DERREN LITTEN was born in 1970 in the northern fishing town of Hull. Thankfully things have improved greatly since then. Graduating from the three-year acting course at The Central School of Speech and Drama in 1993, he quickly became a regular face on numerous television shows and countless TV commercials. In 2002 Derren's friend from drama school, Catherine Tate, asked him to write for her Edinburgh sketch show. This led to Derren co-writing and appearing in two series of the BAFTA-nominated The Catherine Tate Show and 2005 Christmas Special. In 2006 Derren wrote Benidorm which was also nominated for a BAFTA and is now in its fifth series.
He lives in north London with his dog Charlie and spends most of his spare time eating crisps and listening to Shirley Bassey.
