Ivan Shakespeare

Ivan Shakespeare (19 July 1952 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire – 3 February 2000 in London) was a British comedy writer. A commissioned writer on the BBC Radio 4 show Week Ending, Shakespeare was also commissioned to pen the radio comedy series, A Square of One's Own, and the BBC political satire show Bremner, Bird and Fortune.

He died in his forties from a heart attack.

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