I’ve written in several genres, but my dream remains to produce a half-decent sitcom or comedy film. My first attempt, Wannabe, got to the final round of commissioning at the BBC, but fell at the last. They offered me a treatment fee for a second one (Dear Me, about a 34-year-old man haunted by his 14-year-old self), but declined to take it up. A few years later, I was approached by a respected production company to write a third, The Science of Attraction, but the TV people said no to that one too. My fourth, Exclusive!, got the thumbs-down in early 2016. I may try again.
Wannabe: Cold Feet
Episode two of my first sitcom. Still think it’s one of the best things I’ve written.
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Episode five of the same sitcom.
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Excerpt from episode 3. It was rejected on the basis that sitcoms cannot be principally or even partly about children or teenagers. Outnumbered began the following year on BBC1; The Inbetweeners started on E4 in 2008.
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Episode one. Quite pleased with this one too. Rejected on the basis that one of the minor characters was American.
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