Ashley Pharoah
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Ashley Pharoah (born September 13, 1959) is a British television writer, co-creator of the successful drama series Life on Mars, which began on BBC One in 2006. After studying at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield in the 1980s, Pharoah began his television writing career on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, on which he worked for three years.
As well as co-creating Life on Mars and its spin-off Ashes to Ashes, Pharoah has written for Hustle from the same production company, Kudos Film & Television. He has also written for the popular BBC One drama series Casualty and Silent Witness, and scripted an adaptation of Tom Brown's Schooldays, starring Stephen Fry, for the ITV1 network in 2005. He also created the long-running ITV series Where the Heart Is, and Down to Earth for the BBC. Other work includes creating the series Wild at Heart for Company Pictures and adapting Under the Greenwood Tree for Ecosse Films.
In 2006 he formed Monastic Productions with the writer Matthew Graham (co-creator of Life on Mars). Monastic Productions are involved in the Life on Mars spin-off Ashes to Ashes and co-producing Bonekickers, a 6-part drama series about archaeology, set in Bath. Both series are productions for BBC One.
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