James Sullivan (born 19 April 1978), is a

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television screenwriter. He is best known for writing seven episodes of ''

The Green Green Grass ''The Green Green Grass'' is a BBC television sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a sequel/spin-off of the long-running sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' and stars John Challi ...

''.

Family

Jim’s father, John Sullivan, was the writer and creator of ''

Citizen Smith ''Citizen Smith'' is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980. It starred Robert Lindsay as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist "urban guerrilla" in Tooting, south London, who is attempti ...

'' (1977-1980) before creating his more notable work ''

Only Fools and Horses ''Only Fools and Horses....'' is a British television sitcom created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1981 to 1991, with sixteen sporadic Christmas specials aired until t ...

'' (1981-2003).

Career

Sullivan wrote seven episodes for his late father's ''Only Fools and Horses'' spin-off, ''

''. Sullivan helped write the ''

'' Sport Relief special in 2014 alongside his brother Dan Sullivan by incorporating some of their late father's old notes and bits of dialogue for the show that he never found a place for. Sullivan wrote ''He Who Dares...'', a fictional

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, that was released by

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in October 2015. Sullivan, alongside Rod Green, also wrote ''Only Fools and Horses: The Peckham Archives'', that was released by

in October 2016. Sullivan announced in July 2018 that he had written ''You Know It Makes Sense, Lessons from the Derek Trotter School of Business (and life)''. It was released by

in November 2018. Sullivan announced in July 2018 that he and

Paul Whitehouse Paul Julian Whitehouse (born 17 May 1958) is a Welsh actor, writer and comedian. He was one of the main stars of the BBC sketch comedy series ''The Fast Show'', and has also starred with Harry Enfield in the shows '' Harry & Paul'' and ''Harry ...

had written ''

Only Fools and Horses The Musical ''Only Fools and Horses The Musical'' is a 2019 British stage musical with book, music and lyrics by Paul Whitehouse and Jim Sullivan, with additional music by Chas Hodges and writer John Sullivan. It is based on John Sullivan's BBC television ...

'', which launched on 9 February 2019 at the

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, London.

Works

*''

'' (2006-2009) *'' Only Fools and Horses Sport Relief special'' (2014) *''

'' (2019)

References

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