Ed Hime (born 1978), is a British screenwriter and playwright, best known for his work with the

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science fiction television series ''

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''.

Career

Hime was born in 1978 in

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. He was a fan of ''Doctor Who'' in his youth. He began his career as a playwright in 1998, releasing the play ''About the Boy'' that same year. Other plays he had written included ''Small Hours'' (at Hampstead Theatre), as well ''London Falls'' and ''London Tongue'' at the Old Red Lion Theatre. He also worked in radio, winning the 2007 Prix Italia award for Best Original Radio Drama for his radio play, ''The Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body''.Prix Italia, Winners 1949 – 2010, RAI
On television, Hime has written for the fourth and fifth series of the teen drama '' Skins''. Hime was attached to work on a new series of '' Sapphire & Steel'' with '' Luther'' creator

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. However, the project was never produced. In 2018, he wrote the ninth and penultimate episode of the eleventh series of ''

'', ''

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''. He returned to write the third episode of the twelfth series, '' Orphan 55''. He co-wrote the seventh episode of '' The Watch'', which is inspired by the

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from the ''

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'' series of fantasy novels by

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. He wrote three of the eight episodeshttps://www.unitedagents.co.uk/ed-hime of '' Lockwood & Co.'', the

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series about teenage ghost hunters released in 2023.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hime, Ed 1978 births 21st-century British male writers Living people British television writers British male screenwriters British science fiction writers English dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights Television people from London