Jason Hazeley

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Film, TV & Theatre

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Associate Agent: Nicole Schivardi

Books

Assistant: Olivia Davies

Film, TV & Theatre

Jason has written on the first and second season of Avalon's SPITTING IMAGE with showrunner Jeff Westbrook. He has collaborated with Sacha Baron Cohen and Asim Chaudry; co-wrote CUNK AND OTHER HUMANS for House of Tomorrow/BBC and wrote one episode of the PADDINGTON animated TV series for Crescent Productions. Jason is developing a limited sereis based on Baxter Dury’s autobiography with Various Artists Limited and a show based on Bill Bryson's A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING with Altitude.

With co-writer Joel Morris, Jason was part of the writers' room on both PADDINGTON and PADDINGTON 2 for Heyday/StudioCanal and they wrote the 5-part series CUNK ON EARTH (Broke and Bones/Netflix) and CUNK ON BRITAIN (House of Tomorrow/BBC), having previously written the 30' specials CUNK ON CHRISTMAS and CUNK ON SHAKEPSEARE, based on the character of Philomena Cunk who first appeared in Charlie Brooker's End of Year Wipe. Jason and Joel work extensively with Charlie and were part of the writing team behind critically lauded A TOUCH OF CLOTH (Sky1) and END OF YEAR WIPE (BBC). They also co-created musical sitcom THE MIDNIGHT BEAST for E4 and are the creators and writers of the phenomenally succesful LADYBIRD BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS, which have sold more than 5 million copies.

Television has also used their words in MURDER IN SUCCESSVILLE (BBC3), BACK (Channel 4), THE ANGELOS EPITHEMIOU SHOW  (Channel 4), IT'S KEVIN AND MIRANDA (BBC2; British Comedy Award, Best New Comedy; RTS Award, Best Scripted Comedy), THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK (BBC2; BAFTA, Best Comedy Programme), SCREENWIPE (BBC4), FIT (CBBC), IT'S KEVIN ELDON (BBC2), THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER SHOW (BBC1; BAFTA, Best Comedy Programme), MR BLOOM'S NURSERY (CBeebies; RTS North West Award, Best Children's Programme), STRANGE HILL HIGH (CBBC), TOONED (McLaren/Framestore), TEN O'CLOCK LIVE (Channel 4), ALAN CARR'S SPECTACULARS (Channel 4), THE ONES (BBC1), CHARLIE BROOKER'S HOW TV RUINED YOUR LIFE (BBC2), PAUL O'GRADY LIVE (ITV1), SORRY, I'VE GOT NO HEAD (CBBC), THE IMPRESSIONS SHOW (BBC1),  THE PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW (BBC2), MIRANDA HART'S UNWRAPPED (BBC2), THE OMID DJALILI SHOW (BBC1), MANSTROKEWOMAN (BBCThree), FUR TV (MTV), 8 OUT OF 10 CATS (Channel 4), and THE IMPRESSIONABLE JON CULSHAW (ITV1).

Radio work includes ONE PERSON FOUND THIS HELPFUL (Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4), ANGSTROM (BBC Radio 4), AGENDUM (BBC Radio 4; Audio Drama Award, Nominated, best Scripted Comedy Sketch) andAGENDUM S2, ARE YOU ALRIGHT IN THERE? (BBC Radio 4) KEVIN ELDON WILL SEE YOU NOW (BBC Radio 4), SO WRONG IT'S RIGHT (BBC Radio 4), THE SECRET WORLD (BBC Radio 4), DILEMMA (BBC Radio 4), THE JASON BYRNE SHOW (BBC Radio 2; Sony Gold Award), LISTEN AGAINST (BBC Radio 4), THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND (BBC Radio 4; Sony Bronze Award), THE ODD HALF HOUR (BBC Radio 4), THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED (BBC Radio 2) and the award-winning THE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS (BBC Radio 2). They have script edited ALICE'S WUNDERLAND  (BBC Radio 4), SARA PASCOE'S SYLLABUS (BBC Radio 4) and two series of RECORDED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, BBC Radio 4’s showcase for new writers.

