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Stephen Russell Davies OBE FRSL (born 27 April 1963), better known as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer whose works include Queer as Folk, Bob & Rose, The Second Coming, Casanova, the 2005 revival of the BBC One science fiction franchise Doctor Who, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Cucumber, A Very English Scandal, Years and Years, It's a Sin and Nolly.

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Caron, Nathalie (5 May 2015). "Russell T Davies' first Doctor Who story brought to life by Sylvester McCoy". Syfy Wire. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021 . Retrieved 24 September 2021.Since his departure from Doctor Who, Davies has continued to receive recognition for his work: in 2016, Davies won a British Academy Craft Award in the category of "Best Writer: Drama" for Cucumber; [230] in 2017, A Midsummer Night's Dream was nominated for BAFTA Cymru's "Best Feature/Television Film Award"; [231] in 2019, A Very English Scandal was nominated for four awards—a British Academy Television Award for "Best Mini-Series", a British Academy Craft Award for "Best Writer: Drama", a British Academy Cymru Award for "Best Writer", and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special—and won the Cymru Award; [232] [233] [234] [131] and in 2020, Years and Years was nominated for the British Academy Cymru Award for "Best Writer". [235] In July 2022, Davies was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature for his contributions to television. [236] Personal life [ edit ] In 1994, Davies relinquished all of his producing jobs, and was offered a scriptwriting role on the late-night soap opera Revelations, created by him, Tony Wood, and Brian B. Thompson. The series was a tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of organised religion, and featured his first overtly homosexual character: a lesbian vicar portrayed by Sue Holderness, who came out of the closet in a two-hander episode with Carole Nimmons. [25]

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After his partner developed cancer in late 2011, Davies returned to the UK. He co-created the CBBC science fantasy drama Wizards vs Aliens, and created Cucumber, a Channel 4 series about middle-aged gay men in the Manchester gay scene; Banana, an E4 series about young LGBT people in the Cucumber universe; and Tofu, an All 4 documentary series which discussed LGBT issues. Davies's later work for BBC One in the 2010s include A Midsummer Night's Dream, a television film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play; A Very English Scandal, a miniseries adaptation of John Preston's novel of the same name; and Years and Years, a drama series which follows a Manchester family affected by political, economic, and technological changes to Britain over 15 years. Davies returned to Channel 4 for a third time in 2021 as creator of It's a Sin, a semi-autobiographical drama about the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and 1990s. Doctor Who's Russell T Davies creates new CBBC TV series Wizards vs Aliens". BBC News. 23 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012 . Retrieved 25 January 2012.

Aitkenhead, Decca (27 May 2016). "Russell T Davies: 'It sounds like a sex version of Midsummer Night's Dream. And it's not' ". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016 . Retrieved 27 May 2016. Channel 4 Crowned Top TV Network". BBC News. 28 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 January 2009 . Retrieved 24 July 2010.

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Spencer, Samuel. "Years and Years on BBC title card: Who is Andrew Smith? Why is it dedicated to him?". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019 . Retrieved 23 June 2019. a b c Brown, Maggie (19 November 2013). "Russell T Davies to explore 21st-century gay life in two Channel 4 dramas". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 November 2013 . Retrieved 23 November 2013. Kanter, Jake (10 December 2020). "Lenny Henry Teams With Russell T Davies For ITV Drama On Caribbean Immigrants Forging New Lives In Britain". Deadline . Retrieved 8 March 2022. a b Barraclough, Leo (15 January 2015). " 'Queer as Folk', 'Doctor Who' Writer Russell T. Davies to Pen '80s-Set AIDS Drama 'The Boys' ". Variety. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015 . Retrieved 29 January 2015.Previous Recipients". Honorary Fellows. Cardiff University. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014 . Retrieved 5 July 2011. Pinc List 2017". Wales Online. 19 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017 . Retrieved 20 August 2017. When he creates new scripts, Davies considers the dénouement of a story to be representative of the work. He often formulates both the scene and its emotional impact early in the process, but writes the scenes last due to his belief that "[later scenes] can't exist if they aren't informed by where they've come from". [161] Davies is a strong advocate for the continued use of the cliffhanger ending and opposes advertising that sacrifices the impact of storytelling. In pursuit of his quest, he instructs editors to remove scenes from press copies of episodes he writes; cliffhangers were removed from the review copies of the Doctor Who episodes " Army of Ghosts", [162] " The Stolen Earth", [163] and the first part of " The End of Time", [164] and Rose Tyler's unadvertised appearance in " Partners in Crime" was excised. [165] In an interview with BBC News shortly after the transmission of episode "The Stolen Earth", he argued that the success of a popular television series is linked to how well producers can keep secrets and create a "live experience": [166] After Cucumber, Davies returned to the BBC in 2016 to produce A Midsummer Night's Dream, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. Davies credits the play as "opening his eyes to drama" after he starred in a school version of the play as Bottom. [129]

Under his tenure, Doctor Who won five consecutive National Television Awards between 2005 and 2010. [195] [196] [197] [198] [199] He has also been nominated for three Hugo Awards, all in the category of " Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form": in 2007, the story comprising " Army of Ghosts" and " Doomsday" was defeated by Steven Moffat's " The Girl in the Fireplace"; [200] in 2009, the episode " Turn Left" was defeated by Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog; [201] and in 2010, all three of his scripts which were eligible for the award, " The Next Doctor", the Davies– Roberts collaboration " Planet of the Dead", and the Davies– Ford collaboration " The Waters of Mars", were nominated: the award was won by "The Waters of Mars" and the other episodes took second and third place. [202] [203] His last nominations for working on the Doctor Who franchise came in 2010, when the first episode of Torchwood: Children of Earth was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Screenwriter, [204] and in 2011 when The Sarah Jane Adventures was nominated by BAFTA for the Best Children's Drama award. [205] The 100 most powerful people in British culture: 41-60". The Telegraph. 18 March 2017. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018 . Retrieved 2 April 2018. Dark Season uses concepts seen in his tenure as executive producer of Doctor Who: " School Reunion", written by Toby Whithouse, shares its concept of the antagonist using computers in a comprehensive school to take over the world; " Army of Ghosts" unexpectedly brings together the series' two major villains for the final episode; and the characters of Marcie and her friends are similar, albeit unintentionally, to the structure of the Doctor and their companions. [14] Dark Season was the first series he was credited as "Russell T Davies"—the initial arbitrarily chosen to distinguish himself from the BBC Radio 4 presenter—and the first series he was commissioned to write a novelisation: it features a more ambiguous climax and foreshadows a sequel set in an arcade similar to the one featured in The Sarah Jane Adventures serial, Warriors of Kudlak. [17] Let's start the movement': Russell T Davies reveals views on Welsh independence". The National. 26 January 2021. Television Craft: Writer in 2009". Award Database. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 30 January 2015.

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