# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geoffrey-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:21:50.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/geoffrey-perkins"
name: "Geoffrey Perkins"
slug: "geoffrey-perkins"
description: "Geoffrey Howard Perkins was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. He was BBC head of comedy between 1995 and 2001, and produced the first two radio series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He is one of the people credited with creating the panel game Mornington Crescent for I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. In December 2008 he posthumously received an Outstanding Contribution to Comedy Award."
tagline: "Comedy writer, producer and actor (1953–2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geoffrey_Perkins_hosting_Channel_4_panel_game_Don't_Quote_Me.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-02-22"
deathDate: "2008-08-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.196333333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0673942"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Perkins"
    title: "Geoffrey Perkins"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump