---
name: "Nick Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nick-newman"
fi1m_id: "nick-newman"
imdb_id: "nm0628218"
tmdb_id: 190398
wikidata_id: "Q7027600"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "17 July 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T16:58:15.881664+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."
---

# Nick Newman

## Identity

Nick Newman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nick-newman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nick-newman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0628218
- **TMDB ID:** 190398
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7027600
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Newman_(cartoonist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7027600, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/190398

Writer. Born 17 July 1958 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 17 July 1958, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Newman_(cartoonist), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7027600, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628218/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/190398

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Wipers Times*](https://film.one/film/the-wipers-times.md) (74)

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## Biography

Nick Newman is a British satirical cartoonist and comedy scriptwriter. Born on 17 July 1958 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he was educated at Ardingly College and Oriel College, Oxford, where he began writing revues with Ian Hislop.

Newman and Hislop have been writing partners since school. Their credits include *Spitting Image*, sketches for *Harry Enfield and Chums*, and work for *Private Eye*, where Newman has contributed cartoons since 1981 and has been pocket cartoonist for *The Sunday Times* since 1989. They co-wrote the BBC television film *The Wipers Times* (2013), which dramatised the creation of the First World War trench newspaper, and later adapted it for the stage.

Other screenwriting includes the feature film *A Bunch of Amateurs* (2008) and the series *My Dad's the Prime Minister*. Newman received a BAFTA nomination for *The Wipers Times*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Wipers Times* (2013), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wipers-times.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Wipers Times* (2013), Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wipers-times.md)
- *A Bunch of Amateurs* (2008), Writer
- *My Dad's the Prime Minister* (2003), series, Creator
- *Gobble* (1997), Writer
- *Harry Enfield and Chums* (1994), series, as Additional Writing
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, Writer
- *Spitting Image: The Sound of Maggie* (1989), Writer
- *Spitting Image: Bumbledown – The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan* (1988), Writer
- *Spitting Image: The Ronnie & Nancy Show* (1988), Writer
- *Spitting Image: Election Special '87* (1987), Writer
- *Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards* (1987), Writer

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