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Nev Fountain | |
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| Born | Steven John Fountain (1969-08-12)12 August 1969 (age 55) Stamford, England |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Partner | Nicola Bryant[1] |
Nev Fountain, bornSteven John Fountain (born 12 August 1969),[2] is anEnglish writer, best known for his comedy work with writing partner Tom Jamieson on the radio and television programmeDead Ringers.[3]
A native ofStamford, Fountain attended theUniversity of Warwick.
While working at a series of odd jobs inLondon, Fountain wrote a few fringe plays, including one calledMy Grandmother Is a Time Lord, produced in 1995. In the same year, he began writing sketches for the radio programmeWeek Ending. It was while working onWeek Ending that he met Tom Jamieson, with whom he has written most of his subsequent radio and television work.
Fountain and Jamieson contributed to many radio and television comedy programmes, includingHave I Got News for You,2DTV,The News Quiz,Loose Ends andBig Impression. Their most notable work, however, has been forDead Ringers in which Fountain occasionally makes cameo appearances. The pair are also responsible for the historical comedyElephants to Catch Eels and wrote "Txt Mssg Rcvd", a 2005 episode of theBBC Three anthology seriesTwisted Tales.
Fountain is also a staff writer onPrivate Eye magazine.[4]
Fountain is a fan ofDoctor Who[5] and has contributed to several audio dramas based on the programme. His first licensedDoctor Who work was as script editor on thewebcastDeath Comes to Time. He has also written severalDoctor Who audio plays forBig Finish Productions, includingOmega,The Kingmaker, andPeri and the Piscon Paradox. In addition, he wrote the narration script for the DVD documentary "The Last Chance Saloon" about the casting of Sylvester McCoy in the role in 1987. He appears occasionally as a host orMC atDoctor Who conventions.
In 2020,Radio Times announced that Fountain had adapted the audio storyThe Doomsday Contract for Big Finish, which had been originally pitched to the television series by comedy producerJohn Lloyd whileDouglas Adams had been its script editor.[6]
Fountain is also the author of several humorous detective novels and one serious thriller.
His first three detective books, collectively titled 'The Mervyn Stone Mysteries', were published byBig Finish Productions in 2010 and recount the exploits of an ex-script editor of science fiction television series calledVixens from the Void. Mervyn Stone encounters murders wherever he goes, whether it be a sci-fi convention (Geek Tragedy), the recording of a DVD commentary (DVD Extras Include: Murder) or the revival of the aforesaid television series (Cursed Among Sequels). He was played by John Banks in the audio adventure,The Axeman Cometh. In 2024 he launched a new detective series, 'The Kit Pelham Mysteries', that link to the Mervyn Stone series. The first volume,The Fan Who Knew Too Much, introduces Pelham, a podcaster and sci-fi superfan, who investigates the murder of her friend, also a podcaster, who promised to reveal secrets aboutVixen from the Void, the TV show script-edited by Mervyn Stone. A second book,Lies and Dolls, is due to be published in July 2025.
The serious thriller, published by Sphere as by "N.J. Fountain" is calledPainkiller and recounts the story of Monica Wood, a woman suffering from chronic neuropathic pain who discovers her own suicide note in a drawer - but she cannot remember writing it. The audiobook version was performed byNicola Bryant.
He lives inShalford, Surrey.
