Brian B. Thompson
Brian B. Thompson is a BAFTA-nominated British television, theatre and radio writer whose work includes BBC1's Byker Grove, for which he penned over 50 episodes, Grafters, The Bill and Coronation Street. He also created the continuing detective series Trueman and Riley, broadcast on BBC7 and BBC Radio 4 from 2002 to present (Producer, Toby Swift). Brian co-created the regional soap Quayside (Director Tom Hopper) for Tyne Tees TV and worked on the first series of Revelations for Granada (Producer, Tony Wood). Theatre includes Derby Day (London Fringe Awards, Best Comedy), produced by Yorkshire Theatre Company. Brian has also written a number of radio plays including Soap Gets in Your Eyes (Friday Play) and Full English (Afternoon Play).