Steve Punt
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Stephen Punt (born 1962) is a British writer, comedian and actor, best known for his long-time comedy partnership with Hugh Dennis. Punt lives in Wimbledon with his partner and two children.
[edit] Early life
Punt was educated at Whitgift School, an independent school for boys in Croydon, Surrey, and at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge University. He met Dennis when a member of Footlights of which he was vice-president.
[edit] BBC
While at university he began writing for the BBC Radio 4 series Week Ending. Punt and Dennis later became resident guest comedians on shows presented by Jasper Carrott, including Carrott Confidential and Canned Carrott. They also toured with Carrott as a live support act.
They were then recruited in 1988, along with David Baddiel and Rob Newman (both also from Footlights), to write and perform a satirical sketch and stand-up show called The Mary Whitehouse Experience on BBC Radio 1. After three years, the show had proved such a big hit that it transferred to television. Punt and Dennis went on to perform in their own TV sketch show, The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show, and co-wrote and starred in the sitcom Me, You & Him.
Punt has worked more as a writer, script editor and voice-over artist in recent years, though he also currently performs with Dennis in It's Been a Bad Week for BBC Radio 2. The pair are also the main presenters of BBC Radio 4's The Now Show and the writers of BBC Radio 4's sitcom The Party Line. Punt, with Mark Tavener, is co-writer of the 2007 Radio 4 series His Master's Voice.
