Tony Sarchet

Tony Sarchet

Tony Sarchet is a British television and radio writer for alternative comedy shows.

He started his career writing for hit shows including "Three of a Kind" and "Spitting Image", and for comedians such as Lenny Henry and Jasper Carrott.

In 1984 his BBC Radio 4 satire "Delve Special" begun, a comedic parody of Roger Cook's investigative journalism series 'Checkpoint'. This time starring Stephen Fry as investigative journalist David Lander. When Roger Cook moved to television, so did his parody, in the Tony Sarchet written series "This is David Lander" and "This is David Harper" (this last series with Tony Slattery in the main role).

Sarchet went on to write the "Screen One" TV film "Trust Me" starring Alfred Molina and in 2001 the London Weekend Television sitcom "High Stakes" with Richard Wilson.

He studied chemistry at University College Oxford and is married to the writer Andrea Solomons.

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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050306003410/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/s/sarchet_tony.shtml Tony Sarchet at The BBC Comedy Guide]


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