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Tess Of The D'urbervilles (2008)

An adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel, starring Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne and Hans Matheson.

And When Did You Last See Your Father (2007)

Adapted from the memoir by Blake Morrison, and starring Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth and Juliet Stevenson. Directed by Anand Tucker.

Starter For Ten (2006)

The feature adaptation of the novel, starring James MacAvoy, Rebecca Hall, Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch and Dominic Cooper. Directed by Tom Vaughan.

Aftersun (2006)

Sarah Parish and Peter Capaldi starred as feuding married couple on a disastrous holiday in Spain.

Shakespeare Retold: Much Ado About Nothing (2004)

Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis and Billie Piper starred in this one-off reimagining of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy. The production was nominated for a BAFTA as best single drama.

Rescue Me (2002)

A six-part series starring Sally Phillips as a journalist on a womens’ magazine.

Cold Feet (2001)

I wrote four episodes of Mike Bullen’s hit TV series, episodes 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the third series.

I Saw You (2001-2002)

This was my first produced TV script. A modern screwball comedy starring Fay Ripley and Paul Rhys, this was about a lovelorn optician who meets the girl of his dreams, then promptly loses her again. He places an ad in the local ‘I Saw You’ column, only to run into trouble when the wrong girl replies…. The pilot of I SAW YOU won the best single drama prize at the Banff TV festival, and led to three further episodes in 2002./

Simpatico (1999)

My first produced piece of work, Simpatico is an adaptation of a stage-play by Sam Shepard which I co-wrote with the director Matthew Warchus. A noir-ish thriller set against the background of horse-racing scams, it stars Albert Finney, Sharon Stone, Jeff Bridges, Nick Nolte and Catherine Keener.