James Payne

Region: South East

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Experienced screenwriter with projects in development at STV, Dancing Ledge, ZDF Studios, BBC Studios. Credits include STRIKE BACK, MR SELFRIDGE, THE MUSKETEERS, DEATH IN PARADISE, ASHES TO ASHES, HUSTLE and EASTENDERS. Creator, writer and EP of international football thriller THE WINDOW for ZDF Studios and Fuji TV. Co-creator and writer of SKY adventure series HOOTEN & THE LADY, which aired in the US on The CW Network.

James has also worked extensively in the middle-east, creating and writing two series for MBC. He also created Beirut-set Arabic webdrama, SHANKABOOT, which ran for five series and won the Reflet D’or at the Geneva Film Festival and the International Digital EMMY® for fiction.

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Bethan Evans
The Agency
+44 (0)20 7467 0121
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Genres

Comedy

Film

Radio

Television

Theatre

Writing hours

TV writing hours: 155

Audio writing hours: 8

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Writer's credits

Television

In development:

GRENFELL ATHLETIC (Dancing Ledge)
THE SECRET LIVES OF KIM DOTCOM (ZDF Studios)
STANDARDS (STV)
THE PRINCE OF SALFORD (Quay Street)

Previous credits:

CENTRAL INVESTIGATION: HANASH (MBC/ Shahid)
WOLFE 2 (Abbottvision/ SKY)
THE WINDOW (ZDFE/ Fuji TV)
10 x 60′ Creator, Writer, Exec Producer
STRIKE BACK (Left Bank/Sky/HBO Cinemax)
2 x 60′
HOOTEN AND THE LADY (Red Planet Pictures/Sky)
8 x 60′ Co-creator, Writer
THE MUSKETEERS 1 & 3 (BBC Studios/BBC)
2 x 60′ episodes
MR SELFRIDGE 3 & 4 (ITV Studios/ ITV)
2 x 60′ episodes
EASTENDERS (BBC Studios/BBC)
78 episodes (Including 30th anniversary live episode)
Winner: Best Soap– 2016 BAFTA Awards
Winner: Best Soap – 2015 Broadcast Awards
Winner: Best Single Episode – 2015 British Soap Awards
BY ANY MEANS (Red Planet Pictures/BBC)
6 x 60′ Co-creator, Writer
DEATH IN PARADISE 1&2 (Red Planet Pictures/BBC)
2 x 60′ script
HUSTLE 7 (Kudos Film and TV)
1 x 60′
SHANKABOOT (Batoota Films/BBC World Service Trust)
Creator, Writer; world’s first Arabic webdrama
Winner – Best Programme: Fiction – 2011 International Digital Emmy
Winner – Reflet D’or – 2010 Geneva Film Festival
ASHES TO ASHES 3 (Kudos Film & TV/ BBC)
1 x 60′ episode
Nominated – Best Drama Series – Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards
MOVING WALLPAPER 1&2 (Kudos Film & TV/ITV)
2×30′ episode
ARE YOU JIM’S WIFE? (BBC)
Original 60′ BBC1 Play

Radio

AONACH HOURN (BBC R4)
5×15′ serial

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