Ed Hime

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Ed Hime
NationalityBritish
OccupationScreenwriter, playwright
Known forThe Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body
Doctor Who

Ed Hime is a British screenwriter and playwright, best known for his work with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.[1]

Career[]

Hime has written several plays, such as Small Hours (at Hampstead Theatre), as well London Falls and London Tongue at the Old Red Lion Theatre.[2] He also worked in radio, winning the 2007 Prix Italia award for Best Original Radio Drama for his radio play, The Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body.[3][4]

On television, Hime has written for the fourth and fifth series of the teen drama Skins. Hime was attached to work on a new series of Sapphire & Steel with Luther creator Neil Cross.[5] However, the project was never produced.[6]

In 2018, he wrote the ninth and penultimate episode of the eleventh series of Doctor Who, It Takes You Away.[7][8] He returned to write the third episode of the twelfth series, Orphan 55.[9] He co-wrote the seventh episode of The Watch,[10] which is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett.

Filmography[]

Year Title Notes
2010–11 Skins Episodes: "Emily" and "Liv"
2018–20 Doctor Who Episodes: "It Takes You Away" and "Orphan 55"
2021 The Watch Episode: "Nowhere in the Multiverse"
TBA Lockwood & Co Upcoming Netflix series

References[]

  1. ^ "Ed Hime". United Agents. Archived from the original on 10 December 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Playwrights recruited for new series of Doctor Who". British Theatre. 2018-08-21. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ^ "BBC Radio 3 - the Wire, the Incomplete Recorded Works of a Dead Body". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. ^ Prix Italia, Winners 1949 – 2010, RAI Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "'Luther' Creator Neil Cross to Revive 1970s Sci-fi Series 'Sapphire & Steel'". Variety. 2015-07-09.
  6. ^ "Neil Cross Discusses 'Hard Sun', 'Luther' Movie, 'Escape From New York' Remake". Deadline Hollywood. 2017-12-04.
  7. ^ Ruediger, Ross (3 December 2018). "Doctor Who Recap, Season 11, Episode 9: 'It Takes You Away'". Vulture.com. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  8. ^ Power, Ed (2 December 2018). "Doctor Who, series 11, episode 9, 'It Takes You Away', review: Jodie Whittaker's best outing yet". The Independent. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Doctor Who promises "terrifying" new monsters in scary new episode 'Orphan 55'". Radio Times. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  10. ^ "Terry Pratchett's Discworld The Watch TV Series". Discworld Monthly.

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