Paul Smith (television writer)
Paul Smith is a British television writer best known as creator of the Dawn French series Murder Most Horrid (for which he also wrote), and as co-creator (with Terry Kyan) of the Mel Smith series Colin's Sandwich.
His most notable comedy writing credits (most in collaboration with Terry Kyan), include sketches from/episodes of Not the Nine O'clock News, Spitting Image, Alas Smith and Jones, Bonjour la Classe (which he also co-created), The Brittas Empire and 2point4 children.
In recent years, he created and wrote the comedy-drama The Complete Guide to Parenting starring Peter Davison and Desperados, a children's drama about a wheelchair basketball team. In 2009 he was head writer on Roy, a children's drama about a living cartoon boy trapped in the real world.
Awards
- Murder Most Horrid won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Drama [1]
- Smith's screenplay adaptation of Alex Shearer's novel Bootleg helped win the serial Bootleg (2002) the 2003 BAFTA Children's Award for Best Drama.[2]
References
- ^ British Comedy Award Winners of 1994 at IMDB. Accessed January 11, 2008
- ^ BAFTA Award Winners of 2003 at IMDB. Accessed January 11, 2008
External links
- Visit the Paul Smith Site
- Paul Smith at the Internet Movie Database
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