Henry Naylor: From Bora Bora to the Frontlines of Political Theatre

Henry Naylor spent years travelling the world making Barclaycard ads with Rowan Atkinson, gave Ben Miller his first comedy gig, wrote the first ever Tony Blair sketch on British television, and is now taking a play about Elton John's battle with the Sun newspaper to New York. And he can do a very good Scooby Doo.Henry Naylor is a playwright, writer and comedian whose credits include Spitting Image, Dead Ringers, the 3D animated sketch show Head Cases, and multiple Fringe First-winning plays. His play Monstering The Rocketman — about Elton John and Britain's largest ever libel settlement — sold out Edinburgh, has a London run and is heading to New York.How 17 Barclaycard commercials took him to Bora Bora, Luxor, Sardinia and Elba — and what it was like to watch Rowan Atkinson go from recognisable to A-lister in real timeHow he gave Ben Miller his first comedy gig at university — and how he felt when Ben's agent rang up about the Johnny English movieWriting the first Tony Blair sketch for Spitting Image when nobody knew anything about himWhy the Jeffrey Archer puppet was deliberately withheldHead Cases: the 3D animated sketch show that had DreamWorks calling, but was cancelled when ITV nearly went bankruptConnect with Henry here:InstagramFacebookFind us on social media — links on the About page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.