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Film and Television Dept
Oliver Lansley


Oli is a brilliantly talented TV and theatre writer and actor, who has just had an original TV series commissioned by ITV. He also has another series at pilot stage with the BBC. In addition he runs his own award-winning theatre company, Les Enfants Terrible. Their sell-out 2007 Edinburgh show, THE TERRIBLE INFANTS has just won the Best Entertainment Award (Fringe report 2008) and features a guest performance by Dame Judi Dench.

Oli is also working with designer Sam Wyer on a picture book.

TV/Film:

2007/08 WHITES
Original comedy series for BBC written with actor Matt King. 


BBC

  FM
Original comedy series commissioned by ITV written with Ian Curtis 


ITV

2007 BUDDY AND ELVIS
Commissioned to write a pilot script. 


Illuminated

  THE FAMILY FILLMORE
Commissioned to write pilot of his original series idea. 


BBC

2006 HELL IS OTHER PEOPLE
Commissioned to write a treatment of his original series idea. 


World Productions

  IMMACULATE
TV rights under option. 


DLT Entertainment

  HOTSHOT
Original pilot under option. 


Pozzitive TV

2005/06 FM
Co-creator and write of pilot episodes for original comedy series idea. It starred the likes of Dean Lennox Kelly, Warwick Davis, Raquel Cassidy and Matt King. 


Channel 4 Comedy Lab

2004 THE VILLAGE PEOPLE
Created and wrote scripts for his original comedy animation series. 


Illuminated Productions/ITV

2001 BBC TALENT SHOWCASE  

 


Theatre:
2007/08
THE TERRIBLE INFANTS
Wrote, directed and acted in this new production. Currently touring the UK.

'These cautionary tales are terrific fun, poised somewhere between Shockheaded Peter and Roald Dahl's nastiest stories', The Guardian
'The Terrible Infants is a beautifully realised slice of vaudevillian puppet theatre and crawls with characters that could have escaped from Lewis Carroll's waste paper basket...each have Tim Burton writing with glee', Metro/5 Stars

'Taking the sprirt of Struwwelper, Edward Gorey and Roald Dahl screeching of a sacrilege, but missing The Terrible Infants should be penalised by law. If there was a more perfect little show, this is it', Hariline/5 STARS

2006
THE INFANT
Full length play written by Oli for Les Enfants Terribles. Played in Edinburgh and London.

2005/06
IMMACULATE
Wrote, produced, directed and acted in this Les Enfant Terribles production at the Gilded Balloon (Edinburgh Festival) and The Space, and then toured internationally. Published by Nich Hern.

'Lansley has actually found that winning formula of talent, charm and absolute irreverence - think, really cool top of the class kid... Lansley's writing is pacey and clever, innately and ever so subtly reminiscent of Coward', The Stage

'Genuinely a laugh a minute, with some real strokes of comic genius', Metro

2004
BEDTIME STORIES
Wrote, directed, produced and acted in this Les Enfant Terribles production at The Gilded Balloon (Edinburgh Festival) and at the Landor Theatre in January.

2003
THE GERMINATOR
Wrote, directed, produced and acted in this Les Enfants Terribles production at The Assembly Rooms (Edinburgh Festival) and The Space in July.

2002
MOMENT
Wrote, directed, produced and acted in this Masque Theatre Co. production at the Avondale Theatre

Oli is also an actor and has numerous credits to his name including Holby City, Eastenders and Doctors.

Reviews:
'Lansley has actually found that winning formula of talent, charm and absolute irreverence- think, really cool top of the class kidÂ… Lansley's writing is pacey and clever, innately and ever so subtly reminiscent of CowardÂ…' THE STAGE

'These cautionary tales are terrific fun, poised somewhere between Shockheaded Peter and Roald Dahl's nastiest stories', The Guardian

'The Terrible Infants is a beautifully realised slice of vaudevillian puppet theatre and crawls with characters that could have escaped from Lewis Carroll's waste paper basket...each have Tim Burton writing with glee', Metro/5 Stars.