
HBO 

Peep Show 
Objective Productions/Channel 4 

The Thick Of It 
BBC Comedy 

Presenter: Mark Coles
Producers: Jordan Dunbar, Georgia Coan and Nathan Gower
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound Design: James Beard

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Profile

Jesse Armstrong

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4