Biography

 

Film and TV scriptwriter with considerable experience in factual drama and drama-documentaries, and a yen for comedy drama.

 

 

Selected credits:

 

TV: THE LOST WORLD, CARTER AND TUTENKHAMUN, KRAKATOA, CHALLENGER and THE BILL

 

In Development: WAGNER: Film for the BBC

 

 

Full Credits:

 

In Development:

 

2007              

WAGNER

90-minute drama for the BBC about the composer

 

Television / Produced Credits:

 

2006            

HINDENBURG

2-hour factual drama about the airship disaster for Pioneer / Channel4 / Discovery / ZDF: Director: Sean Grundy. TX 2007

 

CHALLENGER - COUNT DOWN TO DISASTER

Docudrama about the Challenger disaster for Pioneer / Channel 4 / National Geographic: director: Stuart Everett: Starring Eliza Jane Scott and John Bayliss

                     

2005              

ULTIMATE EGYPT - HOWARD CARTER AND TUTENKHAMUN

2-hour factual drama for BBC / The Learning Channel: History: Director: Ferdie Fairfax: Starring Julian Wadham and Stuart Graham

 

2005          

MANHUNTERS - a 60-minute drama for BBC Natural History, Starring Adrian Rawlins.  Director: Robert del Maestro.

  

2005              

KRAKATOA

2-hour docu-drama script for Pioneer TV / Ch 4 / National Geographic: directed by Stuart Everett

 

2004              

THE NILE

Drama-doc for BBC1: script consultant

 

2003              

THE BELL ROCK LIGHTHOUSE: SEVEN WONDERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD

Documentary for BBC1: script

 

2001              

THE LOST WORLD

2 x 75 adaptation of the story by Arthur Conan Doyle for the BBC: Starring Bob Hoskins and James Fox: Producer: Christopher Hall: Director: Stuart Orme

 

1999              

DANGERFIELD

50-minute police drama: BBC1: award winner for drama under 60 minutes category: San Francisco Television Festival

 

1994 - 1998 

THE BILL

12 episodes: 30 and 60 minute

 

1994              

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

1 x 50 minute for Omnibus arts documentary: BBC1: Wrote script and played the part of Robert Louis Stevenson

 

Film:

 

2006              

FAME AND FORTUNE

Original feature film script optioned to Priority Pictures

 

2004              

SAILING LESSONS

Original feature film script developed by Hopscotch with backing from Scottish Screen: Alison Peebles to direct

 

Radio:

 

1992 - 1994 

LET ME HELP

30-minute thriller: BBC Radio 4

 

PATRICIA'S PARTY 

3 x 45 minutes - BBC Radio 4

 

PATRICIA'S PROGRESS

3 x 45 minutes: political drama: BBC Radio 4

 

PATRICIA'S POLICY

4 x 45 minutes: BBC Radio 4

 

CONAN DOYLE'S STRANGEST CASE

90-minute detective drama: BBC Radio 4

 

AESOP'S ASTRONAUTS

60-minute science fiction fantasy: BBC Radio 4

 

CHILDHOOD'S END

2 x 60 minutes: Arthur C Clarke adaptation: BBC Radio 4

 

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