John Finnemore

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Biography

John Finnemore is a multi-award-winning writer and performer for radio, television, film, and stage.

For BBC Radio 4 he created and starred in the sitcom CABIN PRESSURE, the sketch show JOHN FINNEMORE’S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME, and the play anthology JOHN FINNEMORE’S DOUBLE ACTS. In a 2020 Radio Times poll of the greatest radio comedies of all time, he was the only writer with two titles ranked in the top ten.

In 2020 he received the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for Outstanding Contribution to Writing. Other accolades include two BBC Audio Drama Awards, two further WGGB Awards, and a Sony Radio Academy award.

John’s television work includes THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK, GOOD OMENS 2, and Armando Iannucci’s HBO/Sky comedy AVENUE 5, in which he also appeared. He and Iannucci have co-written a feature film, IN TOO DEEP, which is in development.

John sets cryptic crosswords, including for the Times Listener, as “Emu”. After becoming the third person in nearly a century to solve the literary puzzle CAIN’S JAWBONE, he devised his own cryptic murder mystery puzzle, THE RESEARCHER’S FIRST MURDER (Unbound, 2024). He also contributed a new Jeeves and Wooster story for JEEVES AGAIN (Penguin Random House, 2025).

He is currently writing a play for the London stage.

Credits

Television

Production	Company	Notes
GOOD OMENS - SERIES 2 2020 – 2022	BBC Studios	Script Producer
AVENUE 5 - SERIES 2 2021	HBO	Episode 5
BACK - SERIES 2 2021	Big Talk Productions	Episode 4
WAS IT SOMETHING I SAID? 2013	Maverick TV/Channel 4	Writer
10 O'CLOCK LIVE - SERIES 3 2013	Zeppotron/Channel 4	Writer
10 O'CLOCK LIVE - SERIES 2 2012	Zeppotron/Channel 4	Writer
MICHAEL MCINTYRE'S CHRISTMAS COMEDY ROADSHOW 2011	Open Mike Productions/BBC1	Writer
10 O'CLOCK LIVE 2011	Zeppotron/Channel 4	Writer
THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK 2009	BBC TV	Series 4
28 ACTS IN 28 MINUTES 2007	BBC TV
RONNI ANCONA 2007	BBC TV	Pilot
THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB LOOK 2006	BBC2
SWINGING 2005 – 2006	Monkey Kingdom/Channel 5
DEAD RINGERS 2004 – 2006	BBC2
PEEP SHOW 2003	Objective / Channel 4	Additional material
THE SKETCH SHOW 2003	ITV
SMACK THE PONY 3 2002	Talkback for Channel 4	As writer and performer
HARRY AND PAUL	Tiger Aspect	Series 3

Radio

Production	Company	Notes
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAM SERIES 9 2021	BBC Radio 4	Written and performed by John Finnemore; produced by Ed Morrish
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME SERIES 8 2019	BBC Radio 4	Eighth series of his award winning radio show for BBC Radio 4
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 7 2018	BBC Radio 4	Seventh series of John’s award winning radio show for BBC Radio 4
DOUBLE ACTS 2 2017	BBC Radio 4	Series of six comedy two-handers: The Queen’s Speech; Mercy Dash; The Rebel Alliance; Penguin Diplomacy; Here’s What We Do and The Wroxton Box
JUST A MINUTE 2017	BBC Radio 4
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 6 2016	BBC Radio 4
DOUBLE ACTS 2015	Pozzitive Television/BBC Radio 4	Series of six comedy two-handers: A Flock of Tigers; Wysinnwyg; Red-handed; The Goliath Window; English for Pony-Lovers and Hot Desk
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 5 2015	BBC Radio 4
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 4 2014	BBC Radio 4
I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE 2014	BBC Radio 4	Regular panelist 2014 – present
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 3 2013	BBC Radio 4
CABIN PRESSURE 4 2013	Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4	Produced and directed by David Tyler
THE NOW SHOW 2013	BBC Radio 4	Regular contributor 2006 – present
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 2 2012	BBC Radio 4	Radio Award, Chortle Comedy Awards 2013
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME: EDINBURGH 2012 2012	BBC Radio 4
THE UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH 2012 – 2025	BBC Radio 4	Panel game show hosted by David Mitchell. Regular panelist 2012 – present
CABIN PRESSURE 3 2011	Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4	Produced and directed by David Tyler. comedy.co.uk award for Best British Radio Sitcom 2011. Nominated for Radio Programme of the Year, 2013 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 2011	BBC Radio 4	comedy.co.uk award for Best British Radio Sketch Show 2011
CABIN PRESSURE AT CHRISTMAS 2010	BBC Radio 4	2011 Writers’ Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy
CABIN PRESSURE 2 2009	Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4	Nominated for ‘Best Radio Comedy/Light Entertainment’ in 2010 Writers’ Guild Awards
THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND 2009	BBC Radio	Series 4
CABIN PRESSURE 1 2008	Pozzitive/BBC Radio 4
DEAD RINGERS SPECIAL 2007	BBC Radio 4
THAT MITCHELL & WEBB SOUND 3 2007	BBC Radio 4
THE NEWS QUIZ 2006	BBC Radio 4
THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND 2005	BBC Radio 4
DEAD RINGERS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2005	BBC Radio 4
TAILS YOU LOSE 2004	BBC Radio 4
THAT MITCHELL & WEB SOUND 2003	BBC Radio 4
DEAD RINGERS 2003	BBC Radio 4
THAT MITCHELL & WEBB SOUND 2003	BBC Radio 4
LAURENCE AND GUS: HEARTS AND MINDS	BBC Radio 4	Series 2

In Development

Production	Company	Notes
IN TOO DEEP 2021	Back to Blue, LLC	Film. Co-writing with Armando Iannucci
HALLELUJAH! 2021	Sprout Pictures	Film.

Film

Production	Company	Notes
TOM JONES 2018	Cross Day Productions	Co-writer
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS 2018	The Electric Shadow Company	Additional material
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS 2001	BBC1	Original short film

Theatre

Production	Company	Notes
JOHN FINNEMORE'S FLYING VISIT 2018	Pozzitive	National tour
JOHN FINNEMORE'S SOUVENIR CABIN 2015	The Shaw Theatre
THE DIARY OF A NOBODY 2010	Drill Hall Theatre	Original musical, with Susannah Pearse
AMY EVANS' STRIKE 2005	Edinburgh Fringe	The Courtyard Theatre at the Theatre Museum
BURKE AND HARE 2004	Ophaboom Theatre	Showcase at Drill Hall Theatre
TAILS YOU LOSE 2003	Edinburgh Fringe
TOLD YOU SO 2002	The Courtyard Theatre, London	Musical play
THE STRAIGHT MAN 2002	Edinburgh Fringe
AMY EVANS' STRIKE 2001	Edinburgh Fringe	Nominated for a Fringe First Award
JOHN AND KEVIN'S ONE MAN SHOW 2001	The Pleasance, Edinburgh	As writer and performer

Online

Production	Company	Notes
DAVID MITCHELL'S SOAPBOX 2011	Channelflip Media
DAVID MITCHELL'S SOAPBOX 2009	Channelflip Media

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