Steve Punt
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Stephen Punt (born 1962) is a British writer, comedian and actor, most famous for his long-time partnership with Hugh Dennis.
[edit] Early life
He was educated at Whitgift School, an independent school for boys in Croydon, Surrey, and met Dennis while at Cambridge University in the Footlights - Punt was vice-president. Punt was a student of St. Catharine's College. Punt when at university was writing for the Radio 4 series Week Ending. They became resident guest comedians on shows presented by Jasper Carrott, including Carrott Confidential and Canned Carrott, and also toured with Carrott as a live support act.
[edit] BBC
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. Punt and Dennis are also the main presenters of BBC Radio 4's The Now Show. They are also 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.
He reads the Guardian and the Independent, with their left-of-centre world view.
