Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris starring Nicholas Burns Julian Barratt Charlie Condou and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4. Described by his creator as a "meaningless strutting cadaver-in-waiting" the character originated on Brooker's TVGoHome - a website parodying television listings - as the focus of a fly-on-the-wall documentary called Cunt.