Richard Thorp(II)
- Writer
- Producer
Richard Thorp has written extensively for radio and television in
Australia.
In television he has series produced 2 seasons of "The Merrick & Rosso Show" (highest rating show in history of the Comedy Channel) - acting as writer and director and running the show staff as well as running shoots with special guests such as Will Ferrell, Ray Martin, Kate Ritchie, The Veronicas, Brendan Cowell, David Wenham, Peter Helliar and The Wiggles.
He also co-created the Channel Nine smash 20 to 1 and ran the show as Series Producer.
Series producer on second series of "The Power of One" - starring hypnotist Peter Powers.
He was Head Writer on Monster House, heading up a staff of ten writers.
His radio credits include over 1000 episodes of the Andrew Denton Breakfast Show on MMM (Sydney) for hosts Andrew Denton and Amanda Keller, as well as collaborations with Wendy Harmer (on 2Day FM & Vega).
Television credits also include:
One year as a staff writer on Good News Week (and GNW Nite Lite)
1999 and 2000 Logie Awards for host Andrew Denton.
Four years on sketch comedy show "Comedy Inc" (creating the popular Blokeman character)
Six years on quiz show "The Einstein Factor"
Three years as staff writer on political satire "Backberner"
Other television work as a writer has included: Rove Live, Double Take, David Tench Tonight, Mondo Thingo, The Spearman Experiment, The Camera Trap, The Road to Rock Star, two AFI awards (hosts Peter Berner and Paul McDermott), the ARIA Awards, The Big Bite, The National Life Expectancy Test (David Koch & Melissa Doyle), Guinness World Records (Grant Denyer & Shelley Craft), Spicks & Specks (pilot only), 2009 Logie Awards (Gretel Killeen).
In television he has series produced 2 seasons of "The Merrick & Rosso Show" (highest rating show in history of the Comedy Channel) - acting as writer and director and running the show staff as well as running shoots with special guests such as Will Ferrell, Ray Martin, Kate Ritchie, The Veronicas, Brendan Cowell, David Wenham, Peter Helliar and The Wiggles.
He also co-created the Channel Nine smash 20 to 1 and ran the show as Series Producer.
Series producer on second series of "The Power of One" - starring hypnotist Peter Powers.
He was Head Writer on Monster House, heading up a staff of ten writers.
His radio credits include over 1000 episodes of the Andrew Denton Breakfast Show on MMM (Sydney) for hosts Andrew Denton and Amanda Keller, as well as collaborations with Wendy Harmer (on 2Day FM & Vega).
Television credits also include:
One year as a staff writer on Good News Week (and GNW Nite Lite)
1999 and 2000 Logie Awards for host Andrew Denton.
Four years on sketch comedy show "Comedy Inc" (creating the popular Blokeman character)
Six years on quiz show "The Einstein Factor"
Three years as staff writer on political satire "Backberner"
Other television work as a writer has included: Rove Live, Double Take, David Tench Tonight, Mondo Thingo, The Spearman Experiment, The Camera Trap, The Road to Rock Star, two AFI awards (hosts Peter Berner and Paul McDermott), the ARIA Awards, The Big Bite, The National Life Expectancy Test (David Koch & Melissa Doyle), Guinness World Records (Grant Denyer & Shelley Craft), Spicks & Specks (pilot only), 2009 Logie Awards (Gretel Killeen).
