Bryan Elsley

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Bryan Elsley (born 17 May 1961, Dalkeith) is a television writer.

At university Elsley met and collaborated with Harry Enfield. They created a comedy duo 'Dusty and Dick', and permorming a sell out show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Elsley took up a career in theatrical writing, and then television writing after parting from Enfield.

For 10 years Elsley was artistic director with 'The Pocket Theatre Cumbria' which was based at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre [1]. At that time he was was also writing episodes for TV series Casualty and London's Burning. These, and his short film Govan Ghost Story openned up other opportunities for other television writing. Elsley's big break came when he was commissioned by the BBC him to adapt Iain Banks' novel The Crow Road, for television.

Elsley's work includes:

• "The Crow Road" BBC2 1996,
• "The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star" C4 1998,
• "Nature Boy" BBC2 1999,
• "Complicity", (feature) 2000,
• "40", C4, 2003,
• "Rose and Maloney" ITV 2002-2005, and
• "Skins" C4 2007.

Bryan Elsley has three children. He lives in Islington, London.

[edit] External link

• Bryan Elsley at IMDB