Raised in Somerset and educated at St Stephen’s and Beechen Cliff schools in Bath, Shapeero began his television career as the show-runner of Channel 4’s Norbert Smith: A Life before moving on to Whose Line Is It Anyway?. A 1991 stint in New York saw him direct early comedy episodes, after which he returned to the UK to helm series such as Pulling, half of Green Wing, two seasons of Peep Show, and…
