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Simon Winstone is a British
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
, screenwriter and script editor, best known for his work on ''
Doctor Who
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soap opera
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EastEnders
''EastEnders'' is a Television in the United Kingdom, British soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the Ea ...
''.
Career
Winstone worked for
Virgin Books
Virgin Books is a British book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Group, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.
History
Virgin established its book publishing arm ...
, overseeing their Missing Adventures ''Doctor Who'' series and briefly being in charge of the
New Adventures
New Adventures is a British dance-theatre company. Founded by choreographer Matthew Bourne in 2001, the company developed from an earlier company Adventures in Motion Pictures, now dissolved.
History
Adventures in Motion Pictures (AMP) was es ...
after the series had ceased being a ''Doctor Who'' tie-in. His only novel, the New Adventure ''
Where Angels Fear'', was co-written with
Rebecca Levene
Rebecca Levene is a British author and editor. She is the author of ''The Hollow Gods'' fantasy novel series. In the 1990s, she was an editor at Virgin Books, including notably of the New Adventures series.
Biography
Levene had a sitcom optione ...
, his predecessor on the New Adventures.
Winstone moved into TV in the late 1990s, working on the popular ITV soap opera ''
Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British soap opera that is broadcast on ITV1. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ...
'' for a period. He then worked on rival BBC series ''EastEnders'' for many years as a story editor and then as a producer. In 2005, Winstone was announced as a script editor for ''Doctor Who'' on TV, a role he had until 2007.
In 2017, Winstone was appointed the head of BBC Studios' Head of Drama - Wales. In 2019, Winstone served as an Executive Producer on Amazon Prime and BBC Two's ''
Good Omens
''Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'' is a 1990 novel written as a collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
The book is a comedy about the birth of the son of Satan and the c ...
''.
He has written for crime drama ''
Death in Paradise'' and period drama ''
Dickensian
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian er ...
'', as well as served as an executive producer on the action-adventure series ''
Hooten & the Lady
''Hooten & the Lady'' is a British adventure drama television series that follows the story of two treasure hunter partners, British Museum curator Lady Alexandra (Ophelia Lovibond) who teams up with charismatic, roguish American adventurer Hoot ...
'', all Red Planet Pictures productions.
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British science fiction writers
British television writers
British male novelists
British male screenwriters
British television producers
British soap opera writers
British male television writers
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