That post from earlier this month, the one of me and the crew on the boat… I found a few screen grabs from the film we were making. It was called Trick Shot. An over-ambitious mini-feature but my first crack at directing, made towards the end of my time working at Granada. It wasn’t a…

…or, Fool, Interrupted. The appearance online of an interview prompts me to a long-overdue blog post about one of the highlights of my 2019. The interview’s further down this post and, be warned, I do go on a bit. It was filmed by Magnus Edgarsson on the deck of a floating hotel on the Fyris…

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Spartans. Dinosaurs. Seriously, what’s not to like?

August 31st – at the end of this month – you should be able to find me in Derby for Whooverville, the Annual East Midlands get-together organised by Derby’s local Doctor Who group. The event will be held at the QUAD arts venue at Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby. DE1 3AS. The impressive list of…

The full wrap. Cover photograph by Joseph T Needles of Leadville, Colorado. Find the book

The first UK edition of Stephen Laws’ cryptozoological novel Ferocity, and a second paperback edition of The Authentic William James. More information and links to follow.

For convenience I’ve gathered together links for the scripts I’ve been making available for download over the past few weeks. Scroll down through those earlier posts for background and context. Desert Knights: The Birth and Early History of the SAS BUGS: A Cage for Satan BUGS: Renegades Murder Rooms Life Line and, hosted elsewhere: Eleventh…

Find the Life Line screenplay here The last of my script downloads – for now, anyway – is a two-part supernatural mystery that aired on BBC1 in April 2007. It was commissioned by Gareth Neame for Carnival and featured Ray Stevenson, Joanne Whalley, and Jemima Rooper. The director was Jamie Payne. Life Line began as…