They are the co-authors of THE FRAMLEY EXAMINER  http://www.framley.com/"  the much-loved pretend local newspaper, and its Penguin Books incarnations, which now grace the lavatories of the great and the humble.

They also co-authored a pair of guides to Britain's more peculiar tourist attractions, BOLLOCKS TO ALTON TOWERS (Sunday Times number 1 best-selling travel book of the year) and FAR FROM THE SODDING CROWD (‘one of the best guide books ever written’ -The Guardian), both published by Penguin.

Their words have filled valuable unclaimed advertising space in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, Mojo, Esquire, Jack and The Idler. They are regular contributors to potty-mouthed national treasure Viz.

In Development

ProductionCompanyNotes

WILD NEWS

BBC/Aardman

Treatment

CHAISE LONGUE

VAL

Limited series based on Baxter Dury’s autobiography.

A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING

Altitude

TV format based on Bill Bryon’s book.

DEEP FRIED BASTARDS

North of Watford Films

Feature film co-written with Joel Morris, Will Maclean and Marc Haynes.

Television

ProductionCompanyNotes

SPITTING IMAGE

Avalon

Showrunner Jeff Westbrook

CUNK ON BRITAIN

House of Tomorrow / BBC

Nominated, Writer: Comedy, BAFTA Television Craft

CUNK ON EARTH

Broke and Bones/Netflix

MURDER IN SUCCESSVILLE

BBC3

CUNK ON CHRISTMAS

2016

House of Tomorrow/ BBC

CUNK ON SHAKESPEARE

2016

House of Tomorrow/ BBC

THE MIDNIGHT BEAST

E4

A TOUCH OF CLOTH

Zeppotron

The ANGELOS EPITHEMIOU SHOW

Channel 4

IT'S KEVIN AND MIRANDA

BBC2

British Comedy Award, Best New Comedy; RTS Award, Best Scripted Comedy

THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK

BBC

BAFTA, Best Comedy Programme

SCREENWIPE

BBC4

FIT

CBBC

IT'S KEVIN ELDON

BBC2

THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER SHOW

BBC

BAFTA, Best Comedy Programme

MR BLOOM'S NURSERY

CBeebies

RTS North West Award, Best Children's Programme

STRANGE HILL HIGH

CBBC

TOONED

McLaren/Framestore

TEN O'CLOCK LIVE

Channel 4

ALAN CARR'S SPECSTACULARS

Channel 4

THE ONES

BBC1

CHARLIE BROOKER'S HOW TV RUINED YOUR LIFE

BBC2

PAUL O'GRADY LIVE

ITV1

SORRY I'VE GOT NO HEAD

CBBC

THE IMPRESSIONS SHOW

BBC1

THE PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW

BBC2

MIRANDA HART'S UNWRAPPED

BBC2

THE OMID DJALILI SHOW

BBC1

MANSTROKEWOMAN

BBC3

FUR TV

MTV

8 OUT OF 10 CATS

Channel 4

THE IMPRESSIONABLE JON CULSHAW

ITV1

DAVID WALLIAMS + FRIENDS

BBC One

YONDERLAND

Sky One

Film

ProductionCompanyNotes

WONKA

2023

Warner Brothers

Part of the writers' room of this feature film directed by Paul King.

PADDINGTON 2

2017

Heyday/ StudioCanal

Writing team

PADDINGTON

2014

Heyday/StudioCanal

Writing team

Other

ProductionCompanyNotes

THE FRAMLEY EXAMINER

Penguin Books

Radio

ProductionCompanyNotes

ONE PERSON FOUND THIS HELPFUL

2024

Pozzitive/BBC R4

Co-creator and writer of radio show fronted by Frank Skinner

AGENDUM

Pozzitive Television/ BBC Radio

Series 1 and 2, 3 x 28 minutes episodes

KEVIN ELDON WILL SEE YOU NOW

Pozzitive/ BBC Radio 4

Series 4

ARE YOU ALRIGHT IN THERE?

