Daniel
Maier

Comedy & narrative writer

Daniel Maier has been a regular writer on Harry Hill's TV Burp along with various other projects including Charlie Brooker's You Have Been Watching and How TV Ruined Your Life, ITV's Emmerdale and Channel 4's 10 O'Clock Live. He also wrote the critically acclaimed The Function Room for Channel 4 which was developed into a series in 2012. In addition, Daniel co-wrote A Touch of Cloth with Charlie Brooker for Sky 1.

He has also ventured into children's television, writing for both Class Dismissed and Horrible Histories.


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Television

Writer

Good Year, Bad Year
Writer 
Expectation Entertainment
Newspeak (pilot)
Writer 
Electric Ray for Channel 4
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (series 1-2)
Writer 
CPL Productions
Harry Hill - Livin' The Dreem (pilot)
Development project 
CPL
Harry Hill's TV Burp (Series 1 - 11)
Main Writing Team 
ITV1
Harry Hill's Tea Time (series 1-2)
Writer 
CPL Productions
Doodlebugs
Writer - Narrative 
BBC 1
Timewasters
Writer 
Big Talk for ITV2
Pacino and Bert
Writer - Narrative 
Sky Comedy Shorts
A Touch of Cloth
Co-Writer (Narrative) 
Sky 1/Zeppotron
The Mayoress (Sitcom)
Writer - Narrative 
Olga TV
Emmerdale
Writer - Narrative 
ITV1
Baddiel's Syndrome
Writer - Narrative 
Sky 1/Avalon
Akemnji Ndifornyen Sketch Show Pilot
Writer 
BBC 2
Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule
Main Writing Team 
CPL/ITV
The Parade
Writer 
Bwark Productions
Charlie Brooker's 2016 Wipe
Main Writing Team 
Zeppotron/Channel 4
Frankie Boyle's US Election Autopsy
Writer 
BBC 2
We Love Sitcom
Writer 
BBC 1
Harry Hill's Tea Time
Main Writer 
Sky
25 Years of You've Been Framed
Writer 
ITV
Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish
Writer 
Liberty Bell Productions
Grimsby
Writer 
Charlie Brooker's Election Wipe
Writer 
Zeppotron/Channel 4
Class Dismissed (Series 1-2)
Writer 
CBBC
Newzoids
Writer 
Citrus Television Ltd
End of Year Review 2013/2014/2015
Additional Material 
Zeppotron/Channel 4
Stars in Their Eyes
Writer 
Endemol
Cardinal Burns (Series 2)
Commissioned minutes 
Left Bank Pictures/ Channel 4
Horrible Histories (Series 6)
Writer 
CBBC/Lion TV
Jason Bent Greatest Ever World Cup
Script Development 
BBC 1
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipes
Additional Material 
Children in Need
Script Development 
BBC 1
10 O'clock Live (Series 2-3)
Writer 
Ch 4/Zeppotron
How TV Ruined Your Life
Writer 
Ch 4/Zeppotron
Seann Walsh World
Writer 
Open Mike/Channel 4
King of Queens
Writer 
Left Bank Pictures
You Have Been Watching
Writer 
Ch 4/Zeppotron
Alistair McGowan's Big Impression (Series 1-4)
Writer 
BBC1/Vera
Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
Sketch Writer 
ITV1/Avalon
Harry Hill's TV Burp, Review of The Year (Series 1-11)
Main Writer 
ITV1/Avalon
Headcases
Sketch Writer 
ITV1/Avalon
Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor
Sketch Writer 
BBC 3
The Book Quiz
Additional Material 
BBC 4
Al Murray's Happy Hour
Writer 
ITV1/Avalon
Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show
Sketch Writer 
Grammnet/Avalon
The All-Star Comedy Show
Sketch Writer 
ITV1/Baby Cow Productions
Posh and Becks' Big Impression
Sketch Writer 
BBC1/Baby Cow
Comedy Lab: Movie Mash
Writer 
Ch 4/World's End Television
The British Comedy Awards
Additional Material 
ITV1/Michael Hurll TV
The King is Dead
Writer 
BBC3/Talkback Thames
Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Writer 
ITV1/Granada
Alistair McGowan's Big World Cup
Writer 
BBC1/Vera
The Jim Tavare Show
Writer 
Ch 5/Avalon
The Johnny Vaughan Film Show
Additional Material 
Ch 4/World's End
Slap Bang With Ant and Dec
Writer 
ITV1/Blaze
The Big Breakfast
Additional Material 
Ch 4/Planet 24
Late Lunch
Additional Material 
Ch 4/Princess Productions
Light Lunch
Writer 
Ch 4/Princess Productions
Swivel on the Tip
Sketch Writer 
BBC 3
Mike Strutter: A Star is Porn
Additional Material 
World's End
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Writer 
BBC1/World's End
This Week Only
Writer 
Ch 4/Princess Productions
Porn Crackers
Additional Material 
Sky 1/World's End
Alistair McGowan's Big Jubilee
Writer 
BBC1/Vera
The Richard Blackwood Show
Writer 
Ch 4/Planet 24
The MOBO Awards
Additional Material 
Ch 4\Celador
It's Only TV But I Like It (Series 1-4)
Writer 
BBC1/Open Mike
Adam and Joe's Wonky World of Animation
Writer 
Ch 4/World's End
Comedy Lab: Pornorama
Writer 
Ch 4/World's End
The Alphabet Show
Additional Material 
UK Play/Princess Productions
Comedy Nation
Writer 
BBC 2
Sacha Baron Cohen - GQ awards

