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Simon Jowett is a British author and scriptwriter.


Biography

His early work was in comics, as the writer of the
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stories ''Silent Armageddon'' (1993, drawn by John M. Burns) and ''Shattered Helix'' (1994, drawn by David Jackson, over layouts and with colouring by David Lloyd) and as a contributor to '' 2000AD''. He left comics largely behind in the mid-1990s, when he moved into script-writing for other media. He has worked on feature-length adaptations of children's fiction and has written scripts for a number of computer games, including the best-selling Fire Warrior and the landmark game/internet serial Halcyon Sun (with
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). Jowett's broadcast television work includes Shane the Chef, which he co-created, A.T.O.M. (Jetix/Toon Disney), Chop Socky Chooks (Aardman Animations), Zula Patrol (Zeeter Productions), Pitt & Kantrop (Millimages),
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(Millimages) and episodes of
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(HIT Entertainment). He is also the author of two novels and several children's books, including movie tie-ins to
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. He has also contributed short stories and novellas set in the Warhammer 40K game universe to various anthologies published by the
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.


Television

*'' Shane the Chef'' (2018) - Co-creator/Head Writer **''Missing Mum'' **''Shane's World Record'' **''All at Sea'' **''Dancing Under the Stars'' **''Drone Zone'' **''Run For It'' **''Nature Trail Trouble'' **''Who's Cooking?'' **''Mama's Bad Hair Day'' **''Where's Eddy?'' **''Dr Izzy'' **''Honey Honey'' **''Snow Wonder'' **''Snow Food'' *'' Tilly and Friends'' (2012) **''Pru's Parade'' **''Hector's Pet'' *'' Mouk'' (2011) **''The Best Dressed Elephant '' *'' Pet Squad'' - (2011) **''It Came from Down Under'' **''The New Kid'' *'' Rastamouse'' - (2011) **''Da Rare Groove'' *'' Gigglebiz'' - (2009-2011) *'' Dennis & Gnasher'' - (2009-2010) **''Dig This'' **''Game On'' **''The Great Outdoors'' *'' Bear Behaving Badly'' (2009) **''Crazy Keith: Extreme Koala'' *'' Timmy Time'' (2009) **''Go Kart Timmy'' **''Timmy Needs a Bath'' *''
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'' (2008) **''Wilson and the Wild Wind'' **''Brewster Goes Bananas'' **''Old Puffer Pete's Tour'' *'' Pinky and Perky Show'' (2008) **''Pretty in Pork'' **''You'll Believe a Pig Can Fly'' **''Where Is Everybody?'' *'' Famous 5: On the Case'' (2008) **''The Case of the Defective Detective'' **''The Case of the Fudgie Fry Pirates'' **''The Case of the Bogus Banknotes'' *'' The Zula Patrol'' (2006-2008) **''The Lizard Who Came to Dinner'' **''Island of the Endotherms'' **''The Sound of Multo'' **''Eyes in the Skies'' **''Rock and Patrol'' **''Support Your Neighborhood Volcano'' (2006) *'' Chop Socky Chooks'' (2008) **''His Master's Choice'' **''Enter the Chickens'' (story editor) *'' Combo Ninos'' (2006-2007) **''DivinoDoro'' **''Kissy Kissy Love Love'' **''Los Rivlos'' *'' A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines'' (2005-2007) **''Serving Two Masters'' **''Secret Admirer'' **''Zoo Story'' **''High Frontier'' **''Resurrection'' **''Fathers and Daughters'' **''Daddy's Little Girl'' **''The Experiment'' *'' Pitt and Kantrop'' (2005) **''Ride 'Em, Pitt'' **''Vacation Creation'' **''Table for 15'' *'' Planet Cook'' (2004) **''Monsters of the Deep'' **' **''Electric Animals'' **''Thunder and Lightning'' **''Rainforests'' *''
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'' (2004) **''The Sound of Mammoths/La Melodie des Mammouths'' **''The Far Side'' **''Shocking!'' **Displace' Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us'' **''Images'' **''Take It To The Bridge'' **''Under Pressure'' **''On Squeezing Mammoths'' **''That Sinking Feeling'' *'' Wilf The Witch's Dog'' (2002) **''Card Tricks'' **''The Little Fib'' **''The Opposite Spell'' **''Mad Gadgets'' **''Wide Awake Wilf'' *''
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'' (1999 - 2002) **''Ballroom Bob'' **''Hamish's New Home'' **''Spud the Pilot'' **''Wendy's Removal Service'' **''Bob and the Big Freeze'' **''Inspector Spud'' **''One Shot Wendy'' **''Roley and the Rock Star'' **''Special Delivery Spud'' **''Roley's Tortoise'' **''Dizzy's Birdwatch'' **''Wendy's Big Match'' *'' Upstairs Downstairs Bears'' (2000) **''A Winter's Day'' **''Art Attack'' **''Cleaning Day'' **''Mrs B's Birthday'' **''The Last Card'' **''Wash Day''


Videogames

*''Run'' (2005) (BBC Interactive/Monterosa) *''Halcyon Sun'' (2002) (
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) *''Sky Storm'' (2002) (unpublished) (
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) *''Thunderbirds'' (2002) (unpublished) (
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) *'' Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior'' (1999) (writer/script editor) (
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)


Fiction


Original Children's Fiction

*''One of Our Demons is Missing'' *''A Visit From Beyond''


Novellas/Short fiction

*Warhammer 40,000 **''Xenocide'' **''Descent'' **''Apothecary's Honour'' **''Hell in a Bottle'' **''Loyalty's Reward'' *Warhammer Fantasy **''A Good Thief'' *2000AD **''
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: Black Atlantic'' (with Peter J. Evans)


Comics

*''The Enlghtement of Ly-Chee The Wise'' a 5-page comic strip in ''The Incredible Hulk Presents'' #10 (with Andrew Wildman,
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, 1989) *''
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'': ** ''A Silent Armageddon'' #1-2 (with
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, proposed 4-issue mini-series,
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, 1993) ** ''Shattered Helix'' (with David Jackson, David Lloyd, 2-issue mini-series, 1994) *'' Black Axe'' (with pencils by Edmund Perryman and inks by
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, 7-issue mini-series,
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, 1993) *'' Wild Things'' #1-7 (with Duke Mighten,
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, 1993)) *'' Dances With Demons'' (with pencils by
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and inks by
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") (Marvel Comics, 1994) *'' Vector 13'': "Case One: Extraction Point" (in ''2000 AD'' #988, 1996)


References

*
Simon Jowett
at 2000 AD online


External links

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