Richie Webb
Richie Webb is an award-winning[1] British comedy writer, actor and composer. He was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School.
He is a prolific composer of music for television – often with partner music producer Matt Katz – contributing to many comedy, entertainment and children's programmes. Most notably Horrible Histories, the multi-award winning CBBC sketch show where Webb's music is regarded as a key ingredient of the show's success.[2]
As a writer and performer he is perhaps best known for his work on numerous BBC Radio 4 comedy programmes. He began his career as a member of The Cheese Shop and went on to have regular musical comedy slots on both Week Ending and Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections. He is currently creator and star of 15 Minute Musical which won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy and writes and stars in The Music Teacher [3]
Along with Dave Lamb and other Warwick University alumni he runs a Radio production company Top Dog Productions, which makes comedy and drama for BBC Radio 4.
He lives in Warwickshire, and has a season ticket for West Bromwich Albion.[4]