Simon Bovey

Region: West Midlands

About / Bio

My work as writer and director covers a diverse range of fields from animation and international 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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Anna Ashton Parnanzini,
Arcadia & Ricono Ltd
The Clubhouse, St. James’s 8,
St James’s Square,
London, SW1Y 4JU – UK
Tel./Signal +44 7533 417936



Genres

Animation
Books
Childrens writing
Film
Radio
Short story
Television
Theatre
Videogames

Writing hours

TV writing hours: 1
Audio writing hours: 14

Showreels

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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

The Zinoviev Letter – Starring Mark Bonnar, Sam Troughton, Max Bennett and Jonathan Coy. Afternoon Play. Drama

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

 

The Waiting

Trend Festival at Teatro Belli in Rome. October 2023. Directed by Alessandro Di Murro

 

 

 

 

 

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