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He appeared in a series of comedic <a href="/wiki/Pot_Noodle" title="Pot Noodle">Pot Noodle</a> television adverts in the 1990s. His writing work includes collaborations with comedy figures such as <a href="/wiki/Armando_Iannucci" title="Armando Iannucci">Armando Iannucci</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steve_Coogan" title="Steve Coogan">Steve Coogan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist)" title="Chris Morris (satirist)">Chris Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen" title="Sacha Baron Cohen">Sacha Baron Cohen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Smith_(director)" title="Sarah Smith (director)">Sarah Smith</a>. Born in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a>, Baynham served in the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_Navy_(United_Kingdom)" title="Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)">Merchant Navy</a> after leaving school and later pursued a career in comedy — first in stand-up, and then as a writer and performer for various news and sketch comedies in radio and television while enjoying personal fame starring in Pot Noodle adverts. He then became a writer in feature film. </p><p>In television, with Iannucci he is writer for <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Alan_Partridge" title="I'm Alan Partridge">I'm Alan Partridge</a></i>, developing the character <a href="/wiki/Alan_Partridge" title="Alan Partridge">Alan Partridge</a> as performed by Coogan, and as writer and host of the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Saturday_Night_Armistice" title="The Saturday Night Armistice">Armistice</a></i> review shows. With Morris, he is writer for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Day_Today" title="The Day Today">The Day Today</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Brass_Eye" title="Brass Eye">Brass Eye</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Jam_(TV_series)" title="Jam (TV series)">Jam</a></i>. Baynham himself created the animated series <i><a href="/wiki/I_Am_Not_an_Animal" title="I Am Not an Animal">I Am Not an Animal</a></i>. In feature film, with Baron Cohen he is writer for <i><a href="/wiki/Borat" title="Borat">Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan</a></i> (2006), <i><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCno_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brüno (film)">Brüno</a></i> (2009), <i><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_(film)" title="Grimsby (film)">Grimsby</a></i> (2016), and <i><a href="/wiki/Borat_Subsequent_Moviefilm" title="Borat Subsequent Moviefilm">Borat Subsequent Moviefilm</a></i> (2020). With Smith, he is writer for <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Christmas" title="Arthur Christmas">Arthur Christmas</a></i> (2011) and <i><a href="/wiki/Ron%27s_Gone_Wrong" title="Ron's Gone Wrong">Ron's Gone Wrong</a></i> (2021). With Iannucci and Coogan, he is writer for <i><a href="/wiki/Alan_Partridge:_Alpha_Papa" title="Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa">Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa</a></i> (2013). Other features as writer include <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(2011_film)" title="Arthur (2011 film)">Arthur</a></i> (2011) and <i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Transylvania_(film)" title="Hotel Transylvania (film)">Hotel Transylvania</a></i> (2012). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Baynham&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baynham was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Cardiff" title="Cardiff">Cardiff</a> as the second of four children. He attended St Mary's primary school in <a href="/wiki/Canton,_Cardiff" title="Canton, Cardiff">Canton</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Roman_Catholic_High_School,_Cardiff" title="Corpus Christi Roman Catholic High School, Cardiff">Lady Mary RC High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cyncoed" title="Cyncoed">Cyncoed</a>. Baynham said he found school difficult, finding himself shy, "<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/weedy" class="extiw" title="wikt:weedy">weedy</a>", and unpopular. He found himself too unathletic to enjoy <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby</a>, despite expectations from his father.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left school with eight <a href="/wiki/GCE_Ordinary_Level_(United_Kingdom)" title="GCE Ordinary Level (United Kingdom)">O-Levels</a>, four with an "A" grade, and joined the <a href="/wiki/British_Merchant_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="British Merchant Navy">Merchant Navy</a> at age 16 with a desire to travel the world.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rampton_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rampton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baynham described his experience in the Merchant Navy as unsuited to his character, he said "I was with men who drank beer for breakfast. A lot of them were fascist, and I mean really fascist. They say travel should broaden the mind but these blokes would have been kicked out of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> for being too extreme".