My CV

Boringly laid out, but it's pretty much all here
As my IMDB page doesn’t include some radio, internet or events credits, see below for additional information

My core work however is at

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749313/fullcredits?ref_=nm_flmg_sort_text_view


Showrunning

TOMMIES

BBC Radio Drama/2009-2018

Series Bible/production/writing for historical arc of WW1 real-time four year drama

Includes writing fourteen out of a total of forty-two individual BBC Radio Afternoon Dramas myself as chief writer


Film

STANLEY’S WAR – Screenplay for documentary drama feature film premiered 2018

THE WAR OUTSIDE IPSWICH – Screenplay for documentary drama feature film premiered 2020

THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD – supplied sound effects for Sir Peter Jackson's WW1 documentary movie 2018

THE CORNWELL ESTATE   
Short Films/Producer/Curtains For Radio/2009

REALITY IS AN ILLUSION CAUSED BY LACK OF NF SIMPSON
Short Film/Executive Producer/Curtains For Radio/2008

And in production:

W/T THE FRIENDLY INVASION/IMAX Feature/Waypoint Cinema+ Playtone/2023

DATE OF BIRTH
Feature/Screenwriter/Love Productions/2023

MASHA
Feature/Screenwriter/GB Films/2023

BLACK EYE WHITE DISS
Short Film/Screenwriter/GB Films/2023



Television

NEVER MIND THE BUZZCOCKS - 20 Series
Comedy/Gag Writer and Programme Consultant/TalkBack BBC 2/1997-2007

EDWARD VIII - THE TRAITOR KING
Documentary/Producer/HR/Limelight/Channel 4/1996

COMIC RELIEF
Comedy+Charity/Assistant Producer/Richard Curtis/BBC 1/1991

THE MADNESS OF MODERN FAMILIES...
Documentary/Scriptwriter/Maverick/BBC 2/2007

...and Numerous Documentaries
Documentary/Scriptwriter/Channel 4 + Carlton + Five/1998-2007

And in production:

RULE OF LAW
TV Drama/Scriptwriter/GB Films/2023



Productions for the Stage

HER WAR
Opera/Librettist/Tete a Tete Festival/2021

BATTLE OF BRITAIN AT THE BARBICAN
Drama/Playwright/RAF Benevolent Fund/2000


Radio & Podcasts

In production:

HASHTAG HAWK
Podcast Comedy/Scriptwriter + Performer/2024

And recently:

ART AND STUFF: THE GREAT BED OF WARE
Arts Podcast/Contributor/Art Fund/2022

WWII LIVING HISTORY
History Podcast/Contributor/WW2TV/2022

HISTORY EXTRA
History Podcast/Contributor/BBC History Today/2016-2018

I WAS...  3 SERIES
Comedy Documentary/Exec Producer/BBC Radio 4/Curtains For Radio/2007-2015

THE CORNWELL ESTATE
Comedy/Exec Producer+additional material/BBC Radio 4/Curtains For Radio/2009

REALITY IS AN ILLUSION CAUSED BY LACK OF NF SIMPSON
Comedy Documentary/Executive Producer/BBC Radio 4/Curtains For Radio/2007

NOT TODAY THANK YOU
Comedy/Studio Producer/BBC Radio 4/Curtains For Radio/2006

THE PICKERSKILL DETENTIONS/WHEELER’S FORTUNES/WHEELER’S WONDERS
Comedy/Producer/ BBC Radio 4/Curtains For Radio/2002-2009

TOURIST PODCASTS
Sound design/writer/voiceover/Stride Design/2006-2007

PETE TOWNSEND’S LIFEHOUSE METHOD
Sound design/music sampler and producer/Pete Townshend + Eel Pie/2007

EXCESS BAGGAGE
Travel/Reporter/BBC Radio 4/1996-2003

RADIO ADVERTS
Adverts/Producer & Director/Grey Advertising/2000

THE MILLENNIUM
Entertainment/Commissioning Executive//BBC/1999

THE CRUEL SEA
Drama/Director/BBC Radio 2/1998

THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN
Documentary/Producer/BBC Radio 4/1998

BOMBER
Drama/Producer/BBC Radio 4/1994-1995

STING/ELVIS COSTELLO/MANIC STREET PREACHERS/PET SHOP BOYS ETC
Music/Sessions Producer/BBC Radio 1/1986-1994

STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON
Entertainment/Producer/BBC Radio 1/1987-1991

SIMON BATES - AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Entertainment/Producer/BBC Radio 1/1989
 
 
Record Production

WHAT KEEPS MANKIND ALIVE – PET SHOP BOYS
Producer/B-side of "Can You Forgive Her?" and on album 'Alternative'/1995

MAKE MY HEART FLY – THE PROCLAIMERS
(Live On "Steve Wright In The Afternoon" Mix)
Producer/Guinness World Record/1988


Events

FESTIVAL OF THE HORSE
Horse Show/Event Commentator/Belvoir Castle/2021-22

FESTIVAL OF HISTORY/BLENHEIM CASTLE
Live Historical Drama/Producer, Director, Writer/English Heritage/2002-2022

BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMORIAL TRUST
Air Show/Commentator and Producer/BoB Trust/2007-2019

RAF COSFORD AIR SHOW
Air Show/Commentator and Producer/RAF Benevolent Fund/2005-2017

ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATTOO
Air Show/Producer//RAF Benevolent Fund/1995-2008

BLENHEIM ‘FLY TO THE PAST’
Air Show/Producer/Harvey Goldsmith/2003-2007

BATTLE OF HASTINGS
Live Historical Drama/Producer, Director, Writer/English Heritage/2006

DUXFORD AIRSHOWS
Air Show/Producer/Imperial War Museum/2003-2006

TRAFALGAR 200
Son & Lumiere/Producer/Royal Navy/MICE International/2005


Books

CAPTAIN BAHA
Children's Book/Author and designer/GB Books/2024

NUMBER 57
History Book/Contributing Editor/Hodder Headline/2002

 
Awards

BBC Audio Diversity Award for TOMMIES 2015

Two ‘Indie’ Awards - The Traitor King 1997

Sony Gold - Simon Bates ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ 1989

Two Gold awards by CEA and ITMA for Trafalgar 200 - Best Public Event 2005

 
A Selection of Spec Writing

Three Men in a Bed(spec script)
Stage play/Playwright/GB Films/2012

The Tragedy of John Osborne (spec script)
Treatment/TV Drama/Screenwriter/GB Films/2009

Able Seacat Simon(spec script)
Feature/Screenwriter/GB Films/2008

The Greatest Escapers (spec script)
Feature/Screenwriter/Film London + PAL/2007

The Bureau of Impossible Crimes (spec script)
TV Comedy-Drama/Scriptwriter/GB Films/2006

The Guinea Pig Club (spec script)
Feature/Screenwriter/Sony International + PAL/2004-2006


Education

MA Law at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge 1979-1982


As at 100524