That should be very easy, Mr Straw, what with the UK being nowhere near New Orleans.

I was sad to hear via Twitter on Friday evening that Geoffrey Perkins had died.

Although primarily a TV and radio producer, Perkins was most recognisable to television audiences as Mike Flex on the BBC Two comedy show KYTV, which he co-wrote with Angus Deayton (and which was itself a transfer of their Radio 4 comedy Radio Active). He also appeared in episodes of Father Ted and The Catherine Tate Show.

On radio, he produced the hugely successful Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and – I only now learn – created I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue‘s signature game Mornington Crescent.

As a TV produer and executive producer, the shows he was responsible for included Spitting Image, Father Ted (on which he also worked a script advisor), The Thin Blue Line, The Catherine Tate Show, Big Train, Coupling and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.

He worked for Hat Trick and Tiger Aspect and spent six years as the BBC’s Head of Comedy. His incluence on broadcast comedy in the UK was huge and the TV and comedy worlds are much poorer for his loss.

• WOKE UP EARLY STOP TOO HOT STOP CAN’T GET BACK TO SLEEP STOP BAH STOP #
• Seriously considering spending today watching all of Star Wars from Phantom Menace through to Return of the Jedi. Not too productive, but… #
• Phantom Menace it is then. And may God have mercy on our souls. #
• @stephmog If not, I do 🙂 #
• @jamesgraham No – I think they’d be a bit much. Might do 1-3 today and 4-6 tomorrow… #
• On to Attack of the Clones and the marvellous Christopher Lee… #
• @jamesgraham My best guess is Darth Sidious is Jar Jar Binks. You never see them together. #
• @Sourdust The problem with that is having to finish with 1-3… #
• @alexfoster Very good. Though only if by average you mean mean. Most people have the median and the mode number of feet. #
• Revenge of the Sith. Looking forward to my favourite line: “Nooooooooooooo!” #
• Emperor Palpatine is tempting me to get the episode of Inspector Morse that Ian McD is in on DVD. It’s also the best episode of Morse… #
• Won’t somebody think of the younglings? #

• Tweaking some rake tasks to better handle data import and learning relative merits of different Ruby concatenators: http://tinyurl.com/fe4ty #
• Booked my Open Rights Group/Neil Gaiman ticket: http://piracyvsobscurity.eventbrite.com/ #
• @alexfoster http://tinyurl.com/ynpb8j #
• @minifig That’s terrible news RIP indeed. #