Meet Robert Popper’s eccentric alter ego, Elsie Drake, as she pens hilariously bizarre letters to everyone from Arsenal Football Club to the Prime Minister.

“Robert Popper is not only certifiably one of the Funniest People in the World™, but also the loveliest 104-year-old woman you could ever hope to meet.” ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic

With Friday Night Dinner, Robert Popper created one of the most beloved sitcoms of the century, cementing his place as a comedy genius. His impressive portfolio includes producing Peep Show, script-editing The Inbetweeners, starring in Look Around You, writing for South Park, and topping bestseller lists with The Timewaster Letters. Now, Popper brings his signature humour to Jewish Book Week, sharing his brilliantly funny new book.

This event will last approximately 1 hour, without an interval.

About the speaker:

Robert Popper is an award-winning writer, producer and bestselling author. He’s the creator of Channel 4’s six-series hit Friday Night Dinner, he co-created and starred in BBC 2’s cult favourite Look Around You with Peter Serafinowicz, produced the Bafta award-winning Peep Show, co-wrote episodes of Stath Lets Flats with Jamie Demetriou, wrote on season fourteen of South Park, and script-edited The Inbetweeners and The IT Crowd. Under the pseudonym Robin Cooper, he wrote the massive bestselling The Timewaster Letters and the follow-up, Return of The Timewaster Letters. His third book, The Timewaster Diaries, was Book of The Week on BBC Radio 4, read by Paul Whitehouse.