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name: "Geoffrey Perkins"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "22 February 1953"
died: "29 August 2008"
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average_as: "producer"
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updated: "2026-09-18T07:21:00.266900+00:00"
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# Geoffrey Perkins

Producer. Born 22 February 1953 in Bushey. Died 29 August 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 22 February 1953, Bushey
- **Died:** 29 August 2008
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Perkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414129, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0673942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215796

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Father Ted*](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md) (89)

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## Biography

Geoffrey Perkins was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. He produced the first two radio series of *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* and co-created the series *Radio Active*, later adapted for television as *KYTV*.

Perkins worked at Hat Trick Productions, where he produced *Father Ted* (1995) and other series including *Drop the Dead Donkey*. He served as Head of Comedy at BBC Television from 1995 to 2001, overseeing programmes such as *The Fast Show* and *The Thin Blue Line*. Later, at Tiger Aspect, his credits included *The Catherine Tate Show*, *My Family* and *Benidorm* (2007). He received a BAFTA for *Father Ted* and a posthumous Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Voice of Spanish Interpreter — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tarrant Lets the Kids Loose* (2009), series, Producer
- *May Contain Nuts* (2009), series, Producer
- *Benidorm* (2007), series, Producer
- *Harry & Paul* (2005), series, Producer
- *The Catherine Tate Show* (2004), series, Producer
- *'Orrible* (2001), series, Producer
- *World of Pub* (2001), series, Producer
- *Lee Evans: So What Now?* (2001), series, Producer
- *Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years* (2001), series, Producer
- *My Family* (2000), series, Producer
- *Coupling* (2000), series, Executive Producer
- *My Hero* (2000), series, Producer
- *Hippies* (1999), series, Producer
- *Blackadder: Back & Forth* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Ted & Ralph* (1998), Executive Producer
- *Kiss Me Kate* (1998), series, Producer
- *Operation Good Guys* (1997), series, as Producer
- *A Perfect State* (1997), series, Producer
- *A Very Open Prison* (1995), Producer
- *Coogan's Run* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Thin Blue Line* (1995), series, Producer
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Voice of Spanish Interpreter, Producer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Game On* (1995), series, Producer
- *Harry Enfield and Chums* (1994), series, Additional Writing
- *Harry Enfield's Television Programme* (1990), series, Writer
- *Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie* (1990), series, Producer
- *About Face* (1989), series, Writer
- *Norbert Smith: A Life* (1989), Producer
- *Spitting Image: The Sound of Maggie* (1989), Producer
- *KYTV* (1989), series, Writer
- *Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan* (1988), Producer
- *Spitting Image: Election Special '87* (1987), Producer

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