British television show creators

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). Among other accolades, his films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations.

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He first gained success on the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), before going on to play the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–present).

James Hugh Calum Laurie is an English actor, comedian, and musician. Laurie first gained professional recognition as a member of the English comedy double act Fry and Laurie with Stephen Fry. Fry and Laurie acted together in several projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the BBC sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves and Wooster. From 1986 to 1989, Laurie appeared in three series of the period comedy Blackadder.

American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor (born 1940)

English comedian and actor (born 1939)

British astronomer (1915–2001)

English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter (born 1943)

Sir Stephen John Fry is an English actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He began his career on the sketch comedy series Alfresco (1983–1984) and the sitcom Blackadder (1986–1989), before gaining recognition as part of the comedy duo Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, appearing together in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993). His later television roles include Kingdom (2007–2009), Bones (2007–2017), and It's a Sin (2021). Fry was the original host of the comedy panel show QI (2003–2016), for which he was nominated for six British Academy Television Awards. In 2006, the British public ranked Fry number 9 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars.

British broadcaster, journalist and writer

British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)

British comedian and actor (1924–1992)

Simon Phillip Cowell is an English television personality, record executive, and entrepreneur. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows Pop Idol (2001–2003), The X Factor, and Britain's Got Talent (2007–present), as well as the American television talent competition shows American Idol (2002–2010), The X Factor (2011–2013), and America's Got Talent (2016–present). Cowell founded the British entertainment company Syco Entertainment in 2005, as well as its defunct predecessor, Syco Music in 2002.

English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989)

British writer (1930-2015)

English actress, screenwriter and producer (born 1985)

English actor, comedian, singer and television host (born 1978)

British-American screenwriter (born 1976)

English comedian, screenwriter, actress and teacher

Irish-American actor (1928–2009)

Scottish television writer and producer

English comedian, actress and writer

British actor (1918-2002)

English novelist and screenwriter (born 1955)

British actor, screenwriter and novelist

British actress

English actress (1934–2025)

English actor, comedian and writer (1958–2014)

English comedian

British screenwriter and film director

English actor, dramatist, director, novelist, producer and screenwriter

Irish radio and television broadcaster (1938–2016)

Welsh screenwriter and television producer

British entrepreneur, artist manager, and film and television producer

British film writer and playwright

British actor, comedian and writer

British comedian (1953–2016)

English actor

American comedian and actor

Irish actress and Emmy nominated producer and author from Derry, Northern Ireland

British comedian

British actor and comedian (born 1974)

English television presenter, producer, writer and comedian

English musician and television personality (born 1958)

British screenwriter and producer (born 1960)

Welsh comedian, presenter, actor (born 1958)

English television creator and filmmaker (1929-2012)

English author and actress.

Louis Sebastian Theroux is a British journalist, broadcaster and author. He has received three British Academy Television Awards and a Royal Television Society Television Award.

British actor and comedian (born 1967)

British comedian

Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939–2019)

British comedian, actor, screenwriter and author (1972-)

Welsh playwright and screenwriter

British dramatist and screenwriter (1935–1994)

Welsh television writer (1930–1997)

British comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director

British television and film producer and author (born 1960)

English writer and actress

British filmmaker (1943–2024)

British television writer