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-winning
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TV director and writer currently living and working in the UK. He works across
drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...
and
comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
. Recent work includes the highly acclaimed ''
Inside No. 9 ''Inside No. 9'' is a British black comedy Anthology series, anthology television programme written and created by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. It aired on BBC Two from 5 February 2014 to 12 June 2024, running for 9 series and 55 episo ...
'' episodes " The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge" and " Séance Time", the BBC3 comedy series ''
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'' and '' The Ice Cream Girls'', an award-winning three-part
psychological thriller Psychological thriller is a Film genre, genre combining the thriller (genre), thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting ...
for ITV. His drama credits include the critically acclaimed BBC4 film '' Hattie'' (the highest rating show in BBC4's history ), '' Lost in Austen'' for ITV and the 2-part '' Case Histories'' – an adaptation of Kate Atkinson's '' When Will There Be Good News?'' starring Jason Isaacs, which won the Scottish Bafta for Best Television Drama in 2011. He also directed an episode of the 2006 series of ''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...
'', entitled " Love & Monsters". His comedy credits include the opening series of ''
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'', '' Pramface'', '' Ideal'' and '' The Worst Week of My Life'', all of which were successfully recommissioned for further series. His work has won three BAFTA awards, and a further five BAFTA nominations.


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