Mark Tavener

Mark Tavener
BornMark Adrian Tavener
8 July 1954
Plymouth, Devon, England
Died18 October 2007(2007-10-18) (aged 53)
Plymouth, Devon, England
OccupationWriter
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge
Genrecomedy, satire

Mark Adrian Tavener (8 July 1954 – 18 October 2007) was an English writer, humorist, and dramatist best known for his BBC radio and television series In the Red (BBC Radio Four, 1995-1999/BBC Two, 1998) and Absolute Power (BBC Radio Four, 2000-2006/BBC Two 2005–2007), both of which came out of his PG Wodehouse Prize nominated novel In the Red (Hutchinson, 1989).