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Jeff Povey is a Scottish screenwriter[2] and author,[3] best known for his extensive work in British television.

Jeff Povey
Born	Bridge of Allan[1]
Occupation	screenwriter, author
Years active	1993–present

Career

After his two-man play Tidy, Povey started writing television since the early 1990s, with Stay Lucky. He has written multiple episodes of long running continuing dramas, such as Casualty,[4] its spinoff Holby City,[5] and EastEnders,.[2]

Other television series, covering a wide array of genres, he wrote for include children's drama The Dumping Ground, action-adventures Hooten and the Lady and The Musketeers, and crime series such as Silent Witness,[6] Kingdom[7] and Midsomer Murders.[8] In 2002, he directed the short film Blowing It.[9]

In 2006 his first novel, The Serial Killers Club, was published.[10] In 2014 his second novel (part of a trilogy) "SHIFT", was published.[3] The second book in the trilogy was published on 23 April 2015, titled "DELETE". On 23 March 2017 the final book titled “ESCAPE” was released, concluding the trilogy.[11]

References

External links

• Jeff Povey at IMDb
• Interview at channel4.com
• Blowing It at IMDb
• Blowing It screenplay at channel4.com

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