Simon Bovey

Region: West Midlands

About / Bio

My work as writer and director covers a diverse range of fields from animation and theatre, to radio drama and award winning shorts and feature films. I’m an established writer for the BBC and I also work as a script doctor and analyst for a number of independent film companies both in Europe and in America. I teach screenwriting and directing at Worcester University.

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Genres

Animation

Childrens writing

Film

Radio

Television

Theatre

Videogames

Writing hours

TV writing hours: 1

Audio writing hours: 13

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Writer's credits

FILM AND TELEVISION

Invasion Planet Earth – Co-Writer. Science fiction thriller, feature – 2020
Alphastar Productions

Doctors – Writer. Episodic drama. TV – 2004 – 2011
BBC

Studs – Writer/Director. Sports thriller. Digi Short – 2010
Screen West Midlands / UK Film Council

The Un-Gone – Writer/Director. Science fiction thriller. Digi Short – 2005
Screen West Midlands / UK Film Council

A Soldier’s Tunic – Writer/Director. Short period romance – 2004
Storyville Productions

The Waiting – Writer/Director. Contemporary crime drama, feature – 1999
Wildfire Productions

RADIO & AUDIO

BBC Radio Drama – Writer 2001 – present

Franklin – Starring Trevor White, Roger Ringrose and Clare Corbett. Afternoon Play. Drama

Hive Mind – Starring Tony Bell and Ania Sowinski. Afternoon Play. Science fiction

The Mountain of Light – Starring Carl Prekopp. Saturday Play. Period crime thriller

Sargasso – Starring Ian Gelder. Afternoon Play. Drama

The Iceman – Starring Anthony Howell. Saturday Play. Period crime thriller

Severn Sea – Starring Adrian Lukis and Scott Handy. Afternoon Play. Period thriller

Red In Tooth and Claw – Starring Neil Dudgeon and Shaun Dooley. Afternoon Play. Drama

The Launch – Starring Ronald Pickup and Trevor Peacock. Afternoon Play. Drama

Slipstream – Starring Rory Kinnear and Tim McMullan. Science fiction thriller set during World War 2 Series’ of 5 x 30 minute episodes.

The Voice of God – Starring Matthew Dyktynski, Clare Corbett and Geoffrey Beevers. Contemporary conspiracy thriller set in the Australian outback. Series’ of 5 x 30 minute episodes.

Cold Blood – Starring Tom Manion and Tim McMullan. Science fiction thriller set in Antarctica. Series’ of 5 x 30 minute episodes.

Dr Who and the City of Spires – Writer. Audiobook – 2009
Big Finish Productions. 4 x 25 minute episodes

THEATRE

Testimony

Trend Festival at Teatro Belli in Rome. October 2022
Directed by Armando Quaranta

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