---
name: "Humphrey Barclay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/humphrey-barclay"
fi1m_id: "humphrey-barclay"
imdb_id: "nm0054051"
tmdb_id: 47798
wikidata_id: "Q5941286"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 March 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:48:26.646573+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Humphrey Barclay

## Identity

Humphrey Barclay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/humphrey-barclay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** humphrey-barclay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0054051
- **TMDB ID:** 47798
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5941286
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Barclay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5941286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47798

Producer. Born 24 March 1941 in Dorking.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 March 1941, Dorking
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Barclay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5941286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054051/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47798

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Spaced*](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md) (86)

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## Biography

Humphrey Barclay is a British comedy executive and television producer. Born on 24 March 1941 in Dorking, Surrey, he was educated at Harrow School and read Classics at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he participated in the Footlights.

Early in his career Barclay produced the sketch series *Do Not Adjust Your Set* (1967–69). He later worked at London Weekend Television before founding Humphrey Barclay Productions in 1983. The company produced *Hot Metal* (1986–88), *Desmond's* (1989–94) and *Surgical Spirit* (1989–95). He served as executive producer on the first series of *Spaced* (1999).

Barclay has held senior comedy roles at LWT and Granada, and continued producing series including *Birds of a Feather* (2014–16) and *Hold the Sunset* (2018–19).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Spaced* (1999), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Live! Girls! Present Dogtown* (2006), series, Producer
- *All About Me* (2002), series, Producer
- *Spaced* (1999), series, Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/spaced.md)
- *Bostock's Cup* (1999), Executive Producer
- *Blind Men* (1997), series, Producer
- *Porkpie* (1995), series, Producer
- *Brighton Belles* (1993), series, Producer
- *Look Back in Anger* (1989), Producer
- *Surgical Spirit* (1989), series, Producer
- *Desmond's* (1989), series, Producer
- *That's Love* (1988), series, Producer
- *Day To Remember* (1986), Producer
- *Hot Metal* (1986), series, Producer
- *Me & My Girl* (1984), series, Producer
- *Now And Then* (1983), series, Producer
- *Whoops Apocalypse* (1982), series, Producer
- *Peter Cook & Co.* (1980), Executive Producer
- *Metal Mickey* (1980), series, Creator
- *End of Part One* (1979), series, Producer
- *Canned Laughter* (1979), Producer
- *The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It* (1977), Producer
- *Lucky Feller* (1976), series, Producer
- *Two's Company* (1975), series, Director
- *No, Honestly* (1974), series, Producer
- *The Odd Job* (1971), Producer
- *Six Dates with Barker* (1971), series, Producer
- *If It Moves, File It* (1970), series, Executive Producer
- *The Complete and Utter History of Britain* (1969), series, Producer
- *Do Not Adjust Your Set* (1967), series, Producer
- *Dream Stuffing*, series, Producer

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