John Lloyd

John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd (born 30 September 1951) is a British comedy writer and television producer. He is the great nephew of John Hardress Lloyd. Lloyd was born in Dover and educated at West Hill Park School in Titchfield, Hants; The King's School, Canterbury; and Trinity College, Cambridge. Here he befriended, and later shared a flat with Douglas Adams. He worked as a radio producer at the BBC 1974–1978 and created The News Quiz, The News ... more

John Hardress Wilfred Lloyd (born 30 September 1951) is a British comedy writer and television producer. He is the great nephew of John Hardress Lloyd. Lloyd was born in Dover and educated at West Hill Park School in Titchfield, Hants; The King's School, Canterbury; and Trinity College, Cambridge. Here he befriended, and later shared a flat with Douglas Adams. He worked as a radio producer at the BBC 1974–1978 and created The News Quiz, The News Huddlines, To The Manor Born (with Peter Spence) and Quote... Unquote (with Nigel Rees). He wrote Hordes of the Things (as J. H. W. Lloyd) with Andrew ("A. P. R.") Marshall, co-authored two episodes of Doctor Snuggles with Douglas Adams and then went on to co-write the fifth and sixth episodes of the first radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with him. (Douglas Adams wrote all the other previous and subsequent episodes solo, as well as the television adaptation – though Lloyd was involved in the TV series as Associate Producer.... less