Writer & Creator

The Function Room
Writer / Creator - Narrator 
Ch 4/Zeppotron

Writer & Script Editor

It's Kevin
Script editor and sketch writer 
BBC 2
DNN (Series 2)
Script Editor 
CBBC/CBeebies
Horrible Histories
Script Editor 
BBC

Script Editor

Tim Vine Travels in Time
Script Editor 
Baby Cow Productions Ltd

Performer

It's Kevin
Man 
BBC 2
Headcases
Various Voices 
ITV1
Harry Hill's TV Burp
Various & Voiceover 
ITV1/Avalon
The Peter Serafinowicz Show
Singer 
BBC2/Objective Productions
Life Begins
Speed-Dating 
ITV1/Granada
Alistair McGowan's Big World Cup
Football Fan 
BBC 1 / Vera
Swivel on The Tip
Johnny Divarettes & Various Parts (Regular) 
BBC 3
Latex Lunch
Various Voices 
Chrysalis
Baddiel's Syndrome
Mike the Builder 
Sky 1/Avalon
Unnovations
Voiceover 
Play UK
Smoke
Diner 
Carlton
Alistair McGowan's Big Impression
Various 
BBC 1 / Vera
Ulrika In Euroland
Narrator Sketches & Voiceover 
BBC2/Iron Productions
Comedy Nation
Alain Dimanche 
BBC 2
Noel's House Party
Racing Commentator & Voiceover 
BBC 1
The Big Breakfast
Himself 
Ch 4/Gaston Planet 24
Kiss Me Kate
Client 
BBC2/Carlton

Radio

Creator & Co-writer

Trapped
6 Part comedy drama
Co-Writer and Creator 
Writer Mark Maier (Co-Writer)
Production Company BBC Radio 4

Writer

The R.I.P. List
18" of sketch material
Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio
Broadcaster BBC Radio 4
Life on Egg (series 1-3)
Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio 2
That Mitchell and Webb Sound
Commissioned minutes across the series 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
So Wrong. It's Right (Series 2)
Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Jenny Eclair
Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
One
Additional Material 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Broken Arts
Sketch Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Look Away Now
Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Parson's and Naylor's Pull Out Sections
Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio 2
Bit's From Last Week's Radio
Additional Material 
Production Company BBC Radio 4/Unique
The Obituary Show
5" sketch
Writer 
Production Company BBC Radio 2

Performer

Life on Egg (series 1-3)
Performer 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Stockport -So Good They Named It Once
Mr Bickerstaff 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Broken Arts
Various 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
So Wrong It's Right
Panelist 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
One
Various 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
See Me Afterwards
Various 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Look Away Now
Various 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Trapped
Various 
Production Company BBC 4
Six Geese A-Laying
Various 
Production Company BBC Radio 4
Chips'n'Gravy
Various 
Production Company BBC Radio 4

Theatre

Writer

Turf
Writer 
The Unattended
Writer 
Edinburgh/North Shields Custom House Theatre

Film

Performer

Goal!
Patient 
Director Danny Cannon
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Book

Writer