Simon Wheeler is a British former

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and television producer. He may be best known for creating the

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drama '' Kingdom'' (2007–2009), which starred

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and Wheeler's wife,

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. Having entering the film business in 1988, as a labourer in the New Zealand Australia co-production of '' The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey'', Wheeler worked through the ranks as a grip and a

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. He was a writer for the crime series ''

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'', which formerly starred Norris. His last screen credit was producer of the BBC

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, '' Castles in the Sky'', in 2014.

Family

Wheeler is one of the three sons of General Sir Roger Wheeler. He and Norris have two children together: Wilf, born June 2004, and Hero, born August 2007.

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* Living people British male screenwriters British television producers Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tv-bio-stub People educated at Windlesham House School