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evidence: John Morton is a British writer and director for television and radio , perhaps best known as the creator of People Like Us , which starred Chris Langham as the hapless documentary maker Roy Mallard .. People Like Us. People Like Us ( mockumentary ). Chris Langham. Chris Langham. He is also the creator and writer of several other comedies for the BBC including The Sunday Format , Broken News , W1A and Twenty Twelve .. The Sunday Format. The Sunday Format. Broken News. Broken News. W1A. W1A ( TV series ). Twenty Twelve. Twenty Twelve. John gave up a career as an English teacher to become a writer in 1990 .. His first success came when BBC Radio accepted his pilot comedy script for People Like Us .. People Like Us. People Like Us ( mockumentary ). It ran for three series on BBC Radio 4 from 1995 and won Sony Radio Award and a Writer 's Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy before being adapted for BBC Two -LRB- with Langham in the same role -RRB- in 1999 .. BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 4. Sony Radio Award. Sony Radio Award. John went on to create and write the Sony Radio Award-winning satirical newspaper supplement show The Sunday Format for BBC Radio 4 and co-created the BBC One sitcom Kiss Me Kate with Chris Langham .. Chris Langham. Chris Langham. The Sunday Format. The Sunday Format. BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 4. Sony Radio Award. Sony Radio Award. Kiss Me Kate. Kiss Me Kate ( TV series ). For the launch night of BBC Four in 2001 John wrote the one-off special The Gist , a spoof arts review show presented by Robert Webb .. Robert Webb. Robert Webb ( actor ). BBC Four. BBC Four. In 2005 John teamed up with writer Tony Roche on Broken News , a six-part comedy series about a 24-hour rolling news station which broadcast on BBC Two .. Broken News. Broken News. Tony Roche. Tony Roche ( writer ). In August 2010 , the BBC announced a new six-part series Twenty Twelve , written and directed by Morton .. Twenty Twelve. Twenty Twelve. This series is centered on the organisers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London similar to ABC Australia 's The Games .. 2012 Olympic Games. 2012 Olympic Games. The Games. The Games ( Australian TV series ). John Clarke and Ross Stevenson , creators of The Games claimed to have had many phone conferences , meetings and over four years of email exchanges with Morton and yet the series was made without their participation or permission .. The Games. The Games ( Australian TV series ). John Clarke. John Clarke ( satirist ). Ross Stevenson. Ross Stevenson ( radio ). Following a ` thorough legal assessment ' , the BBC rejected their claims stating that ; ` while the premise of the two shows was similar -- focusing on the buildup to the staging of the Olympic games -- the content and the style of the two shows was very different ' .. The series commenced on 14 March 2011 on BBC Four .. BBC Four. BBC Four. A second series was broadcast on BBC2 in the run up to the 2012 London Olympic Games .. John is married to the actress Helen Atkinson-Wood who , on first hearing People Like Us on the radio , rang the BBC in praise of the programme and was given Morton 's phone number .. People Like Us. People Like Us ( mockumentary ). Helen Atkinson-Wood. Helen Atkinson-Wood. She called him to tell him how much she liked it and Morton is said to have replied `` Thanks a lot .. Fancy getting married ? ''