2017

Pozzitive Television/ BBC Radio

1 x 28 minutes

ANGSTROM

2017

BBC Radio

THE SECRET WORLD

Radio 4

DILEMMA

Radio 4

SO WRONG IT'S RIGHT

Radio 4

THE JASON BYRNE SHOW

Radio 2

Sony Gold Award Winner

LISTEN AGAINST

Radio 4

THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND

Radio 4

Sony Bronze Award

THE ODD HALF HOUR

Radio 4

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED

Radio 2

THE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS

Radio 2

ALICE'S WUNDERLAND

Radio 4

SARA PASCOE'S SYLLABUS

Radio 4

Comedy

Jason has written on the first and second season of Avalon's SPITTING IMAGE with showrunner Jeff Westbrook. He has collaborated with Sacha Baron Cohen and Asim Chaudry; co-wrote CUNK AND OTHER HUMANS for House of Tomorrow/BBC and wrote one episode of the PADDINGTON animated TV series for Crescent Productions. Jason is developing a limited sereis based on Baxter Dury’s autobiography with Various Artists Limited and a show based on Bill Bryson's A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING with Altitude.

With co-writer Joel Morris, Jason was part of the writers' room on both PADDINGTON and PADDINGTON 2 for Heyday/StudioCanal and they wrote the 5-part series CUNK ON EARTH (Broke and Bones/Netflix) and CUNK ON BRITAIN (House of Tomorrow/BBC), having previously written the 30' specials CUNK ON CHRISTMAS and CUNK ON SHAKEPSEARE, based on the character of Philomena Cunk who first appeared in Charlie Brooker's End of Year Wipe. Jason and Joel work extensively with Charlie and were part of the writing team behind critically lauded A TOUCH OF CLOTH (Sky1) and END OF YEAR WIPE (BBC). They also co-created musical sitcom THE MIDNIGHT BEAST for E4 and are the creators and writers of the phenomenally succesful LADYBIRD BOOKS FOR GROWN-UPS, which have sold more than 5 million copies.

Television has also used their words in MURDER IN SUCCESSVILLE (BBC3), BACK (Channel 4), THE ANGELOS EPITHEMIOU SHOW  (Channel 4), IT'S KEVIN AND MIRANDA (BBC2; British Comedy Award, Best New Comedy; RTS Award, Best Scripted Comedy), THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK (BBC2; BAFTA, Best Comedy Programme), SCREENWIPE (BBC4), FIT (CBBC), IT'S KEVIN ELDON (BBC2), THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLER SHOW (BBC1; BAFTA, Best Comedy Programme), MR BLOOM'S NURSERY (CBeebies; RTS North West Award, Best Children's Programme), STRANGE HILL HIGH (CBBC), TOONED (McLaren/Framestore), TEN O'CLOCK LIVE (Channel 4), ALAN CARR'S SPECTACULARS (Channel 4), THE ONES (BBC1), CHARLIE BROOKER'S HOW TV RUINED YOUR LIFE (BBC2), PAUL O'GRADY LIVE (ITV1), SORRY, I'VE GOT NO HEAD (CBBC), THE IMPRESSIONS SHOW (BBC1),  THE PETER SERAFINOWICZ SHOW (BBC2), MIRANDA HART'S UNWRAPPED (BBC2), THE OMID DJALILI SHOW (BBC1), MANSTROKEWOMAN (BBCThree), FUR TV (MTV), 8 OUT OF 10 CATS (Channel 4), and THE IMPRESSIONABLE JON CULSHAW (ITV1).

Radio work includes ONE PERSON FOUND THIS HELPFUL (Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4), ANGSTROM (BBC Radio 4), AGENDUM (BBC Radio 4; Audio Drama Award, Nominated, best Scripted Comedy Sketch) andAGENDUM S2, ARE YOU ALRIGHT IN THERE? (BBC Radio 4) KEVIN ELDON WILL SEE YOU NOW (BBC Radio 4), SO WRONG IT'S RIGHT (BBC Radio 4), THE SECRET WORLD (BBC Radio 4), DILEMMA (BBC Radio 4), THE JASON BYRNE SHOW (BBC Radio 2; Sony Gold Award), LISTEN AGAINST (BBC Radio 4), THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND (BBC Radio 4; Sony Bronze Award), THE ODD HALF HOUR (BBC Radio 4), THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED (BBC Radio 2) and the award-winning THE FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS (BBC Radio 2). They have script edited ALICE'S WUNDERLAND  (BBC Radio 4), SARA PASCOE'S SYLLABUS (BBC Radio 4) and two series of RECORDED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES, BBC Radio 4’s showcase for new writers.

