Paul Bassett Davies, also known as Paul Bassett, is a British actor and writer.

Career

Davies' writing credits include ''

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''; '' Alas Smith and Jones''; '' Rory Bremner''; ''

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''; ''Brogue Male''; '' KYTV''; ''Hello Mum''; ''Up Your News''
Midweek on BBC Radio 4
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'' and ''

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'' (with Jeremy Hardy). His awards include Best Film at New York Film and Video Festival and IVCA Best Script award. He has also scripted music videos for, among many others, Kate Bush and

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Film

Davies was a scriptwriter for The Magic Roundabout film and Grass Roots.

Radio

Davies appeared as a performer in the following shows: * Unnatural Acts *

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The Long Hot Satsuma ''The Long Hot Satsuma'' is a radio comedy sketch show from 1989 featuring Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Alison Steadman, Paul B. Davies and Julia Hills. The show was produced by Dirk Maggs. Some episodes were repeated on BBC Radio 7 BBC ...

Novels

Davies is the author of three novels under the name of Paul Bassett Davies
Utter Folly: A High Comedy of Bad Manners
was self-published in 2012 and his second novel
Dead Writers In Rehab
was published through the

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online publishing platform
Unbound
in 2017. Stone Heart Deep was published in 2021.

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