Richie Webb

{{Short description|British comedy writer, actor and composer}}

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Richie Webb is a British comedy writer, actor and composer. He was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School.

He is a composer of music for television – often with partner music producer Matt Katz – contributing to many comedy, entertainment and children's programmes, most notably The reboot of the classic British children’s television series Teletubbies and Horrible Histories, the multi-award-winning CBBC sketch show where Webb's music is regarded as a key ingredient of the show's success.[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-06-06/horrible-histories-5-brilliant-songs-from-series-5 Horrible Histories: 5 brilliant songs from series 5 | Radio Times] He has also won a BAFTA award.

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.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/parsonsandnaylor/ BBC - Comedy - Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections] He is currently{{when|date=January 2017}} creator and star of 15 Minute Musical which won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy{{cite web |url=http://www.writersguild.org.uk/public/003_WritersGuil/397_WGGBNewsGui.html |title=WGGB - News - Guild Awards winners |website=www.writersguild.org.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204154856/http://www.writersguild.org.uk/public/003_WritersGuil/397_WGGBNewsGui.html |archive-date=4 December 2009 |url-status=dead}} and writes and stars in BBC Radio 4's "The Music Teacher".[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01flzpf BBC Radio 4 - The Music Teacher]

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.[http://www.topdogproductions.tv/ Top Dog Productions]

He lives in Warwickshire, and has a season ticket for West Bromwich Albion F.C..[https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/lookawaynow_team.shtml BBC Radio 4 – Look Away Now]