David Quantick
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| Born | 14 May 1961 |
David Quantick (born 14 May 1961, Wortley, South Yorkshire, England) is an English freelance journalist, writer and critic who specialises in music and comedy.
David Quantick began writing for the music publication NME in 1983, alongside Danny Baker and Paul Morley. Together with Steven Wells, he contributed to many of the humorous snippet sections in the paper. In addition to rock journalism, he was also submitting jokes and sketches to British comedy shows such as Spitting Image.
Quantick built his profile steadily and his name began to appear increasingly often in print, radio and television. In 1992, Armando Iannucci asked him to join the writing team for the Radio 4 spoof news programme On the Hour, after which he made the natural progression to the television follow-up The Day Today (BBC2, 1994). Both shows were highly acclaimed and won awards, and secured a loyal cult following.
Quantick ceased submitting copy to the NME in 1995, and around this time, he was appearing regularly on Collins and Maconie's Hit Parade (Radio 1, 1994–1997), commenting astringently upon music's stars. This developed into his own named slot in the show, named Quantick's World. His connection with Maconie continued in parallel on the weekly show, The Treatment on BBC Radio Five Live, which was an hour-long satirical news round-up.
In 1995, Carlton Television broadcast a set of six pilot television shows, one of which was Now What? The series was not picked up for development but Quantick found a writing partner through these proceedings in Jane Bussmann. The two went on to write and perform Bussmann & Quantick Kingsize (1998), a series of sketches and monologues for BBC Radio 4.
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