Jason Hazeley
Jason Hazeley is a British comedy writer. With long-time writing partner Joel Morris, Hazeley has written many books, and for many British comedy series, and films. Their work includes a collection of parody Ladybird books, and they have written scripts for many British comedy series and films, including That [Mitchell and Webb Look], Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and the Paddington films.
Early life
Hazeley, whilst known as Jason Smith, attended King [Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford|King Edward VI Grammar School] in Chelmsford, Essex which is where he met his later comedy partner Joel Morris. Whilst at school they produced a parody newsletter, and at sixth form received their first paid work after selling a joke to the Russ Abbott show.Career
Television and film
Hazeley has written for a number of British TV shows and films. These include That Mitchell and Webb Look, A Touch of Cloth, Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe, Electionwipe and Newswipe programmes, and several Philomena Cunk series. The pair are regular contributors to the British adult comic Viz. The 2016 Electionwipe won the BAFTA award for best Comedy and entertainment programme. They also wrote for Paddington (film) and Paddington 2.Books
With Joel Morris, Hazeley has co-written books including Bollocks to Alton Towers, and a series of parody Ladybird books which re-caption original illustrations from the Ladybird series with jokes aimed at an adult audience. Topics have included Donald Trump, hipsters and hangovers and Brexit. The books were so successful that in 2015 only JK Rowling, David Walliams and Julia Donaldson sold more copies in the UK.Hazeley wrote The Framley Examiner, a local news parody website which later became a book, with Robin Halstead, Alex Morris and Joel Morris.