Daniel Boyle is a Scottish

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'' and writing twelve episodes of the show. Boyle left school at fifteen and for the next eleven years worked as a seaman. He left the sea and became a postman for four years before going to university as a mature student. After university his main occupation was as a college lecturer. He became a full-time writer in 1990, writing extensively for television, had four original films produced, and contributed episodes to series ''

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Screenplays

Scripts currently seeking production: * ‘Mary Dogood.’ Three part series for TV. Black comedy * �
Maurice, Lee, and JFK.
�� Ten part series for TV plus second series on assassination of JFK and aftermath. * ‘Loving Burns.’ Feature. Factional bio of the Scottish poet. * ‘Illusion.’ Three part TV series featuring Glasgow based PI John Paris. * ‘The Satan Gene.’ Feature. US based thriller. * ‘Dancing At The Shore.’ Feature. Comedy set in West of Scotland 1960’s dance hall. * ‘The Road From Ardcranna.’ Three part TV drama based on Highland Clearances.

Books

Mary Dogood

Illusion

The Road From Ardcranna

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Daniel Living people British male television writers Scottish screenwriters Scottish television writers Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Scottish writers 20th-century Scottish dramatists and playwrights