Paul Mayhew-Archer


Paul Mayhew-Archer is a British writer, producer and script editor for the BBC.

Career

Before becoming a script writer for the BBC, Mayhew-Archer worked in radio as a producer of comedy programmes including I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and before that as an English teacher.
His most notable works are The Vicar of Dibley and My Hero, although he has also script-edited Old Harry's Game, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Grownups, Home Again, Coming of Age and Big Top, as well as for the first series of Miranda. Episodes of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps contain scenes set in fictional pubs called The Mayhew and The Archer, both named after him. He co-wrote Roald Dahl's Esio Trot for BBC One. For radio he also wrote An Actor's Life for Me a short-lived comedy series starring John Gordon Sinclair, playing the part of a struggling young actor.
In addition, Mayhew-Archer appeared on screen in an episode of Drop the Dead Donkey and as a Life Insurance Officer in the first episode of the second series of Mrs. Brown's Boys.
Mayhew-Archer performed stand-up comedy at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Personal life

Mayhew-Archer was born on 6 January 1953; he attended Eastbourne College and went on to study English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He spent his spare time at school writing plays. While at Cambridge, he was a scriptwriter and performer with Andy Hamilton in the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society.
He lives in Abingdon, Oxfordshire with his wife Julie.
In 2011, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.