Guy Burt (born 14 July 1972) is an English

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and

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award-winning screenwriter who has worked on series such as ''The Borgias'', and '' Wire in the Blood'' and is currently working on adapting the ''Alex Rider'' TV series.

Early life

Burt wrote his first novel during his gap year from school, when he was 18. He read

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and eventually became a

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like his parents, although he left after five years so he could pursue full-time writing.

Career

Burt wrote his

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, '' After the Hole'', in

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, a

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story about a group of private school students trapped in an underground bunker, seemingly locked in by a deranged,

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classmate. He won the

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in 1994 for this work, which was adapted into the film, '' The Hole'' (

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), starring

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and

Daniel Brocklebank Daniel Brocklebank (born 21 December 1979) is an English actor, best known for portraying the roles of Ivan Jones in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' (2005–2006), and Billy Mayhew in ITV's other long-running soap ''Coronation Street'' (20 ...

. He has since published two more novels, ''Sophie'' (1994) and '' The Dandelion Clock'' (1999). Burt has also written extensively for television, contributing episodes of ''Afterlife'', '' Diamond Geezer'', '' Ghostboat'', '' Kingdom'', ''Murder in Mind'' and ''

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''. In 2016 he wrote ''Tutankhamun'' for ITV and won a Best Writer BAFTA for the children's drama ''Harriet's Army''. In 2017, he was announced as the showrunner of the ''

Alex Rider ''Alex Rider'' is a series of spy novels by the English author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around the teenaged spy Alex Rider and are primarily aimed towards young adults. The series comprises 14 novels, as well as seven graphic ...

'' television series, working with actor

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and

Anthony Horowitz Anthony John Horowitz (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the '' Alex Rider'' series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spi ...

, the author of the ''

'' book series. The trailer for the series was posted on YouTube by Alex Rider TV on the 28th of October 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burt, Guy 1972 births Living people 21st-century British novelists British male novelists English writers English television writers English male screenwriters British male television writers 21st-century British screenwriters 21st-century English male writers