Andy Riley

Andy Riley (born 1970) is a British author, cartoonist, and Emmy-winning screenwriter for TV and film. Early life Riley was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he read Modern History.

Career Riley has written and drawn many best-selling cartoon books, including The Book of Bunny Suicides (2003) and its sequels, and Great Lies To Tell Small Kids (2005). From 2002 until February 2010 he drew a weekly comic strip called Roasted in The Observer Magazine, a collection of which was released in book form in 2007. Riley also publishes the King Flashypants series of children's books.

With Kevin Cecil, his best friend since they attended Aylesbury Grammar School, he created and wrote the sitcoms Year of the Rabbit for Channel 4 and IFC, The Great Outdoors for BBC Four, Hyperdrive for BBC Two and Slacker Cats for the ABC Family Channel. Their other television work includes Veep (for which they each won an Emmy in 2015 in the Outstanding Comedy Series category), Black Books, the Comic Relief one-off special Robbie the Reindeer, for which he and Cecil won a BAFTA in 2000, Little Britain, Tracey Ullman's Show, Trigger Happy TV, So Graham Norton, Smack the Pony, The Armando Iannucci Shows, Harry and Paul, Big Bad World, Come Fly With Me, and Spitting Image. The Radio Four panel game they wrote with Jon Holmes and Tony Roche, The 99p Challenge, ran for five series from 2000.

They wrote for the Touchstone animated feature Gnomeo and Juliet, and its sequel Sherlock Gnomes.

Riley has co-written two TV adaptations of David Walliams books: Gangsta Granny and The Boy in the Dress.

Screenwriting credits "Episode #3.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) "Episode #3.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) "Episode #3.6" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010)BBC OneCome Fly with Me6 episodes (2010–2011) (additional material)BBC OneRuddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul"Episode #3.1" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2010) (additional material) "Episode #4.2" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2012) (additional material) "Episode #4.4" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2012) (additional material)BBC TwoGnomeo & JulietFeature film (co-written with Kelly Asbury, Mark Burton, Kevin Cecil, Emily Cook, Kathy Greenberg, Steve Hamilton Shaw, John R. Smith and Rob Sprackling, 2011)N/ABig Bad World"Episode #1.6" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2013)Comedy CentralGangsta GrannyTelevision film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and David Walliams, 2013)BBC OneThe Boy in the DressTelevision film (co-written with Kevin Cecil and David Walliams, 2014)BBC OneVeep"Clovis" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2014) "Detroit" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2014) "East Wing" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2015) "B/ill" (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2015)HBOTracey Ullman's Show6 episodes (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2016–)BBC OneSherlock GnomesFeature film (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2018)Paramount PicturesSeize Them!Feature film (2024)TBABeyond ParadiseSeries 4 Episode 5 (co-written with Kevin Cecil, 2026)BBC One