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Eddie Robson (born 20 December 1978) is a British writer and novelist best known for his sitcom '' Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully'' and his work on a variety of
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series ''
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''. He has written books, comics, short stories, and for television and theatre, and has worked as a freelance journalist for various
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magazines. He is married and lives in Lancaster.


Writing career

Robson's comedy writing career began in 2008 with material for ''
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''. Since then his work has featured on ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Play and Record'', ''
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'', ''Recorded For Training Purposes'' and ''The Headset Set''. The pilot episode of his sitcom '' Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully '' was broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 5 July 2012. It starred
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. The ''Radio Times'' called it "the sitcom success story of 2012..." It became a full series, aired on BBC Radio 2 starting in March 2013, with
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replacing Katherine Parkinson.


''Doctor Who''

His ''Doctor Who'' work includes the
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radio plays '' Phobos'', ''
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'' and '' Grand Theft Cosmos'', the CD releases '' Memory Lane'', ''
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'', ''
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'' and ''
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'', and several short stories for Big Finish's ''Doctor Who'' anthologies, Short Trips. He has contributed ''Doctor Who'' comic strips to ''
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'' and IDW. Between 2007 and 2009, Robson was the producer of Big Finish's ''Bernice Summerfield'' range of products, and has contributed audio plays to the series. He has also written audio plays for other Big Finish ranges such as The Diary Of River Song, Blake's 7: The Liberator Chronicles.


Books, comics and theatre

Apart from ''Doctor Who'', Robson has also written other comic strips including ones for '' 2000 AD'', '' Transformers: Prime'', ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''
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: Living Legend'' (with
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). Robson has also written books on
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and
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for
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, the ''Doctor Who'' episode guide ''Who's Next'' with co-authors
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and Jim Smith, and an illustrated adaptation of Bram Stoker's ''
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''. He has written three children's books mixing fiction and tips for ''
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''. Robson has worked with the
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on several productions including writing their 2015
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''. In 2015, his debut novel ''Tomorrow Never Knows'' was published by Snowbooks. His second novel, ''Hearts of Oak'', was published by
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in 2020.


Television

Robson is a prolific writer of children's television, with credits including '' Sarah & Duck'' (2015–16), '' Class Dismissed'' (2016) and ''Tish-Tash'' (2021). Other television work included episodes of ''
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'' (2014-2015), and the Chinese version of AMC's ''
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'', produced by Endemol Shine China and Croton Media. The show was broadcast in 2021 in China.


Bibliography


Books

;Fiction *''Tomorrow Never Knows'' (2015) *''Hearts of Oak'' (2020) *''Drunk on All Your Strange New Words'' (2022) ;Non-fiction *''Coen Brothers'' (2003) *''Who's Next'' (2005) (with
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and Jim Smith) *''Film Noir'' (2005) *''The Art of Sean Phillips'' (2013) (with
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) ;Children's *''Dracula'' (2009) (with Nicola L. Robinson) *''Secrets of a Fortnite Fan'' (2021) (with Oscar Herrero) *''Secrets of a Fortnite Fan: Last Squad Standing'' (2021) (with Oscar Herrero) *''Secrets of a Fortnite Fan: Llama Drama'' (2021) (with Oscar Herrero)


