Dillon Mapletoft

Dillon Mapletoft wrote, created and executive produced his original comedy series EVERYONE ELSE BURNS with JAX and NBC Universal for Channel 4, alongside frequent collaborator Oliver Taylor. The series stars Simon Bird, Kate O’Flynn, Lolly Adefope, Morgana Robinson and Amy James-Kelly as members of a religious order in modern-day Manchester and aired on Channel 4 in January 2023 as the biggest All4 Comedy launch since Derry Girls in 2018. The first series launched on the CW in the US in 2023 and was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2024 Broadcast Awards.  The second series was released in 2024 to critical acclaim.

Dillon also wrote and produced an episode of Jon Brown’s THE FRANCHISE for HBO and recently wrote on the upcoming Big Talk/BBC adaptation of THE SECRET DIARY OF ADRIAN MOLE AGED 13¾. 

Previously, he contributed additional material to the second series of Armando Iannucci’s sci-fi comedy AVENUE 5 (HBO / Sky), having begun his career as Iannucci’s assistant, and received the Dancing Ledge Writer in Residence bursary.