John Lloyd was born in 1951 in Dover, Kent, England as John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd. He is a writer and producer, known for QI (2003), Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) and QI: A Quite Interesting Game (2005).
Lloyd's Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979) had a spin-off book called "Not 1982" (1982). One of the sections in this book was a list of nonsense words and their humorous definitions, under the heading "Today's new word from the Oxtail English Dictionary". This list was then expanded by Lloyd and colleague Douglas Adams into the book "The Meaning of Liff" (1983) and further expanded in "The Deeper Meaning of Liff" (1990). At roughly the same time, a similar concept (defintions of invented words) was very successful in the US under the name "Sniglets", which began as a recurring sketch by Rich Hall on Not Necessarily the News (1982) (an American remake of Lloyd's "Not the Nine O'Clock News").
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Contributed material for episodes 5 and 6 of the radio series of "The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy", when writer Douglas Adams was overwhelmed by simultaneous writing assignments for both Hitchhiker and Doctor Who (1963). Most of Lloyd's material was replaced by Adams in later incarnations of the story (TV, novels, albums, etc), and the film (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)) ends before this point in the story.
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He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to broadcasting.
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Was the original choice for presenter of "Have I Got News for You" (1990)
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
QI
TV Series deviser - 62 episodes, 2003 - 2007 inventor - 46 episodes, 2008 - 2011 commander - 19 episodes, 2011 - 2013 qieator - 18 episodes, 2014 - 2015 doctor - 18 episodes, 2012 - 2013 professor - 17 episodes, 2013 - 2014 middle man - 16 episodes, 2015 - 2016 noises off - 9 episodes, 2016
QI: A Quite Interesting Game
2005
Video Game deviser
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
TV Series additional material - 1 episode
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979
TV Series writer
Doctor Snuggles
1979
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The British Screen Awards
1971
TV Special
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
No Such Thing as the News
2016
TV Series series producer - 10 episodes
QI Genesis
2011
TV Movie documentary producer
John Mortimer: A Life in Words
2009
TV Movie documentary executive producer: Drive Thru Pictures
QI
2003-2007
TV Series producer - 63 episodes
QI Presents: Strictly Come Duncing
2007
Video Game producer
QI News
2007
Video short executive producer
QI: A Quite Interesting Game
2005
Video Game producer
Come Outside
1994-1995
TV Series associate producer - 8 episodes
Blackadder Goes Forth
1989
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
TV Short producer
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
1988
TV Short producer - uncredited
Spitting Image
TV Series producer - 23 episodes, 1984 - 1986 executive producer - 9 episodes, 1986 - 1987
Black Adder the Third
1987
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
1987
TV Movie executive producer
Black-Adder II
1986
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
The Black Adder
1983
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
Not the Nine O'Clock News
1979-1982
TV Series producer - 6 episodes
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
TV Series associate producer - 6 episodes
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Life in Pieces
1990
TV Series short 12 episodes
Genesis: Land of Confusion
1986
Video short
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Alfresco
1983
TV Series script consultant - 2 episodes
That's Life!
1975
TV Series documentary program associate - 1 episode
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show Live
2016
post-production
The Book
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python
1989
TV Special
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News
2009
TV Movie documentary with thanks to
Blackadder Rides Again
2008
TV Special documentary thanks
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
2008
TV Movie documentary thanks
Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs
2007
Documentary special thanks
QI: A Quite Interesting Game
2005
Video Game thanks: stills
The Making of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'
1993
Video documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 80s: Ten Years That Changed Britain
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Television Writer & Producer, Spitting Image
Arena
2014-2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - introduced by / Himself - Co-creator, Spitting Image
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014
TV Movie
Himself - Producer, Blackadder
Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose
2014
TV Series
Himself
50 Years of BBC2 Comedy
2014
TV Movie documentary
The South Bank Show
1992-2014
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Host
The Comedy Vaults: BBC2's Hidden Treasure
2014
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Creator, QI
Newsnight
2014
TV Series
Himself - Creator, Spitting Image
Mel Smith: I've Sort of Done Things
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Culture Show
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
Piers Morgan's Life Stories
2013
TV Series
Himself - Producer, Blackadder
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2013
TV Series
Himself
Frost on Sketch Shows
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Producer, Not the Nine O'Clock News
Funny Business
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast
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