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Best known as the screenwriter of the popular British romantic comedies Four Weddings and A Funeral 1994 and Notting Hill 1999, Richard Curtis has also worked with some of Englands finest comedians and biggest stars, his most frequent collaborator being fellow Oxford alumnus Rowan Atkinson.A New Zealander by birth who lived in various locales due to his fathers business commitments,Curtis attended Oxford Universitys Christ Church College, where he majored in English and met graduate student Atkinson. The two quickly became creative partners, leading to a hit performance at 1979s Edinburgh Festival that brought the pair notice and an offer for the BBC2 series Not the Nine OClock News. Written by Curtis and Atkinson and starring Atkinson alongside a cast including future director Mel Smith, this irreverent and influential sketch comedy program ran from 1979 to 1982.

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