<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Duties included performing operations on a chemical tanker while wearing a <a href="/wiki/Hazmat_suit" title="Hazmat suit">hazmat suit</a>. He reflected, "I'm small and would basically float around inside the suit like a confused <a href="/wiki/Foetus" class="mw-redirect" title="Foetus">foetus</a>, trying to pick up spanners and operate a <a href="/wiki/Walkie-talkie" title="Walkie-talkie">walkie-talkie</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baynham is qualified to navigate a <a href="/wiki/Supertanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Supertanker">supertanker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After five years, he was made redundant due to government cuts in defence. He went on to serve as <a href="/wiki/Second_mate" title="Second mate">second mate</a> on a private yacht in <a href="/wiki/Monte_Carlo" title="Monte Carlo">Monte Carlo</a> as a summer job.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Baynham&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987-2004:_radio_and_television">1987-2004: radio and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Baynham&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1987-2004: radio and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1987 he moved to London with his brother and worked selling advertising space in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> newspaper. He began attending a comedy workshop, <a href="/wiki/The_Comedy_Store_(London)" title="The Comedy Store (London)">The Comedy Store</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a stand-up comedian, and created the character Mr Buckstead, a psychotic teacher and poet.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baynham said the act consisted of "[talking] about the terrible things he did to his pupils". During this period he financially supported himself with self-employment income under the <a href="/wiki/Enterprise_Allowance_Scheme" title="Enterprise Allowance Scheme">Enterprise Allowance Scheme</a>, his redundancy cheque from Merchant Navy, and a bank loan that was nominally meant for buying a car. He earned around £20 (<a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">GBP</a>) per gig, and made £4,500 in his first year. To additionally support himself, he wrote sketches for the topical radio comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Week_Ending" title="Week Ending">Week Ending</a></i>. He earned £18 for each minute of material, and contributed around two minutes of material each week. After four years he felt his stand-up career was not progressing, and decided to commit to radio.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became cast for the comedy sketch radio series <i><a href="/wiki/Fist_of_Fun" title="Fist of Fun">Fist of Fun</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Aiming to break into television, Baynham wrote one-liner jokes for a Friday night show presented by <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a>. He was unimpressed by Wogan's delivery of the jokes.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baynham, working at the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> offices, encountered <a href="/wiki/Armando_Iannucci" title="Armando Iannucci">Armando Iannucci</a> while looking for photocopier paper. Iannucci would introduce him to <a href="/wiki/Chris_Morris_(satirist)" title="Chris Morris (satirist)">Chris Morris</a>, who was creating the news satire <i><a href="/wiki/The_Day_Today" title="The Day Today">The Day Today</a></i>. Although Morris was not interested in accepting more writers for the project, he was made a writer after Morris was impressed by a sketch he wrote that involved horses infesting the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also appears in a sketch as a reporter named Colin Poppshed who presented "Gay News", where he farcically announces the gayness of various "roads, periodic table elements, cars, and walls".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also became a guest and contributor for the radio series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Morris_Music_Show" title="The Chris Morris Music Show">The Chris Morris Music Show</a></i>; he was suspended by the BBC for two weeks for conceiving a joke where Morris falsely implies on air that <a href="/wiki/Michael_Heseltine" title="Michael Heseltine">Michael Heseltine</a> had died. Baynham stated that Morris technically did not announce his death, and had only said "if there is any news of Michael Heseltine's death in the next hour, we'll let you know".<sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other radio work included being cast for <i><a href="/wiki/Lee_and_Herring_(radio_series)" title="Lee and Herring (radio series)">Lee and Herring</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baynham became a writer for the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Alan_Partridge" title="I'm Alan Partridge">I'm Alan Partridge</a></i>, a spin-off of the comedy character <a href="/wiki/Alan_Partridge" title="Alan Partridge">Alan Partridge</a> as performed by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Coogan" title="Steve Coogan">Steve Coogan</a> in <i>The Day Today</i>, an incompetent sports reporter progressed as a tactless and self-satisfied television personality. He thought that Alan Partridge was underdeveloped because the format of <i>The Day Today</i> made him "bracketed and contained within presenting to [the] camera". Here he would realise Alan Partridge as a "three-dimensional" character. He, with the writing team, applied <a href="/wiki/Worldbuilding" title="Worldbuilding">worldbuilding</a>, such as establishing the geography of Alan Partridge's residence of "Linton Travel Tavern".<sup id="cite_ref-rt_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coogan credited Baynham for making Alan Partridge more human and sympathetic.<sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baynham described his work on <i>I'm Alan Partridge</i> as a highly productive and enjoyable period of his career, saying "It's my happiest, most fun writing experience ever really, it was just so exciting".