Gregory Evans

Agent: Conrad Williams

 Biography: Since his first play was transmitted on BBC 2 in 1990, Gregory Evans has had over forty television drama scripts produced, contributing to popular long-running shows CASUALTY and THE BILL as well as a number of successful anthology series.

He’s written even more for radio: original dramas, series and serials, as well as dramatisations based on works by (among others) Joseph Roth, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, Graham Greene, Thomas Hardy, John Cheever, Stephen King, Martin Amis and H. E. Bates. His original thriller series, BLOOD AND MILK, set in 1890s Whitechapel and based on his own family's history, aired for four series on BBC Radio 4 and is now available on BBC Sounds.

His original stage play SHIRLEYMANDER was produced at the Playground Theatre in London in May-June 2018; he adapted Bates’s FAIR STOOD THE WIND FOR FRANCE for the Royal Theatre, Northampton.

He’s written a bestselling children’s book, as well as short stories, features and reviews for The Observer, the Guardian, Harper’s & Queen, Woman’s Journal and various little magazines. He has also been a film critic for Harper’s.

Gregory is a career-long member of the Writers’ Guild and has served on its Executive Council. He’s a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts; and a mentor for the London Film School.