Jesse Armstrong

Jesse Armstrong is a British comedy writer who, together with Sam Bain, collaborated on acclaimed television comedy shows such as Smack the Pony, Peep Show and That Mitchell and Webb Look. They have written two films together, Magicians and Four Lions and Jesse Armstrong also co-wrote the BAFTA winning The Thick of It and In the Loop. They jointly received the Writers' Guild of Great Britain award at the British Comedy Awards in 2010. Fresh Meat is their latest sitcom and won Best New Comedy at the British Comedy Awards in 2011.