He has also written and provided additional material for Would I Lie to You?. In 2008 Punt wrote the script for and performed in Rockford's Rock Opera, a critically acclaimed ecological musical story created with school friend, Matthew Sweetapple, which has been published as an audiobook. 2008 also saw the first episode of Punt PI, a fact-based comedy radio series on BBC Radio 4 in which Punt investigates mysteries in Britain. The show continued occasionally until 2017, racking up 10 series. In 2011, Punt became the presenter of Radio 4 quiz show The 3rd Degree. Punt played Eric Idle in the BBC adaptation Holy Flying Circus, covering the controversy surrounding the release of Monty Python's Life of Brian. Unlike his comedy partner Dennis, Punt has mostly done screenwriting and script editing for various BBC shows, television programmes and documentaries. His credits include The Rory Bremner Show, The Nearly Complete and Utter History of Everything, various episodes of Spitting Image and its retrospective documentary Best Ever Spitting Image, Baddiel's Syndrome and Horrible Histories. On 3 January 2013 Punt appeared on Celebrity Mastermind. His specialist subject was Tony Hancock and his chosen supported charity was The Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (Sands). Punt won the contest. During 2016 Punt toured with the production of The Rocky Horror Show in the role of the narrator. Since 2018, Punt has been one of the 'comedy experts' paying tribute to a number of comedians in the Sky Arts television series Comedy Legends with Barry Cryer, with Punt discussing the careers of comedians like Tina Fey and Tim Allen. References External links 1962 births Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge British male comedians Living people People educated at Whitgift School 20th-century British comedians 21st-century British comedians