<sup id="cite_ref-rt_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the same period, <i>Fist of Fun</i> transferred to television where Baynham makes an on-screen appearance of his character "Peter", a "stinking 32-year-old Welsh virgin".<sup id="cite_ref-rampton_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rampton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sweet_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sweet-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also served as writer and host of the <i><a href="/wiki/The_Saturday_Night_Armistice" title="The Saturday Night Armistice">Armistice</a></i> news review shows.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rampton_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rampton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-williams_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baynham created and performed the character "Terry from <a href="/wiki/Pontypridd" title="Pontypridd">Pontypridd</a>" in a popular television advertising campaign for <a href="/wiki/Pot_Noodle" title="Pot Noodle">Pot Noodle</a>, promoted with the catchphrase "they're too gorgeous". The campaign propelled him to unexpected fame; he reported that strangers would shout "gorgeous" at him in public, and that a university student threw a Pot Noodle at him on stage while touring with <a href="/wiki/Lee_and_Herring" title="Lee and Herring">Lee and Herring</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sotcaa_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sotcaa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bevan_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bevan-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other television work include <i><a href="/wiki/Brass_Eye" title="Brass Eye">Brass Eye</a></i> with Morris, notably as writer for the controversial special "<a href="/wiki/Paedogeddon" title="Paedogeddon">Paedogeddon!</a>" that attracted widespread media attention for its comedic portrayal of <a href="/wiki/Paedophilia" class="mw-redirect" title="Paedophilia">paedophilia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gilbert_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbert-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other credits include writer for episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Bob_and_Margaret" title="Bob and Margaret">Bob and Margaret</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-ball_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ball-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and writing additional material for the sketch show <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Train" title="Big Train">Big Train</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as writer for the radio series <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_Jam" title="Blue Jam">Blue Jam</a></i>, which transferred to television as <i><a href="/wiki/Jam_(TV_series)" title="Jam (TV series)">Jam</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also became a guest for the radio comedy game show <i><a href="/wiki/The_99p_Challenge" title="The 99p Challenge">The 99p Challenge</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He became writer for the animated sketch comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Monkey_Dust" title="Monkey Dust">Monkey Dust</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ball_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ball-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He created the animated black comedy <i><a href="/wiki/I_am_Not_an_Animal" class="mw-redirect" title="I am Not an Animal">I am Not an Animal</a></i>, which follows a group of intelligent talking animals who escape a <a href="/wiki/Vivisection" title="Vivisection">vivisection</a> laboratory.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ball_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ball-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2005-present:_feature_film">2005-present: feature film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Baynham&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2005-present: feature film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baynham felt uncertain about his future in television after <i>I Am Not an Animal</i> was poorly received by BBC executives, one of whom told him, "I won't be paying a return visit to this". Meanwhile, he received a phone call from <a href="/wiki/Sacha_Baron_Cohen" title="Sacha Baron Cohen">Sacha Baron Cohen</a> who asked him if he could help continue his faltering feature film project he had been working on based on the comedy character <a href="/wiki/Borat_Sagdiyev" title="Borat Sagdiyev">Borat</a>. Baynham replied that he was not interested because he was working on creating his own sitcom, but then changed his mind and phoned Baron Cohen later that day expressing interest, and became writer for the 2006 film <i><a href="/wiki/Borat" title="Borat">Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the success of <i>Borat</i>, he continued his collaboration with Baron Cohen and became writer for the 2009 film <i><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCno_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brüno (film)">Brüno</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under director <a href="/wiki/Jason_Winer" title="Jason Winer">Jason Winer</a> he became writer for the 2011 film <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(2011_film)" title="Arthur (2011 film)">Arthur</a></i>, a recreation of <a