Julian Simpson

Julian Simpson is a British writer and director working in film, television and audio. He is best known for his radio plays for BBC Radio, most of which take place within his "Pleasant Green" universe with loose connections to each other, including The Lovecraft Investigations series, based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft.

Simpson's other works include writing and directing the 1999 film The Criminal, released when he was 23,[1] and the 2013 audio play Kokomo; he also wrote and/or directed for television, including episodes of 24, Doctor Who, Hustle, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, New Tricks, and Spooks.[2] Some of his most frequent audio collaborators include actress Nicola Walker, featured in all of his Pleasant Green works, actress Phoebe Fox, and producer Karen Rose.

Simpson began working on New Tricks Series 5 in 2008, directing two episodes of the show that year and going to write and direct one to three episodes each season until the show's cancelation in 2015. In 2012, during the production of Series 10, Simpson took to Twitter to criticize actor Amanda Redman after Redman complained that the series' writing had become "bland."[3]

  1. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (2001-01-12). "Review: The Criminal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
  2. ^ Hand, Richard (2015-11-01). Listen in terror: British horror radio from the advent of broadcasting to the digital age. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-0257-7.
  3. ^ Plunkett, John (2012-08-21). "New Tricks writer launches four-letter Twitter tirade over stars' criticism". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-06-19.