James Bachman
Writer / Actor
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Biography
To adults James is perhaps best known as ‘that other bloke who’s not Mitchell or Webb’ in BBC2’s BAFTA Award-winning sketch show THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK, Alistair the anger management therapist in Steve Coogan’s SAXONDALE, or the loveably idiotic Victorian Harry Biscuit in Radio 4’s Sony Award-nominated comedy BLEAK EXPECTATIONS. To children he is simply (gasp!) the star of three series of CBBC’s hit sketch show SORRY I’VE GOT NO HEAD.
In collaboration with others and on his own, James has a long career as a writer of both narrative and broken comedy. As well as writing for the sketch shows he appears in on TV and radio, he has also written material for Armstrong & Miller, Ant & Dec, Mel & Sue, Watson & Oliver, Horne & Corden, Jamie Theakston & Zoe Ball, Armando Iannucci, Miltn Jones, Jack Docherty, and Les Dennis. He has co-written and recorded two sitcom pilots for Radio 4 and written and developed TV sitcom scripts and treatments for Objective, Baby Cow, Pozzitive, Tiger Aspect, Endemol, Princess, Channel X, Absolutely and BBC Comedy as well as writing episodes of the kids sitcom ME AND MY MONSTERS for CBBC, and two treatments for a TV film for THE MUPPETS.
James can also be seen on Funny Or Die, YouTube, Twitter and in Empire Magazine as the film director Peeder Jigson, star of PEEDER JIGSON’S VIDEO DIARY which documents the trials and tribulations of filming J. R. R. R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hubbard’.
Credits
Television
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| WATSON & OLIVER | BBC Comedy / BBC2 | |
| BBC NOUGHT | BBC | |
| ME AND MY MONSTERS | Tiger Aspect, Sticky Pictures | |
| BURGE AND WAY | Tiger Aspect |
As script editor |
| THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK | BBC | |
| UNDER ONE ROOF | BBC | |
| THE TWO FACES OF MITCHELL AND WEBB | BBC | |
| POPETOWN | BBC | |
| MTV MUSIC AWARDS 2011 | MTV | |
| MAD ABOUT ALICE | Tandem Television | |
| HOLLY AND STEPHEN'S SATURDAY SHOWDOWN | Carlton Television, Granada Television | |
| WATCH WITH MONKEY | BBC | |
| ED STONE IS DEAD | Initial Film and Television | |
| I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE: THE REUNION | ITV | |
| ANT AND DEC'S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY | Granada Television | |
| SLAP BANG WITH ANT AND DEC | ||
| RHONA | ||
| BRUISER | BBC | |
| MOVIE BABYLON | Avalon Television | |
| 20th CENTURY STUFF | Rapido Television Ltd | |
| CASTING COUCH | Granada Television | |
| THE PRIORY | Ginger Television | |
| THE RICHARD BLACKWOOD SHOW | Planet 24 Productions | |
| THE 11 O'CLOCK SHOW | Talkback / Channel 4 | |
| THE JACK DOCHERTY SHOW | ||
| SORRY I'VE GOT NO HEAD S2 +3 | So Television / CBBC | |
| THE FULL MONTGOMERY | BBC Comedy / BBC2 | |
| THE MINISTRY OF MAYHEM | The Foundation / ITV1 |
Co written with Mark Evans. Head writer series 1. |
| THE GRILL (S1) | CHX Productions / T4 |
Co-written with Mark Evans |
| I'M A CELEBRITY GET ME OUT OF HERE (Series 1 Reunion Show) | Granada / ITV1 |
Co-written with Mark Evans |
| ARMSTRONG AND MILLER (S2) | Co-written with Mark Evans |
Absolutely / Channel 4 |
Radio
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ARMANDO IANNUCCI'S CHARM OFFENSIVE (S5) | Pozzitive / BBC Radio 4 | |
| THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND | BBC Radio 4 |
Co-written with Mark Evans |
| THE VERY WORLD OF MILTON JONES (S1-3) | Pozzitive / BBC Radio 4 |
Co-written with Mark Evans |
| WE KNOW EVERYTHING (S2) | BBC Radio 4 |
Co-written with Mark Evans |
| WEEKENDING | BBC Radio 4 |
Online
| Production | Company | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| PEEDER JIGSON'S VIDEO DIARY |
Agent
Assistant
Biography
To adults James is perhaps best known as ‘that other bloke who’s not Mitchell or Webb’ in BBC2’s BAFTA Award-winning sketch show THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK, Alistair the anger management therapist in Steve Coogan’s SAXONDALE, or the loveably idiotic Victorian Harry Biscuit in Radio 4’s Sony Award-nominated comedy BLEAK EXPECTATIONS. To children he is simply (gasp!) the star of three series of CBBC’s hit sketch show SORRY I’VE GOT NO HEAD.
