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TV screenwriter, producer and director Russell T. Davies started out in the BBC children’s department, before moving to Granada Television (where he wrote for and produced the award-winning Children’s Ward) and working as a freelance writer. He was catapulted into the public eye by the ground-breaking series Queer as Folk, which presented the lives of a group of gay men in urban Manchester with explicit honesty, which was followed by prime time hits Bob & Rose and The Second Coming. His most notable achievement is the revival of science fiction series Doctor Who after a 16-year hiatus, which also led to the commission of the spin-off series Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Davies was awarded an OBE for services to drama in 2008.
Using a series of clips, award-winning writer Jeanette Winterson will talk to Russell T. Davies about his work, politics and creativity, and the role of TV as both educator and entertainer.
Jeanette Winterson is currently in position as Professor of New Writing at the The University of Manchester’s Centre for New Writing. An author of novels, screenplays, children’s books and essays, her latest book is the memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She is published around the world in 15 languages and writes regularly for The Guardian, The Times and the New York Times. Winterson was awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to literature.
