Aschlin Haydon Ditta (born 20 June 1968), often credited as Ash Ditta, is a British television and film screenwriter and actor.

Biography

Ditta was born on 20 June 1968 in

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, north

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, UK, and was brought up in

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and then Ely in

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, attending

King's Ely King's Ely The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is an All-through school, all through Public school (United Kingdom), public school ...

school. His father, Douglas, was an actor and his mother, Pamela, was a florist. His background is in comedy and he was a

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehear ...

and actor, having trained at the

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. He began his television career by writing and acting in three series and two specials of

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's ''

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'', which has won many awards including three

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and a

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and was nominated for six

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and an

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. Ditta later continued collaborating with

Catherine Tate Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC Two, BBC sketch comedy series ''The Catherine Tate Show'' (2004–2007), as well as bein ...

on his debut feature film ''

Scenes of a Sexual Nature ''Scenes of a Sexual Nature'' is a 2006 British Comedy drama, comedy-drama film directed by Ed Blum and starring an ensemble cast which includes Ewan McGregor, Adrian Lester, Eileen Atkins, Andrew Lincoln, Gina McKee, Sophie Okonedo, and Hugh Bon ...

'' (2006), the

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television film '' Do Not Disturb'' (2016) and an episode of the BBC sitcom ''

Queen of Oz ''Queen of Oz'' is a British-Australian television sitcom developed by and starring Catherine Tate as the scandalous Queen Georgiana, a disgraced member of a fictional British royal family sent to rule Australia. The first series, consisting of ...

'' (2023)''.'' His television writing credits include episodes of ''

No Angels No Angels are an all-female Pop music, pop group from Germany, formed in 2000. Originally a quintet, consisting of band members Nadja Benaissa, Ludmilla Diakovska, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo, and Jessica Wahls, they originat ...

'', ''

Totally Frank ''Totally Frank'' is a British youth comedy drama television series from Channel 4. It follows a real-life band, Frank, who were struggling to make it in the music industry. It ran for two series in 2005 and 2006. Frank The band on the show ...

'', ''

Mr. Sloane ''Mr. Sloane'' is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on Sky Atlantic on 23 May 2014. The six-part series was written by Robert B. Weide, Aschlin Ditta and Oliver Lansley and directed by Robert B. Weide. It is set in Wat ...

'' and ''

Doc Martin ''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy-drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella developing the character of Dr Martin Bamford from the Nigel Cole comedy film '' Saving ...

''. He has also written several feature films including ''Scenes of a Sexual Nature'' (2006), '' Swimming with Men'' (2018) and ''

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'' (2009), for which he won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Monte Carlo Film Festival. In 2010, he co-wrote the

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play ''The Laws of War'' about a rookie

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officer, starring

Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. Known for his work in numerous stage, television and film productions, he has received several awards including a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award, and ...

James Nesbitt William James Nesbitt (born 15 January 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland. From 1987, Nesbitt spent seven years performing in plays that varied from the musical '' Up on the Roof'' (1987, 1989) to the political drama ''Paddywack'' (1994). ...

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and

Penelope Wilton Dame Penelope Alice Wilton (born 3 June 1946) is an English actress. She was formerly married to fellow actor Sir Ian Holm and, as she has not remarried, retains her married style of Lady Holm. Wilton is known for starring opposite Richard ...

Personal life

He lives in South London with his partner, actress Georgina Rich, and their daughters, Nancy and Frankie.

Writing credits

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ditta, Aschlin 1968 births English television writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters British male television writers Living people People educated at King's Ely