In collaboration with others and on his own, James has a long career as a writer of both narrative and broken comedy. As well as writing for the sketch shows he appears in on TV and radio, he has also written material for Armstrong & Miller, Ant & Dec, Mel & Sue, Watson & Oliver, Horne & Corden, Jamie Theakston & Zoe Ball, Armando Iannucci, Miltn Jones, Jack Docherty, and Les Dennis. He has co-written and recorded two sitcom pilots for Radio 4 and written and developed TV sitcom scripts and treatments for Objective, Baby Cow, Pozzitive, Tiger Aspect, Endemol, Princess, Channel X, Absolutely and BBC Comedy as well as writing episodes of the kids sitcom ME AND MY MONSTERS for CBBC, and two treatments for a TV film for THE MUPPETS.
James can also be seen on Funny Or Die, YouTube, Twitter and in Empire Magazine as the film director Peeder Jigson, star of PEEDER JIGSON’S VIDEO DIARY which documents the trials and tribulations of filming J. R. R. R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hubbard’.
Credits
Television
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEXTER PROCTER: THE TEN YEAR OLD DOCTOR | Mr Farrell | Matt Lipsey | BBC |
| HOUSEBOUND | Stan | Mark Bussell | Busby Productions |
| ME, MYSELF AND I | Jeremy | Bill Purple | CBS Television |
| GLOW | Bruce | Tristram Shapeero | Netflix |
| COMEDY NATION | Various | BBC | |
| 15 STOREYS HIGH | Man | Mark Nunnelly | BBC3 |
| THE WILD ONE (Pilot) | Therapist | Ben Miller | Baby Cow |
| THE ROBINSONS | Justin Sbresni/Mark Bussell | BBC 3 Television | |
| ANT & DEC'S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY (Series 1) | Various | ITV1 | |
| NO COOKS, NO VETS, NO GARDENERS | Various | Tristram Shapeero | Witzend & Pearson TV |
| TIMEKEEPERS OF THE MILLENNIUM | Various | ITV | |
| ANT & DEC'S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY (Series 2) | Various | ITV1 | |
| THE MIGHTY BOOSH (Series 2) | Colin | Paul King | Baby Cow for BBC 3 |
| HYPERDRIVE (Series 1) | Lallakiss | John Henderson | BBC 2 Television |
| UNDER ONE ROOF | Various | Paul King | BBC3 |
| THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK (Series 1) | Various (Series Regular) | David Kerr | BBC Television |
| SLAP (Comedy Lab) | Aled Jones | James Griffiths | Channel 4 |
| SAXONDALE (Series 1) | Alistair (Series Regular) | Matt Lipsey | BBC2 |
| BEARDED LADIES | Dominic Brigstocke | BBC2 | |
| THE MIGHTY BOOSH (Series 3) | Medieval Man | Paul King | Baby Cow / BBC 3 |
| THE IT CROWD (Series 2) | Jeff/Dominator | Graham Linehan/Babs Wiltshire | Channel 4 |
| SML | David Sant | So Television | |
| SAXONDALE (Series 2) | Alistair (Series Regular) | John Henderson | BBC2 Television |
| LIVING WITH TWO PEOPLE... | David Sant | BBC3 | |
| THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK (Series 2) | Various (Series Regular) | David Kerr | BBC2 |
| SORRY I'VE GOT NO HEAD (SERIES 1) | Various (Series Regular) | Ian Curtis | CBBC |
| PLAYING SHOP | Peter | Martin Dennis | Hartswood |
| PEEP SHOW (Series 5) | Monster | Becky Martin | Channel 4 |
| RYAN HANSEN SOLVES CRIMES ON TELEVISION | Famous Writer | Tristram Shapeero | YouTube Red |
| FRIED | Gareth | Luke Snellin | Two Brothers |
| CRACKANORY | Raymond Morris | Richard Pengelley | Tiger Aspect Productions |
