Agent: Edward Hughes
Brian Jordan is a writer working across numerous disciplines. Brian wrote sketches for shows such as Nick Hancock’s World of Sport and John Inverdale’s Onside. He has written numerous stage plays ranging from issue-led theatre to black comedies and also wrote and presented numerous shows on Sports radio stations such as BBC Radio 5 Live and TalkSport. Brian has written for popular kids’ shows such as Rastamouse for Three Stones Media, Leonardo for Kindle and CBBC, and Life Bites for Prism and The Disney Channel. Brian currently has a number of feature films and sitcom projects in development.
Film:
TINY DYNAMITE – Vertigo Films
Re-write of football comedy feature
(In development)
BLOODHOUNDS – Western Edge Pictures
Comedy feature
Co-written with Vaughan Sivell and Chris Rowe
(In development)
DUTCH CAPS
Comedy set in the world of football
(Spec script)
Television:
JAMILLAH & ALADDIN – Kindle Entertainment/CBBC
Episode of children’s series
LEONARDO Series 1 and 2 – Kindle Entertainment/CBBC
Four episodes of the hit children’s series
RASTAMOUSE – Three Stones Media
Four episodes of the hit pre-school animated series
LIFE BITES – Prism Entertainment/Disney Channel
Three episodes of the comedy series
XOL – Steve Walsh Productions
Episode of the animated series
THE OUTLAW – Channel 4/Triffic Films
Animation series based on the Michael Heath comic strip from Private Eye about the last smoker in Britain
Story-liner and writer of two episodes
OGRI – Channel 4/Ogri Films
Film about the legendary biker
OUT OF TUNE – BBC
Children’s sitcom about a choir that cannot sing
Developed bible, story-lined and wrote nine episodes over three series
THE WOMBLES – Cinar Films
Story lined and wrote five episodes for the new Wombles series
FIX IT IN POST
Original comedy pilot
Co-written with Chris Rowe
(Spec script)
BABY BLUE
Original comedy drama pilot about police in training
(Spec script)
CITIZEN JANE
Original comedy drama series pilot
(Spec script)
SAMANTHA SPADE
Original crime drama series pilot
(Spec script)
Sketch and Entertainment Shows:
SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – BBC
Flagship annual sports review
Writer 2001-2006
ONSIDE – BBC
Sports chat and comedy show with John Inverdale
Script editor and writer for six series
NICK HANCOCK’S WORLD OF SPORT – Chrysalis/BBC
Sketches for Nick Hancock sport show
MAY AND YOU – Ulster Television
Two scripts for John Lenehan’s grotesque, comic creation, May McFetteridge
HAVAKAZOO – Channel 5
70 episodes of funny, bubbly early morning kid’s show
COMEDY WAVELENGTH – Channel 4
Sketch show
ON THE WATERFRONT – BBC
Sketch show
Theatre:
DILEMMA FOR MURDER – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Comedy thriller/murder-mystery and celebrity guests
THE NEARLY MEN – Sixth Sense Theatre Company
A piece about risk taking by adolescents and young men
HARD BOYS IN WHITE SHIRTS – Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith/Edinburgh Festival
A piece about the skulduggery of politics; comic and dark
THIS SECRET LIFE – Sixth Sense Theatre Company
A case study of violence in relationships
TESS – Risk Theatre Company
Adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel
TAKING IT LYING DOWN – Sixth Sense Theatre Company
A play that dealt with the issue of teenage pregnancies
WHO R U TALKING 2? – Greenwich and Lewisham Young People’s Theatre
A play about the young people and how they use the internet
SELLING GRACE – Sixth Sense Theatre Company
A piece exploring teenage prostitution
PARTY POPPERS – Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service
The aim was to make young people laugh whilst telling them how bad alcohol can be for you
THE LEMON CONSPIRACY – The Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Performed by young actors aged from 10 to 18
The piece had a plot spanning 100 years and began in 1945
WHOOPS VICAR IS THAT YOUR DICK?
A sketch show with the word ‘dick’ in the title and therefore only seen at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Student Union Theatres throughout the UK
Radio:
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS – BBC Radio 5 Live
One hour, weekly, sports satire show
Writer/Presenter for four series
TAMARA NEVER COMES – Liberty Radio
Comedy soap featuring Roger and Tamara, a modern couple battling against the odds in the Chiswick triangle
talkSPORT
Phone-in radio show
Writer and Presenter
WHO ATE ALL THE PIES
Saturday afternoon football sketch show
Syndicated to all EMAP stations around the UK
Written and performed with Nick Hancock & Chris England
WEEKENDING – Radio 4
Topical sketch show
‘98 FRENCH LETTERS – BBC Radio 5 Live
Comedy show about the Football World Cup.
Writer/Presenter
STUMPED – BBC 5 Live
Devised and wrote comedy cricket quiz
Online:
Editor-in-Chief of 80 official football club websites on behalf of PTV. Ran a general football newsroom of 24 subs and writers as well as dealing with club journalists nationwide. The brief was to be accurate but also slightly subversive, fanzine-like and funny.