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'First Light' - a play about two British army deserters during the Battle of the Somme. Directed by Jonathan Munby. Opens in June at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Writing pilot TV drama about the world of Premier League football.

Writer of 'Discontent' - a 2-part drama for ITV about the fall of Jim Callaghan's Labour government and the 1978-79 'Winter of Discontent'.

Writer of 'Taken at Midnight' - a play about Irmgard Litten who bravely tried to call the Nazi regime to account for the internment and torture of her son between 1933 and 1938. Commissioned by Mark Goucher, directed by Jonathan Church and starring Penelope Wilton, Martin Hutson, John Light, Allan Corduner, Pip Donaghy, Mike Grady, David Yelland, Marc Antolin.Opened at Chichester and transferred to West End in 2015. Nominated for Best New Play at Olivier Awards, 2015.Currently playing in Hebrew at Habima, National Theatre of Israel, Tel Aviv and starring Gila Almagor.

Three-part drama series for BBC 2 telling the behind-closed-doors story of the outbreak of the First World War - starring Ian McDiarmid, Reiner Sellien, Nick Farrell, Ludger Pistor, Sinead Cusack, Urs Remond, Bill Paterson, Tim Pigott-Smith, James McArdle, Mark Lewis-Jones, Nick Asbury, Ken Cranham. Directed by Justin Hardy.

Writer of 'London's Burning' - a 60' drama on this summer's London riots starring David Morrissey and Samantha Bond - aired C4 9.00 pm, 22 Dec

Documentary shot in Germany for BBC 2 about the fate of the Jewish lawyer Hans Litten who challenged Hitler in the courts and who died at Dachau in 1938.

A 90' drama for BBC 2 on the true story of Hans Litten, a Jewish anti-fascist who tried to stop Hitler in the courts - starring Ed Stoppard, Ian Hart, Bill Paterson, Anton Lesser, Sarah Smart. Directed by Justin Hardy.

90' minute drama-doc for BBC 2 on Robespierre's use of state violence to produce a virtuous society in revolutionary France. Nominee for Grierson and RTS.

Feature-length documentary on Nye Bevan's furious political struggle to establish the National Health Service.

Feature-length drama-doc on Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah and Mountbatten's 1947 partition of India, in which 2 million lives were lost. Short-listed for Grierson prize.

A 90' minute special drama-doc on the first day of the Somme, told from the point of view of those who went 'over the top', those who were attacked, and those who staffed the field hospitals.

Feature-length docudrama based on the controversial events at Huntingdon Life Sciences. Winner of the Midas award for the best European drama on science.

Feature-length drama-documentary about the Provisional IRA's 1974-5 terror campaign in London. Winner of the Grierson prize.

Two-part dramatised documentary for C4 on the £26 million gold bullion robbery of 1983 - and the long and murderous career of the missing loot.

Docudrama for BBC 2 about the paranoid 16th-century Scottish witch-hunt of King James VI.

Documentary for BBC 2 about the fatal flight of the Challenger Space Shuttle. Short-listed for Emmy.

Documentary series about 3 iconic days in the 1960s - the Isle of Wight rock festival, the Battle of Grosvenor square and the Royal Albert Hall Poetry Incantation.

5-part documentary series for BBC/Discovery charting the 20th century American experience through the lives of 10 families.

Multi-award winning 5-part documentary series for BBC/Discovery telling the story of the great migration of African Americans from the Deep South to the 'promised land' of Chicago.