I have been a freelance writer for over thirty years. I am
the author, or co-author, of eight novels, a number of audiobooks
and audio plays, and eight non-fiction books, mostly concerning
television in general and Doctor Who in particular. In my
parallel career as a scriptwriter, I have written for
Doctors (BBC1), Family Affairs (Channel Five) and
Fair City (RTÉ), and was lead writer on CBBC's
Crisis Control.
I've also written comic strips, short stories and
journalism.
I am a member of BAFTA and the Royal Television Society and a former Wessex
regional rep of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain.
I'm Lecturer in Scriptwriting & Screenwriting at the University of
Winchester. In 2019 I completed an MA in Creative Writing at
Bath Spa University (where I was an Associate Lecturer for three
years) and am a former Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund
at the University of Bristol. I am married to a GP and live in
Somerset.
Latest News
18 August
I'm honoured and delighted to be an associate producer on
Baby Brain, the darkly comic, fourth wall-breaking
one-woman drama about a mum in the fractured grip of postpartum
psychosis. It stars BAFTA-winner Kimberley Nixon (Fresh
Meat, Cranford) and will move you from laughter to
tears in a heartbeat. It's co-written and directed by my
chums Danny Stack and Tim Clague, and is endorsed by Action on
Postpartum Psychosis, the UK's leading charity for women and
families affected by the condition. After a successful run at the
Manchester and Camden Fringes (Paul Whitehouse saw it at the
latter and called it "bloody brilliant"), it's
about to move to Edinburgh. Please check it out, you will not be
disappointed!
20 February 2026
I have a little piece on my friend Eric Pringle in the recently
published Doctor Who Chronicles bookazine concerning 1984.
If this sounds like your sort of thing, I hope you enjoy
it!
1 September 2025
I have been upgraded! I'm now Lecturer in Scriptwriting &
Screenwriting (so good they named it twice) at the University of
Winchester. As well as teaching scriptwriting, this year I will
be leading a module on writing short stories.
26 March
I've written one of the stories included in the new Time
Tunnel box set. I rather like it.
