born january english screenwriter grew attending later college cambridge left degree history art radio producer unhappy quality british television targeted people age took course developed comedy drama television led commissioning cold feet multiple award winning comedy drama aired itv network series won writer year award british comedy awards wrote series ran years george ran works described relationships happens break moved wife children australia years later directed short film created australian television series writer director australian television pilot break returned producing work british television bbc pilot reunited moved background born father alex chemical engineer mother joan housewife mike sister jane raised attended age accepted cambridge read economics enjoy subject switched history art despite public school background felt place cambridge students come urban later stating half students spent lot time hair half ended working experiences writing came child wrote newspaper neighbours cambridge von novel following graduation began career media buyer advertising company job described pretty pointless quit job south east asia return applied position radio producer having previously worked hospital radio eventually began freelance work presenter producer magazine programmes screen outlook career aged began thinking writing television script based idea write television inspired particular american television series hill street blues cancelled social life began work scripts pie sky soldier soldier complete improve writing skills took writing course comedy course attended story began writing script time drawing american television influences believing british television people age group soap opera costume drama wrote script entitled perfect match man proposes girlfriend screen stadium cup final secured agent managed sell script controller comedy described writing impressive constructed dialogue funny observed commissioned drive away making traditional style described moment walked set perfect match wandering room previously existed head broadcast itv september poor reviews pleased work ask pitch ideas perfect match assistant producer shared desire television directed age pitched idea traditional boy meets girl boy loses girl boy wins girl story told sides relationship elements fantasy flashback events fit character point view accepted pitch began work cold feet initially commissioned pilot itv programming strand prospect television series given cold feet main character character serial based twenties main character based combination ideal girlfriend suggested series commissioned characters needed developed supporting cast cold feet basing character friends script cold feet went seven drafts filmed broadcast hiatus commissioned series hiatus wrote romantic comedy feature film script developed pilot picked writers guild great_britain presented award new writer year awards ceremony october started writing professionally structure scripting coherent way adopting mix match method began script cards computer returning cards completing cold feet pilot starting writing pages script day regardless quality writing draft usually submitted producers draft production series cold feet began january continued method developing storylines based life wife child half integrated experiences storyline characters pete child episode retained job bbc working radio shows week time writing cold feet second series cut week time series felt confident future television able radio presenting completely moved home london cambridge able write days week evenings weekends worked projects time cold feet watching holiday interested happens personal lives holiday representatives foreign countries idea developed bbc starred broadcast series shared writing duties inspiration american television continued following premiere west wing began outlining british version firm set buckingham palace project moved planning stages believed british political issues wars spain sexy issues covered adapted series american network nbc wrote screenplay pilot episodes time nbc commissioned pilot script entitled small beer centred group people north western united_states series cold feet extended episodes itv believed production team covered potential storylines series declined write episodes team writers hired overseen executive producer writers left team scripts appropriate series leaving staff writing process think twice writing began thinking storylines mid life crises year signed year contract develop new projects fourth series cold feet episodes commissioned announced want write fifth series fourth reasons itv proposed commission episodes year series like soap opera popularity fourth series persuaded write episodes formed fifth series fifth series won writer year award british comedy awards began developing hour television series following year conceived george moved australia continued work based series inspired evaluation lives people approached years old conversation friend realised women knew failed marriages time reached series designed vehicle actress signed exclusive golden deal itv months series announced lancashire left life begins feeling unable commit potentially long running series itv replaced lancashire concerns believes loving relationship husband announces family holiday leaving realises begin life wrote series series broadcast cold feet integrated events life storylines father suffers disease relatives researched travel agency job spending week travel agents bristol journey perth small screen big picture return leg hours seeing train window began developing short subject infidelity television conferences short entitled tale marked directorial debut screened film festivals finalist diamond themes film said interested notion ordinary people react ordinary situations fascinated way arrive choices idea film choices lead outcomes expect expressed interest directing episode cold feet decided basis inexperience inadequate job best left professional directors short produced company set exclusive contract ended september end seventh person rewrite script film hare drafts alongside second series continued developing george title changed happens eventually settling george time filming george starred builder life changed generations family home initially excited series attended cast read optimism waned time broadcast felt characters series premise unclear interview describes worst series life begins returned final series year filming commenced series intercontinental writers conceived idea asked friend knight develop production australia channel britain broadcast countries end approached producer commissioned write television pilot agreed spent time trying come idea script continuing trend taking ideas real life decided write family moving australia pilot entitled break television debut british actor recently completed work prayer bone special episode wire blood set united_states green wire producer considered special episode set australia green suggested asking write episode responded asking green like play lead break sent script green signed pilot attempt directing television sought advice experienced production crew particular director photography pilot broadcast march sought financial investment production company develop length series wrote screenplay bbc reunited pilot friends shared house reuniting years admitted career declining reunited moved months produced considers reunited best work end cold feet pilot received million viewers broadcast series commissioned discussed projects actors pilot family returned told realised going based television career need based television series development british television networks personal life married met working bbc children born rachel born family moved later moved newport new_south_wales australian citizens family returned list works
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