| MILLIE INBETWEEN | Tony (Dad) | Fraser Macdonald/Angie De Chastelai Smith | Foundation TV |
| JONATHAN CREEK | Rev. Hugh Canter | David Renwick | BBC |
| JO | Dr Leroy | Stefan Schwartz | Atlantique Productions |
| BLEAK OLD SHOP OF STUFF | Lord Swellsmore | Ben Fuller | BBC 2 |
| MOUNT PLEASANT (SERIES 1) | Richard | Dominic LeClerc | Tiger Aspect/Sky 1 |
| REV (SERIES 2) | Tim | Peter Cattaneo | Big Talk/BBC2 |
| SORRY I'VE GOT NO HEAD (SERIES 3) | Various (Series Regular) | Ian Curtis | So Television/CBBC |
| GAME OVER | Lady Alderton | Sasha Ransome | So Television |
| HOTEL TROUBLE | Henry VIII | David Sant | CBBC |
| THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK (SERIES 4) | Various (Series Regular) | Ben Gosling Fuller | BBC |
| MIRANDA | Quentin | Juliet May | BBC |
| SORRY I'VE GOT NO HEAD (SERIES 2) | Various (Series Regular) | Ian Curtis | So Television |
| THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK (SERIES 3) | Various (Series Regular) | Ben Gosling Fuller | BBC |
| BEEHIVE | Various | Dewi Humphries | E4 |
Stage
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN FRY'S THE LIAR | Various | Jonathan Dryden Taylor | Edinburgh Festival |
| BACHMAN & EVANS: Hmm... | Edinburgh Festival | ||
| THE BACHMAN & EVANS SPECIAL EDITION | Edinburgh Festival | ||
| GLADIATRIX, SHE-WOLF OF ROME | Cal McCrystal | Edinburgh Festival | |
| DR HARRY PORTER 40 YEARS OF FOOTLIGHTS | Fitzpatrick Hall | ||
| THE WICKER WOMAN | David Sant | National Tour & Edinburgh Festival | |
| LOOT | Dennis | Cal McCrystal | Derby Playhouse |
| THE ELEPHANT WOMAN | David Sant | Edinburgh Festival | |
| MEMORIAL GALA - HARRY PORTER | ADC Theatre | ||
| MEMORIAL GALA - CHARLIE HARTILL | Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh Festival | ||
| EALING LIVE! | Regular Cast Member | David Sant | Ealing Studios |
| THE TWO FACES OF MITCHELL AND WEBB | Various | Lee Simpson | National Tour |
| THE BOOK CLUB | Lowdown at The Albany | ||
| PROS FROM DOVER | Lowdown at the Albany | ||
| A TRIBUTE TO PETE AND DUD | Owen Lewis | Ronnie Scott's | |
| THE ODDITORIUM (Pilot Try-Out) | Tim Kirkby | Celador | |
| RICHARD SANDLING'S PERFECT MOVIE | Peeder Jigson | Leicester Square Theatre | |
| SKETCHMELT | Peeder Jigson | Nerdist at Meltdown Comics, Los Angeles | |
| HOT TUB WITH KURT & KRISTEN | Papa Christmas | The Virgil, Los Angeles | |
| MAPPING THE HEAVENS | Papa Christmas | UCB Theatre, Los Angeles | |
| BACHMAN & HOLNESS: Rummage | Edinburgh Festival | ||
| BEDROOM FARCE | Malcolm | Mark Evans | ADC Theatre Cambridge |
| BACHMAN & HOLNESS: Shoes | ADC Theatre, Cambridge |
Film
| Production | Character | Director | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE MORTUARY COLLECTION | Ralph | Ryan Spindell | |
| YOU ARE GOING TO EXPLODE | Carl | Taylor Vee Robinson | |
| THE EVERLASTING BALLAD OF THE BOY WITH THE BAD GRADES | Mr McLaren | Will Tibballs | |
| TRANSFORMERS 4: AGE OF EXTINCTION | Gill Wembley | Michael Bay | Paramount Pictures |
| HEART OF LIGHTNESS | Max Buchanan | Jan Vardøen | Beacon Isle Productions |
| PADDINGTON | Sixth Geographer | Paul King | Marmalade Films |
| MONSTERS AND RABBITS | James | Film or Die Ltd | |
| MAGICIANS | James | Andrew O'Connor | Universal Pictures |
