Tom is a writer, director and producer for television comedy, drama and factual. Tom’s 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. He also has original comedy series in development with Kindle Entertainment and BBC Studios, and is working on a number of new projects with his sister Charlotte Melia. Tom also writes regular episodes as a member of the core-writing team for Channel 4’s Hollyoaks and was also part of the writers room on the second series of new children’s drama Free Rein for Netflix.
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: | |
|---|---|
| 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) 35 x 30 minute episodes |
| Free Rein | Lime Pictures / Netflix Writers room for the second season of the children’s drama series |
| Original TV drama/comedy (in development): | |
|---|---|
| The Splash | Kindle Entertainment Children’s comedy-drama set in a school newspaper office |
| Medieval | The Comedy Unit Original teen-comedy series |
| Mopey Dick | The Comedy Unit Original short-form comedy series |
| Super Happy Fun Times | BBC Studios Comedy about a group of teenagers working in a theme park. Pilot script commissioned. |
| Original TV drama/comedy (previously in development): | |
|---|---|
| The Mild Bunch | Hat Trick Productions Hi-concept comedy-drama series – 6 x 30 minutes |
| 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: | |
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| 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 |