href="/wiki/Arthur_(1981_film)" title="Arthur (1981 film)">the 1981 film</a> starring <a href="/wiki/Russell_Brand" title="Russell Brand">Russell Brand</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-connelley_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-connelley-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Earlier, in 2005, Baynham conceived of a Christmas story where <a href="/wiki/Santa_Claus" title="Santa Claus">Santa Claus</a> has an "impractical and useless" son, and collaborated with <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Smith_(director)" title="Sarah Smith (director)">Sarah Smith</a> at <a href="/wiki/Aardman_Animations" title="Aardman Animations">Aardman Animations</a> to write a screenplay for the 2011 film <i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Christmas" title="Arthur Christmas">Arthur Christmas</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The story deals with Santa's global operation to deliver presents to every child, which Baynham said he considered with "pedantic" detail, such as what would be mathematically possible in 12 hours with one million elves and a mile wide spaceship.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under director <a href="/wiki/Genndy_Tartakovsky" title="Genndy Tartakovsky">Genndy Tartakovsky</a> he became writer for the 2012 animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Transylvania_(film)" title="Hotel Transylvania (film)">Hotel Transylvania</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baynham collaborated with Iannucci and Coogan again to create a feature film based on Alan Partridge, and became writer for the 2013 film <i><a href="/wiki/Alan_Partridge:_Alpha_Papa" title="Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa">Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bevan_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bevan-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With Baron Cohen again he became writer for the 2016 film <i><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_(film)" title="Grimsby (film)">Grimsby</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and continued this collaboration as writer for the 2020 film <i><a href="/wiki/Borat_Subsequent_Moviefilm" title="Borat Subsequent Moviefilm">Borat Subsequent Moviefilm</a></i>, a sequel to the previous <i>Borat</i> film.<sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Baynham - along with close friend and long-time collaborator Jeremy Simmonds - launched the surreal comedy podcast <i>Brain Cigar</i>. This has so far run to six episodes and a 'Christmas special'.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reputation">Reputation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Baynham&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reputation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>James Rampton writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> described him as "an anonymous foot-soldier in Armando Iannucci's all-conquering comedy army".<sup id="cite_ref-rampton_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rampton-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brendon Connelley writing for <i><a href="/wiki//Film" title="/Film">/Film</a></i> said, "Baynham isn't exactly comedy royalty in the UK — more like a secret power behind the thrones".<sup id="cite_ref-connelley_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-connelley-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baynham himself reflected, "It feels quite cool, in a mad way, to be someone who skulks about in the shadows".<sup id="cite_ref-gilbert_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbert-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kathryn Williams for <a href="/wiki/WalesOnline" class="mw-redirect" title="WalesOnline">WalesOnline</a> argued that he "revolutionised both topical satire and character comedy in the 1990s", along with Iannucci, Coogan, and Morris.<sup id="cite_ref-williams_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-williams-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Baynham&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baynham settled in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> after completing <i>Borat</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-gilbey_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gilbey-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a citizen of the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Baynham&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Features as writer:</b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Borat" title="Borat">Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%BCno_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brüno (film)">Brüno</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(2011_film)" title="Arthur (2011 film)">Arthur</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Christmas" title="Arthur Christmas">Arthur Christmas</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hotel_Transylvania_(film)" title="Hotel Transylvania (film)">Hotel Transylvania</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alan_Partridge:_Alpha_Papa" title="Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa">Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Grimsby_(film)" title="Grimsby (film)">Grimsby</a></i> (2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Borat_Subsequent_Moviefilm" title="Borat Subsequent Moviefilm">Borat Subsequent Moviefilm</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ron%27s_Gone_Wrong" title="Ron's Gone Wrong">Ron's Gone Wrong</a></i> (2021)</li></ul> <div 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