Robert is a BAFTA-winning writer and Executive Producer for television drama and young-adult/ children’s series. He is currently developing two drama series with Nicola Schinder’s Quay Street Productions, an original comedy-drama for Luti Media and ITV2, and an original drama for Joe Donaldson’s Magic Hour Television.
Robert wrote the BBC3 docu-dramas Is This Rape? Sex on Trial, which was nominated for Best Original Programme at the Broadcast Awards 2017, and the recent Is This Coercive Control? for BBC3. Robert has also previously written regular episodes for BBC1’s Eastenders, Casualty and Channel 4’s Hollyoaks. For children’s and young-adult, Robert was lead-writer and Executive Producer across two seasons of his original horror-anthology drama series Creeped Out (with co-creator Bede Blake) for CBBC and DHX, which Netflix picked up the worldwide streaming rights for. Creeped Out won the Best Drama BAFTA at the children’s awards 2019. For writing it was nominated for a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award and a British Screenwriters Award.
| Awards: | |
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| BAFTA AWARD: WINNER | Creeped Out Season 2: Best Drama Series at the children’s awards (2019) Writer/Co-Creator/Executive Producer |
| Original TV series (in development): | |
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| The Dancing Face | Quay Street Productions TV Drama adaptation of the best-selling Mike Phillips novel – co-written with Mo Ali (2023) Exec Producer: Nicola Schindler |
| Upton Park | Quay Street Productions Original horror series – co-created and co-written with Mo Ali (Pilot Script commissioned 2022) Exec Producer: Nicola Schindler |
| The Warlord | Magic Hour Television Original drama series co-created and co-written with Mo Ali (2023) Exec Producer: Joe Donaldson |
| Glitches | Luti Media / ITV Original comedy-drama about gamers – co-created and co-written with Mo Ali (Pilot Script commissioned 2023) Exec Producer: Nana Hughes |
| TV Writer (broadcast credits): | |
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| River City | BBC Studios / BBC Scotland Episodes for the continuing-drama series (2021-present) |
| Is This Coercive Control? | BBC / BBC3 Documentary drama looking at the issue of coercive control in a domestic environment (TX: 2020) 1 x 60 minute episode |
| The Dumping Ground – Season 10 | CBBC Drama / BBC Returning writer for the 30′ children’s drama series +story conferences (2021-2022) |
| Creeped Out – Season 2 | CBBC / DHX / Netflix Original horror anthology series- 10 x 30 minute episodes Writer/Co-Creator/Executive Producer (TX: 2019) Winner of the Best Drama Children’s BAFTA 2019 Nominated for Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program/Series at the Canadian Screen Awards (2020) |
| The Dumping Ground – Season 9 | CBBC Drama / BBC Writer for the 30′ children’s drama series +story conferences (2020-21) |
| Strikeback – Season 8 | Left Bank Pictures / Sky Drama Writers’ room for season 8 of the prime-time action-drama series (2019) |
| Eastenders | BBC Drama / BBC1 Regular contributor for the long-running series (2016-2018) 8 x 30 minute episodes |
| Is This Rape? Sex on Trial | BBC / BBC3 Documentary-drama looking at the point of view of both a rapist and rape victim (2017) (1 x 60 minute epsiode – writer of all scripted-drama scenes) Nominated for Best Original Programme at the Broadcast Awards 2017 |
| Creeped Out – Season 1 | CBBC / DHX / Netflix Original horror anthology series 13 x 30 minute minute episodes Writer/Co-Creator/Executive Producer Nominated for WGGB Screenwriting Award (2019) Nominated for British Screenwriting Award (2019) Nominated for Best Drama at Royal Television Society North Awards (2019) Nominated for Best New Series at Kidscreen Awards (2019) |
| Dixi | Kindle Entertainment / CBBC Drama Episodes for the fourth series of the interactive children’s drama series |
| Casualty | BBC Drama / BBC1 Episode for the prime-time medical drama series (2016) 1 x 60 minute episode |
| Hollyoaks | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Writer for the Channel 4 soap (2010-2015) 75 + episodes commissioned |
| Hollyoaks Later | Lime Pictures / E4 60-minute episode for the E4 spin-off series (2011) |
| Gigglebiz | CBBC / BBC1 Writer for the children’s comedy series 6 episodes across series one and two (2009-2011) |
| Freshers | Lime Pictures / Channel 4 Writer for the online Hollyoaks spin-off – episodes 1, 2 & 6 (2010) |
| Kerwhizz | CBBC / BBC1 Episode for the children’s series (2008) |
| Nuzzle and Scratch | CBBC / BBC1 Episode for the children’s series (2008) |
| Original TV series (previously in development): | |
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| Dead Endz | Abbott Vision Original horror-drama series – co-created and co-written with Mo Ali (optioned) Exec Producers: Paul Abbott & Martin Carr |
| The Red Harlequin | Pantomimus Media / Omnifilm Writer & Co-creator of proposed drama series based on the book series by Roberto Ricci Pilot Script and Series Bible commissioned Producer: Lisa Hryniewicz Exec Producers: Rick Porras |
| Video Nasties | Wall to Wall Television Original horror drama series – optioned |
| Freaked | Chrysalis TV Original supernatural drama series – optioned |
| Mumble Bay | Palma Pictures Original supernatural drama series – optioned |
| 666th Form | Proposed supernatural drama series (Spec script) |
| As Script Executive: | |
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| What’s Good? | Bryncoed Pictures Script Executive for the drama series in development Exec Producer: Foz Allan |
| Short Film: | |
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| Shark Hunt | Channel 4 Writer & Director of short film for the 24-hour Film Challenge (Runner Up and Jury’s Favourite) Screened at Cannes Film Fesitval, ICA and Shaftesbury Avenue Cineworld |