Philip Gladwin

A highly experienced screenwriter, development executive and educator, with long experience of many different genres across TV, film and radio. Philip has over 60 TV broadcast credits in both primetime and children’s drama. He has developed for many long running TV series, and has been commissioned to write scripts by people like Lynda La Plante, Russell T Davies and Tony Garnett. He is also strong at series construction, having worked on many bibles and series story documents, and has helped to create seasons of some of the UK's most loved shows. The series of The Dumping Ground on which he was series script editor received two BAFTA nominations, including best Childrens’ Drama, and won a Writers Guild Award.

Writing Credits

Television and Film:

THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES 2 x 25” episodes (BBC)

TRIAL AND RETRIBUTION 2 x 90” episodes (La Plante Productions)

WHAT IF… 1 x 60” current affairs drama (BBC)

THE BILL – staff writer, 9 episodes (ITV)

HOLBY CITY – 1 episode(BBC)

MURDER CITY 1 x 90” (Granada)

GRANGE HILL – 5 episodes (BBC)

ARMED RESPONSE 2 x 60” episodes (World Productions/Cougar Films)

MURDER FILES 12 x 15” internet drama (World Productions)

Radio:

MAD GIRL 1 x 45" Afternoon Play (BBC Radio 4)

LEGSY GETS A BREAK 5x 15” series (BBC Radio 4)

Theatre:

KISS CHASE 1 x 90" play (Talking Scarlet National Tour)

THE CHOSEN ONES 1 x 90” play (Talking Scarlet National Tour)

Script Development

Head of Development - Bentley Productions

Series Script Editor – NEW TRICKS (Headstrong Pictures)

Series Script Editor – THE DUMPING GROUND (BBC)

Script Doctor – AN BRONNTANAS (TG4)

Script Editor:

World Productions Development

THE BILL (Thames TV)

CASUALTY (BBC)

BERKELEY SQUARE (BBC)

BBC Series

BBC Single Drama Development

Awards

National Journalists Award
Nomination – MAD GIRL

Sony Awards
Nomination – LEGSY GETS A BREAK

Dennis Potter Award
Entered by World Productions – SAFE CITY and EYE OF THE LENS