They are the co-authors of THE FRAMLEY EXAMINER  http://www.framley.com/"  the much-loved pretend local newspaper, and its Penguin Books incarnations, which now grace the lavatories of the great and the humble.

They also co-authored a pair of guides to Britain's more peculiar tourist attractions, BOLLOCKS TO ALTON TOWERS (Sunday Times number 1 best-selling travel book of the year) and FAR FROM THE SODDING CROWD (‘one of the best guide books ever written’ -The Guardian), both published by Penguin.

Their words have filled valuable unclaimed advertising space in The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer, The Guardian, The Independent, Mojo, Esquire, Jack and The Idler. They are regular contributors to potty-mouthed national treasure Viz.

Books

Jason Hazeley is a BAFTA, Broadcast and Bookseller award winning writer.

He is the co-creator of the Ladybird Books For Grown-Ups series, which have sold 7.2m copies to date, and spoof local newspaper The Framley Examiner, which has not sold 7.2m copies to date.

For the screen, he has written for living legends Philomena Cunk and Paddington Bear, along with well-known fictional characters like Miranda Hart and Charlie Brooker.

His words have also filled valuable unclaimed advertising space in The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Observer, Mojo, Esquire, Jack, The Idler and potty-mouthed national treasure Vi.

 

Published works: 

The Incomplete Framley Examiner (2021)

What Not To Say To Your Husband (2020)

What Not To Say To Your Wife (2020)

Instructions For The British People During The Emergency (2020)

A Ladybird Book About Donald Trump (2019)

The Wonderful World Of Ladybird Books For Grown-Ups (2018)

The Story Of Brexit: A Ladybird Book (2018)

Cunk On Everything (2018)

A Ladybird First Grown-Up Picture Book (2017)

The Ladybird Book Of The Do-Gooder (2017)

People At Work: The Rock Star (2017)

The Ladybird Book Of Balls (2017)

How It Works: The Brother (2017)

How It Works: The Sister (2017)

The Ladybird Book Of The New You (2017)

The Ladybird Book Of The Nerd (2017)

The Ladybird Book Of The Ex (2017)

The Ladybird Book Of The Quiet Night In (2017)

The Ladybird Book Of The Big Night Out (2017)

How It Works: The Grandparent (2016)

How It Works: The Baby (2016)

The Ladybird Book Of Red Tape (2016)

The Ladybird Book Of Boxing Day (2016)

How It Works: The Cat (2016)

How It Works: The Dog (2016)

The Ladybird Book Of The Meeting (2016)

The Ladybird Book Of The Sickie (2016)

The Ladybird Book Of The Zombie Apocalypse (2016)

The Ladybird Book Of The People Next Door (2016)

How It Works: The Student (2016)

How It Works: The Mum (2015)

How It Works: The Dad (2015)

The Ladybird Book Of Mindfulness (2015)

The Ladybird Book Of The Shed (2015)

The Ladybird Book Of The Mid-Life Crisis (2015)

The Ladybird Book Of Dating (2015)

How It Works: The Husband (2015)

How It Works: The Wife (2015)

The Ladybird Book Of The Hangover (2015)

The Ladybird Book Of The Hipster (2015)

Mrs Brown’s A-Y Of Everything (2015)

The World According To Gogglebox (2014)

Mrs Brown’s Family Handbook (2013)

Far From The Sodding Crowd (2006)

Bollocks To Alton Towers (2005)

Historic Framley (2003)

The Framley Examiner: The Book Of The Website Of The Newspaper (2002)