Andrew "Joe" Turner is a British

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working in the fields of radio and television. His credits include the 2006

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version of ''

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'' (his episode featured

Charles Dale Charles Dale (born 4 February 1963) is a Welsh actor known for playing Big Mac in ''Casualty'', Dennis Stringer in ''Coronation Street'', Gary "Chef" Alcock in '' The Lakes'' and Clive Eustace in '' The Eustace Bros.'' He was born in Tenby, P ...

), episodes of ''

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'' and ''

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.'' Originally an actor, he featured in the BBC television production of ''

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.'' He has written extensively for radio, with nine plays including '' 20th Century Vampire,'' ''My Supply Teacher is an Alien,'' ''My Sister is a World Class Kleptomaniac'' and ''Old Dog and Partridge.'' Turner lives with his family in

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Coronation Street

Turner has been a writer for

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's long-running

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'' since March 1999. For the past few years he has been given the

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episode to write, which usually is one of the most important episodes in a specific plot. In 1997, Joe's work won Best Children's Drama award at the British Comedy Awards for the children's comedy show My Dad's a Boring Nerd which starred ''Coronation Street'' actors

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and

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. Joe also holds the record for most expensive soap episode in soap history. His 'Tram Crash' episode cost well over a million pounds to produce and it was broadcast in 2010.

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