Derren Litten
| Derren Litten | |
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| Born |
21 December 1970 (age 46) Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor, television writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1994–present (actor) 2004–present (writer) |
| Genre | Comedy, television |
| Notable works | The Catherine Tate Show (BBC, 2004–07) Benidorm (ITV, 2007-present) The Spa (Sky Living, 2013) |
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Derren Litten (born 21 December 1970) is an English comedy writer and actor. He is best known as the co-writer of the award-winning The Catherine Tate Show, for which he wrote and appeared as several different characters in the first two series and the 2005 Christmas Special. He has also acted in many comedy and drama series including Perfect World, French and Saunders, Spaced, EastEnders, Green Wing and Pie in The Sky with Richard Griffiths.
His first sitcom Benidorm which he is the main writer of, has been co-written on occasions by Steve Pemberton who also plays Mick Garvey. It was created for ITV in 2007. The series was re-commissioned for 2016. Series 8 began airing on 11 January, the weekly air date has now been changed to Monday nights. The show has won several awards for Best Comedy. Litten has appeared in Benidorm several times as different characters. His most recent is 'Elvis', chauffeur for Crystal Hennesy-Vass (played by Joan Collins), CEO of Solana Hotel Groups.
He wrote an episode of Not Going Out, and is also the credited writer of an episode of the Only Fools and Horses spin-off Green Green Grass.
In 2013, a one-off sketch was produced for Sport Relief featuring the Benidorm cast. The sketch involved several of the characters singing on Britain's Got Talent.
Derren studied acting at The Central School of Speech and Drama where he met Catherine Tate. He left Central in 1993 and worked as a jobbing actor for 10 years appearing in shows such as Green Wing, Pie In The Sky, Spaced, French & Saunders, Doc Martin, Eastenders, Casualty and Perfect World but it was not until 2003 when Catherine asked Derren to write sketches for her TV show. Litten agreed despite having no experience in script writing, or indeed any formal qualifications at all having left Hessle High School (East Yorkshire) without a single O level or GCSE. In 2004 Derren was nominated for a BAFTA Craft award in the category of Best New Writer.
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