Manchester Metropolitan Talk ft Russell T. Davies

About

Russell was born in Swansea in 1963. A graduate of Oxford University, he completed the BBC Director's course before becoming a TV producer. He started writing whilst working in the Manchester department of Children's BBC and has gone on to create several award-winning series including the ground-breaking Queer as Folk, Bob and Rose for which he won the British Comedy Award for Writer of the Year and Best Comedy Drama, The Second Coming for which he won the RTS Award for Best Network Drama and Broadcast Award's Best Single Drama. He went on to revive the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who which received numerous awards and for which Russell won the BAFTA for Best Drama Series, and Torchwood for which he won the BAFTA Cymru for Best Drama Series.

He has since created the trilogy Cucumber, Banana and Tofu for which he won the BAFTA for Best Drama Writer and BPG Innovation Award in 2016 and most recently adapted A Very English Scandal on BBC 1.

Join Award Winner screenwriter Russell T. Davies as he discusses how the city has inspired his writing.