 After his cricketing career, Gibbs wrote a number of short plays and comedies for television, many with cricketing themes, and then progressed to writing scripts for major series.He has also written plays for BBC radio, including "Supersaver" (1981, with Richard Briers) and "Taking us up to Lunch" (1991), which was set in the "Test Match Special" commentary box.In 2012 he published his debut novel, "Settling the Score", set in the County Championship in the 1960s.