Paul Mayhew-Archer

Paul Mayhew-Archer (born 6 January 1953) is a British writer, producer and script editor for the BBC.

Before becoming a script writer for the BBC, Mayhew-Archer worked in radio as a producer of comedy programmes, and before that as an English teacher.

His most notable works are The Vicar of Dibley (main co-writer with Richard Curtis, the series' creator) and My Hero (main co-writer with creator Paul Mendelson), although he has also script-edited Old Harry's Game (which he also produces), Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Grownups, Home Again, Coming of Age and Big Top, as well as for the first series of Miranda. Episodes of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps contain scenes set in fictional pubs called The Mayhew (first series only) and The Archer, both named after him. He co-wrote Roald Dahl's Esio Trot for BBC One. For radio he also wrote An Actor's Life for Me a short-lived comedy series starring John Gordon Sinclair, playing the part of a struggling young actor.

In addition, Mayhew-Archer appeared on screen in an episode of Drop the Dead Donkey (1996) and as a Life Insurance Officer in the first episode of the second series of Mrs. Brown's Boys.

Mayhew-Archer was born on 6 January 1953; he attended Eastbourne College and went on to study English at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He spent his time at school writing plays. While at Cambridge, he was a scriptwriter and performer with Andy Hamilton in the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society. He lives in Abingdon, Oxfordshire with his wife Julie.

In 2011, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.