Tom is a writer, director and producer for television comedy, drama and feature-film. Tom is currently developing his original half-hour comedy-drama series The Big One for Channel 4 and The Comedy Unit, as well as his hour-long drama series The Deed for Channel 4 and Various Artists with his sister/co-writer Charlotte Melia. Tom’s original romantic-comedy feature film Vibes and Stuff is currently in development with BBC Films. He is also a regular writer for Channel 4’s Hollyoaks having written over 50 episodes for the series.
Tom’s previous original TV comedy Fail is currently available on BBC3, having been produced by The Comedy Unit, and is based on Tom’s own original web-comedy series The Art of Awkward Conversation which he wrote, produced and directed. Tom also writes for children’s and is currently developing an original children’s series with Kindle Entertainment/Disney and Tom was also part of the writers room on the second series of Netflix children’s drama Free Rein.
Tom has extensive experience as a producer/director and working with production teams worldwide, working across a variety of genres. Tom also started Notebook Films, which regularly collaborates with exciting new creative talent to create multi-disciplinary content: http://notebookfilms.co.uk
| Television writing credits (broadcast): | |
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| Fail | The Comedy Unity / BBC3 Original TV comedy pilot based on Tom’s own comedy web-series The Art of Awkward Conversation Writer/Creator/Associate Producer |
| Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Writer for the Channel 4 soap (2014-present) 50 x 30 minute episodes |
| Free Rein | Lime Pictures / Netflix Writers room for the second-series of the children’s drama |
| Original TV drama/comedy (currently in development): | |
|---|---|
| The Big One | The Comedy Unit / Channel 4 30′ comedy-drama series – pilot script commissioned (2018) Second script and readthrough commissioned (2019) Writer/Creator/Associate Producer |
| The Deed | Various Artists / Channel 4 60′ comedy-drama – in development with co-creator Charlotte Melia Producer: Roberto Troni Pilot script commissioned for Channel 4 (2019) |
| Nowhere Cove | Lime Pictures Original children’s comedy-drama series Under option |
| The Splash | Kindle Entertainment / Disney UK Original children’s comedy-drama series Pilot script commissioned Co-created and written with Charlotte Melia |
| The Famous Poppelstones | Lime Pictures Original children’s comedy-drama series |
| Feature Film (currently in development): | |
|---|---|
| Vibes & Stuff | Shooting Script Films / DJ Films / BBC Films Original romantic-comedy screenplay (co-written with Nathan Bryon) Funded development with BBC Films (2019) |
| Original TV drama/comedy (previously in development): | |
|---|---|
| Medieval | The Comedy Unit Original teen-comedy series |
| Royal Ranch | Disney UK Development work for Disney comedy-drama series |
| Super Happy Fun Times | BBC Studios Comedy about a group of teenagers working in a theme park. Pilot script commissioned. |
| The Mild Bunch | Hat Trick Productions Hi-concept comedy-drama series – Treatment commissioned |
| Flat White | What Larks Productions Sitcom about a city boy who falls from grace and is forced to take a job with his sister in her independently-run coffee shop |
| Planet of the Tapes | Noho Film & TV Returnable comedy series following a group of friends working in a video shop in 1992 Co-created and written with Charlotte Melia |
| Online | |
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| The Art of Awkward Conversation | Comedy web-series celebrating the bizarre, insipid, or just plain awkwardness of British conversation: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4617F49C54E28874 (writer/producer/director) |
| Producer/Director television credits: | |
|---|---|
| This Morning | ITV Studios / ITV1 Producer/Writer/Director for the daily magazine show |
| The One Show | BBC / BBC1 Producer/Writer/Director for the prime-time BBC1 show |
| Loose Women | ITV Producer/Director for the daily chat show |
| Drop Down Menu | Channel 4 Producer/Writer/Director |
| Fern | Channel 4 Producer/Director for Fern Brittain-hosted daily chat show |
| Galaxy Awards | ITV Producer/Writer/Director |
| TV Book Club | Channel 4 Director |
| Richard & Judy | Channel 4 / Watch Producer/Writer/Director |
| Saturday Kitchen | BBC VT Director |
| Michael Buble: My Kind of Tour | ITV VT Director |
| Celebrity Pressure Cooker | BBC VT Director |
| Short film / online: | |
|---|---|
| The Legendary Jesse Poppelstone | Finalist, Performance Film Comp Short Film – Producer |
| Thought @ Work | Short Film – Producer |
| Dear Patrick | Short Film – Producer |
| Corporate | |
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| Virgin Atlantic ‘Still Demanding’ | Online – producer |
| Various | Stepping Stone Media Online – producer |
| Kallo | Online – producer |
| VNC Cocktails | Online – producer |
| Other production credits: | |
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| Spendaholics | BBC Runner |
| Brainiac | Sky Runner |
| Film: | |
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| A Mighty Heart | Revolution Films Runner |