Gray is a writer and Co-Executive Producer on HBO 's Emmy-winning sitcom '' Veep '' , starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus . The show and Gray won the Outstanding Comedy Series at both the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards and the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards , two Writers Guild Of America Awards and a 2016 Peabody Award . He is a credited writer on 9 episodes of Veep : Catherine , Chung ( Season 1 ) ; Hostages , Running ( Season 2 ) ; Some New Beginnings , Alicia ( Season 3 ) ; Convention , Testimony ( Season 4 ) ; Thanksgiving ( Season 5 ) . Gray previously worked on the original BBC comedy '' The Thick of It '' , writing or co-writing 14 episodes of the BAFTA-winning sitcom . For the launch of Series 4 , he and fellow The Thick of It writer Ian Martin were interviewed by Kirsty Lang on BBC Radio 4 's Front Row and described how the show 's seemingly farcical policies have often been mirrored in real life politics . Gray also wrote on this subject for the BBC News website
68th Primetime Emmy Awards
68th Primetime Emmy Awards
Sean Gray