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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
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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