Robert Popper (Author) 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. Under his pseudonym, Robin Cooper, he wrote the 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. Robert's books have sold over 300,000 copies. Robert also co-wrote several episodes of Channel 4's Stath Lets Flats, with Jamie Demetriou.