Mark Russell (born 23 May 1960) is a British

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

whose works include music for the television series ''

Cold Feet Cold feet is a phrase that refers to a person not going through with an action, particularly one which requires long term commitment, due to fear, uncertainty, and doubt. A person is said to be "getting cold feet" when, after previously committin ...

'', '' Murder City'', '' The Bill'', '' The Worst Witch'', '' Inspector George Gently'' and '' Kingdom''. He presented ''

Mixing It ''Mixing It'' was a radio programme showcasing experimental music. Its original remit was to showcase "crossover" music that blurred the established boundaries between genres. It was originally broadcast as a weekly radio programme on BBC Radio 3 ...

'' with

Robert Sandall Robert Paul Sandall (9 June 1952 – 20 July 2010)
- accessed December 2010 was a British musician, music journali ...

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...

from 1990 to 2007, when the programme ended. His score for ''Cold Feet'' was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Original Television Music in 1999, though lost to Ben Bartlett's score to ''

Walking with Dinosaurs ''Walking with Dinosaurs'' is a 1999 six-part nature documentary television miniseries created by Tim Haines and produced by the BBC Science Unit the Discovery Channel and BBC Worldwide, in association with TV Asahi, ProSieben and France 3. Envi ...

''. In 2012 his score for the BBC series ''Leonardo'' was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Best Television Soundtrack category. His score for the ''Best Of Men'', the BBC2 biopic of Ludwig Guttmann the founder of the Paralympics starring Eddie Marsan, was nominated for an RTS award in 2012. Born in London, Russell was educated at St Paul's Cathedral School and

Churcher's College Churcher's College is an independent, fee-charging day school for girls and boys, founded in 1722. The Senior School (ages 11–18) is in the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire with the Junior School and Nursery (ages 2 years, 9 months–11 ...

. He graduated from the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

in 1982 with a degree in music; he was a presenter on

University Radio York University Radio York (commonly known as URY) is a University Radio station covering the campuses of the University of York. It was the first legal independent radio station in the United Kingdom. Broadcasting from Vanbrugh College on the Unive ...

but was "thrown out ... for laughing while reading the news".

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* 1960 births Living people Alumni of the University of York BBC Radio 3 presenters British television composers English male composers English television composers {{UK-tv-bio-stub