---
name: "Phil Clarke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-clarke"
fi1m_id: "philip-clarke"
imdb_id: "nm0164949"
tmdb_id: 1220519
wikidata_id: "Q16204392"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "14 May 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:27:58.244754+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."
---

# Phil Clarke

## Identity

Phil Clarke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-clarke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-clarke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0164949
- **TMDB ID:** 1220519
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16204392
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Clarke_(TV_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16204392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220519

Producer. Born 14 May 1961 in Watford, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 May 1961, Watford, England, UK
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Philip Clarke
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Clarke_(TV_producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16204392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164949/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220519

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Peep Show*](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md) (88)

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## Biography

Philip Clarke, also credited as Phil Clarke, is a British television comedy producer and executive. Born on 14 May 1961 in Watford, he began his career as a producer at the BBC in radio and television before joining Talkback Productions as a senior comedy producer and editor.

In 2003 he produced the first series of *Peep Show* for Objective Productions. He subsequently founded and ran the comedy department at Objective, serving as producer or series producer on the first eight series of the show and as executive producer on other titles including *Fresh Meat* and *Star Stories*. In 2012 he became Head of Comedy at Channel 4, where he commissioned series such as *Catastrophe* and *Chewing Gum*.

Clarke left Channel 4 in 2017 to co-found the independent production company Various Artists Ltd with Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain and Roberto Troni. Through the company he has produced or executive produced *I May Destroy You*, *Sally4Ever* and *Such Brave Girls*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com, comedy.co.uk, channel4.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *I May Destroy You* (2020), Fi1m 88, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)
- *Sally4Ever* (2018), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/sally4ever.md)
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), Fi1m 74, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Peep Show* (2003), Fi1m 88, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Still Up* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *Juice* (2023), series, Executive Producer
- *I May Destroy You* (2020), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/i-may-destroy-you.md)
- *Dead Pixels* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *Sally4Ever* (2018), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sally4ever.md)
- *Crashing* (2016), series, as Other
- *Fresh Meat* (2011), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fresh-meat.md)
- *Reggie Perrin* (2009), series, Executive Producer
- *The Peter Serafinowicz Show* (2007), series, Executive Producer
- *Peep Show* (2003), series, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/peep-show.md)
- *A Tale of Two Wives* (2003), Executive Producer
- *Miranda* (2002), Executive Producer

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