Quirke was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and the Junior Royal Academy of Music.
He is a member and former Scholar of Inner Temple [1] FT Young Critic of the Year in 2003, Quirke wrote on theatre for the Evening Standard before he made it as a TV writer.
Their early output included work on children's drama I Dream, and the comedy sketch show, Man Stroke Woman.
[3] Quirke and French created Roommates, a new sitcom which premiered on ABC Family on 23 March 2009.
Quirke created and wrote the BBC TV sitcom, Defending the Guilty, which premiered in 2019.