Nev Fountain, born Steven John Fountain, is an English writer, best known for his comedy work with writing partner Tom Jamieson on the radio and television programme Dead Ringers. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... A dead ringer is slang for a doppelgänger. ...

A native of Stamford, Lincolnshire, Fountain attended the University of Warwick. While working at a series of odd jobs in London, Fountain wrote a few fringe plays, including one called My Grandmother Is a Time Lord, produced in 1995. In the same year, he began writing sketches for the radio programme Weekending. It was while working on Weekending that he met Tom Jamieson, with whom he has written most of his subsequent radio and television work. Stamford is a town on the River Welland in Lincolnshire, England. ... The University of Warwick is a campus university in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British city. ... Week Ending. ...

Fountain and Jamieson contributed to many radio and television comedy programmes, including Have I Got News for You, 2DTV, The News Quiz and Big Impression. Their most notable work, however, has been as the head writers for Dead Ringers since its radio pilot in 1999. The pair are also responsible for the historical comedy Elephants to Catch Eels and wrote "Txt Mssg Rcvd", a 2005 episode of the BBC Three anthology series Twisted Tales. Have I Got News for You (sometimes abbreviated to HIGNFY) is a long-running UK television topical panel game. ... 2DTV is a satirical animated television show broadcast on ITV1 in the United Kingdom that follows closely in the footsteps of Spitting Image, but using animation rather than puppets. ... The News Quiz is a topical comedy quiz broadcast on British radio BBC Radio 4. ... Big Impression is a British comedy sketch show. ... BBC Three, the successor of the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. ... The notoriously sick cover of Twisted Tales #2, illustrated by Bernie Wrightson Twisted Tales was a horror anthology comic book edited by Bruce Jones and April Campbell. ...

Fountain is a fan of Doctor Who, and has contributed to several audio dramas based on the programme. His first licensed Doctor Who work was as script editor on the webcast Death Comes to Time. He has also written two Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions, Omega and The Kingmaker, and appears occasionally as a host or MC at Doctor Who conventions. Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... A webcast is similar in intent to a broadcast television program but designed for internet transmission. ... Death Comes to Time is a webcast audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced by the BBC and first broadcast in five episodes on the BBCi Cult website from 12 July 2001. ... Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces audio plays released straight to compact disc, based on British cult science fiction properties. ... Omega is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A Master of Ceremonies or MC (sometimes spelled emcee) is the host of a staged event or other performance. ...

External links

• Nev Fountain at The Internet Movie Database
• Nev Fountain at the BBC Comedy Guide
• Nev Fountain and Tom Jamieson's website, including a full CV
• Nev Fountain interview, focusing on Omega, at the BBC's Doctor Who site