Dan Sefton is a British screenwriter, best known for the dramas '' Trust Me'' and ''

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''. Prior to screenwriting, he worked as a doctor.

Early life

Sefton's mother was a doctor, while his father was a civil servant. He qualified as a doctor in 1995. Early in his medical career, he worked in

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, which would later help inspire ''Good Karma''.

Television

Early work included all four of the BBC's popular continuing dramas, ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and its spinoff, ''

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''. In 2017, Sefton created the medical drama ''The Good Karma Hospital'' for ITV and Tiger Aspect Productions. The series is shot in Unawatuna in southern Sri Lanka, Thiranagama Golden Beach Restaurant and some other places in Galle District. It was recommissioned for a second series. Filming for the second series started in August 2017 and was broadcast from 18 March 2018. Season 3 has been confirmed and will return in 2019. In 2016, he created '' Delicious'', starring

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, and in 2017 '' Trust Me'', starring

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. Due to Jodie Whittaker's casting as the

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in ''

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'', the second series was set on the neurological unit of South Lothian Hospital, following Syrian tour veteran Captain James 'Jamie' McKay. In 2019, BBC One broadcast his crime series, ''

The Mallorca Files ''The Mallorca Files'' is a British police procedural television drama series set on the Spanish island of Mallorca, starring Elen Rhys and as a pair of detectives. The series, broadcast on BBC One, was created by Dan Sefton and is a co-prod ...

''. During the

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, which impacted the filming of the second series of ''The Mallorca Files'', Sefton returned to medical work. On January 11, 2022, it was announced Sefton would be developing a drama series about the life of ex-Genesis drummer Chris Stewart.

Writing credits

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sefton, Dan Living people English television writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters British male television writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century British screenwriters 21st-century English male writers