Short stories

*Doctor Who **''The Little Drummer Boy'' (2003), in '' Short Trips: Companions'' **''The Juror's Story'' (2004), in '' Short Trips: Repercussions'' **''Visiting Hours'' (2005), in '' Short Trips: A Day in the Life'' **''Mercury'' (2005), in '' Short Trips: The Solar System'' **''Not in My Back Yard'' (2005), in '' Short Trips: The History of Christmas'' **''The Avant Guardian'' (2006), in '' Short Trips: Time Signature'' **''Remain in Light'' (2007), in '' Short Trips: Snapshots'' **''Decorative Purposes'' (2007) in '' Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas'' **''Interesting Times'' (2008) in '' Short Trips: Christmas Around the World'' **''The Power Supply'' (2009) in '' Short Trips: Indefinable Magic'' *Bernice Summerfield **''The Light that Never Dies'' (2000), in ''
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'' **''Against Gardens'' (2004), in '' A Life Worth Living'' **''Match of the Deity'' (2006), in '' Something Changed'' **''The Two-Level Effect'' (2006), in '' Collected Works'' **''Thirty Love'' (2007), in '' Missing Adventures'' **''The Firing Squad'' (2009), in ''Secret Histories'' *Iris Wildthyme **''Gimme Shelter'' (2013), in '' Iris: Fifteen'' **''The Mystery of the Drowned Bird'' (2012), in '' The Casebook of the Manleigh Halt Irregulars''


Scriptwriting Credits


Big Finish

*Doctor Who **'' Memory Lane'' (2006) **'' Phobos'' (2007) **''
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'' (2007) **'' I.D.'' (2007) **'' Urgent Calls'' (2007) **''
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'' (2008) **'' Grand Theft Cosmos'' (2008) **''
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'' (2008) **''
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'' (2008) **''
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'' (2009) **''
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'' (2010) **'' Prisoner of the Sun'' (2010) **'' Industrial Evolution'' (2011) **''
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'' (2011) **''
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'' (2012) **'' The Jupiter Conjunction'' (2012) **''
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'' (2012) **''The Apocalypse Mirror'' (2013) **''1963: Fanfare for the Common Men'' (2013) **''The Secret History'' (2015) **''Repeat Offender'' (2016) **''The Blood Furnace'' (2017) **''Time in Office'' (2017) **''Power Game'' (2019) *Short Trips **''All Hands On Deck'' (2017) **''The Turn Of The Screw'' (2018) **''#HarrySullivan'' (2020) *Bernice Summerfield **'' The Empire State'' (2006) **''
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'' (2007) **'' Beyond the Sea'' (2008) **''
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'' (2009) **''
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'' (2010) **''
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'' (2010) **''Every Dark Thought'' (2018), in ''The Story So Far, Volume 2'' *River Song ** ''The Lifeboat and the Deathboat'' (2018), in ''The Diary Of River Song, Series 5'' *Susan's War ** ''Sphere of Influence'' (2020) *Blake's 7 ** ''False Positive'' (2012), in ''The Liberator Chronicles, Volume 2'' ** ''Disorder'' (2014), in ''The Liberator Chronicles Volume 7''


Radio & Audio

*'' Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully'' (BBC Radio 2/BBC Radio 4, 11 episodes, 2012–14) *''Adulting'' (Guardian podcast, 6 episodes, 2017) *''The Space Programme'' (Fun Kids Radio, 20 episodes, 2020) *''Car Crash'' (Audible Originals, 10 Episodes, 2021)"Car Crash" podcast
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Television

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'' (2 episodes, 2014–15) *'' Sarah & Duck'' (6 episodes, 2015–17) *'' Class Dismissed'' (1 episode, 2016) *''
The Amazing World Of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' is an animated sitcom created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network. The series concerns the lives of 12-year-old Gumball Watterson, an anthropomorphic blue cat, and adoptive goldfish brother Darwin, who attend ...
'' (1 episode, 2017) *''
Floogals ''Floogals'' is a British live-action/animated television series aimed at preschoolers, produced by Nevision Studios, Jellyfish Pictures and Zodiak Kids, with concepts from Absolutely Cuckoo. Sprout (now Universal Kids), a children's TV chann ...
'' (2 episodes, 2018) *'' Dr Panda'' (16 episodes, 2017–21) *''
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'' (3 episodes, 2021) *'' P. King Duckling'' (2 episodes, 2021) *''Tish Tash'' (8 episodes, 2021)


References


External links


Middle Class Football Fan
- Eddie Robson's
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Shiny Shelf webpage

Script of ''Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully''
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