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’s radio producer on

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, he left to produce the acclaimed BBC radio drama version of

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’s ''

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'', and the award-winning 1995 Channel 4 documentary '' Edward VIII: The Traitor King''. He then split his career in two new directions: airshow and event commentary, and TV comedy writing including ''

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''. In 2009 he took his real-time First World War drama idea '' Tommies'' to the BBC which began its four and half year transmission in October 2014. He still produces comedy shows for the BBC with

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and writes TV scripts and feature film projects for GB Films.

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His CV on his agent's websiteArticle about him from Cult TVArticle in The Guardian about ''Tommies''
British television writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-screenwriter-stub