Mike is one of the UK's leading radio dramatists and is also a feature and documentary writer and published author. His awards include the Drama Award (World Service) in 2001's Sony Radio Awards for his original play ALPHA, the 1991 Sony Award for Best Original Script and most recently a Sony Silver Community Award for the drama OXFORD ROAD. As well as writing original plays, Mike has adapted numerous books for Radio 4, both contemporary and classic, including WAR AND PEACE, DAVID COPPERFIELD, A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH and a number of Agatha Christie titles. He was part of the WESTWAY writing team for several years and wrote the script for THE DARK HOUSE - BBC Radio 4's first foray into interactive drama - which was broadcast in September 2003 and recently won a BAFTA interactive award. He has written several books, most recently LONG WAY HOME about a real life convict escape story, published by Wiley.

Credits

Original Plays (including)

2008

FORTY THREE, FIFTY NINE YARA
Radio script with Goldhawk Productions for BBC Radio 4

2007

DICKENS CONFIDENTIAL - BBC Radio 4
4 scripts commissioned

SLAUGHTERHOUSE 30,000 (Corporation for Independent Media/Radio 4)
60 minute play commissioned

FORTY THREE FIFTH NINE (Goldhawk Productions/Radio 4)
Original 45 minute script commissioned (developed with John Dryden)

THE M27 PROJECT (BBC Radio Solent)
Play commissioned

CITY SPEAKS (Radio 4)
Short play commissioned for mixed media (radio/film) project

DROWNING (Watershed/Radio 4)
Original afternoon play commissioned and broadcast

BABEL'S TOWER (Radio 3)
90 minute radio play

2005 HOOLIGAN NIGHTS (Radio 3)
Commissioned to write play

AT HOME WITH THE HENSONS - Radio 4
Original radio play commissioned in conjunction with Open University.

THE INTERACTIVE MURDER - BBC Radio Berkshire
60 minute drama commissioned

2004 OXFORD ROAD BBC Radio Berkshire
Drama - winner of Silver Community Award at 2005 Sony Awards.

2004 TIDE RACE - BBC World Service
60 minute radio play commissioned

D DAY PROJECT - Radio 4
2 hour original play broadcast to mark D Day anniversary

2003 THE DARK HOUSE - Radio 4
Radio play and interactive drama (via www.bbc.co.uk) Winner of an Interactive BAFTA in 2004

2001 UNCERTAINTY- Radio 4
45 minute original play

2000 ALPHA - BBC World Service
(Also broadcast on Radio 4 in 2001)

THE PATRICK NICHOLLS STORY - Radio 4

BURIED BY GLASS - BBC Radio 4

OMEGA BBC World Service (for World Play season)
Worldplay Awards, 2002 Best script, best production

1999 THREE DIVIDED BY TWO -Radio 4

1997 SILVERTOWN - Radio 4 Thursday Afternoon Play

1995 THE MAKING OF NAPOLEON - Radio 4

1994 ACT OR DIE - Radio 4
Wednesday Afternoon Play

THE SOUND OF FURY- Radio 4

1993 ORPHENS - Radio 4

1991 SOMETHING HAPPENED - Radio 4

1989 TEXAS AND THE POPPY FIELDS - Radio 4

DIFFERENT STATES - Radio 4
Society of Authors Awards for best script 1991/Sony Award for best play 1991

Adaptations (including)

2007
DOMBEY AND SON (Radio 4)
20 part adaptation commissioned and broadcast on Woman's Hour

VELDT (Corporation for Independent Media/Radio 4)
Adaptation commissioned

2006 KIPPS - Fiction Factory/Radio 4
2 hour adaptation of H G Wells' novel commissioned

2005 DAVID COPPERFIELD - BBC Radio 4
26 part Woman's Hour serial broadcast

THE RAZETSKY MARCH - BBC Radio 3
2 hour adaptation commissioned

2004 THE WOMAN IN BLACK - Fiction Factory/Radio 4
Adaptation of Susan Hill novel commissioned and broadcast

2003 CAESAR - Radio 4
2 x 60 minute classic serial commissioned

THEY SAY I SHOT A MAN AND KILLED HIM - Radio 4

THE IPCRESS FILE - Radio 4 "Saturday play"
Commissioned to adapt Len Deighton novel

2002-2003 THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP - BBC- Woman's Hour
26 episodes broadcast December 2002/January 2003
Winner of Talkies Drama Award for audio edition

2002 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH - Radio 4

THE OFFICERS WARD - Fiction Factory/Radio 4

PATHS OF GLORY - Radio 4

2001 ANTONIA - Radio 4

I HAVE NO MOUTH, AND I MUST SCREAM - Radio 4

CROSSING THE WATER - Watershed Productions/Radio 4

SWAN SONG (Agatha Christie) - BBC Radio 4

MAGNOLIA BLOSSOM (Agatha Christie) - BBC Radio 4

2000 THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN - Radio 4

THE AFRICAN QUEEN - Radio 4 - Classic Serial

THE SINGAPORE GRIP - Radio 4 - Classic Serial

THE ISLAND OF THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY - Watershed Productions/Radio 4

THE TUNNEL UNDER THE WORLD - Radio 4

NEUROMANCER - World Service

1999 J EDGAR HOOVER - Radio 4
Series of dramatisations

BOUND FEET AND WESTERN DRESS - Radio 4

WILLIAM AND HENRY JAMES SELECTED LETTERS - Radio 4

1000 YEARS OF ENGLISH - Radio 4 -Afternoon Play
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT - Radio 4

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY - Radio 4's Daily Serial (with Georgia Pritchett)
Winner of VLV award for best dramatic adaptation

1997 WAR AND PEACE - Radio 4 (with Marcy Kahan)
10 x 60 minutes - Talkies Award best adaptation (audio)

1996 LAST ORDERS - Radio 4 Monday Afternoon Play
WHITE JAZZ - Radio 4 (part of American Noir Series)

1994 THE TIN DRUM - Radio 4
Writers Guild Award best adaptation

1994 THE WAR AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Mario Vargas
Llosa) - Radio 4

1993 THE LUCAN FILE - Radio 4

Other script Writing (including)

2003 D DAY PROJECT - BBC Radio 4
Commissioned to help develop special event to celebrate the 2004 anniversary

1998-2000 WESTWAY - BBC World Service
One of lead writers

1998-1999 UNDER ONE ROOF - Radio 4ï - Daily Serialï

1997 Script writer for Monday Afternoon Series

1995 JONATHAN SWIFT - select and compile and original writing

Several dramas and documentaries for Radio 5.

Script Editing (including)

TV
THE ROMAN EMPIRE - Educational series for TV, which won the gold medal of the Royal Television Society; THE VICTORIANS

RADIO
BLEAK HOUSE; THE HANDMAID'S TALE; A SUITABLE BOY

Prose

LONG WAY HOME - An account of the convict, Mary Bryant's, escape in 18th century Australia, published by Wiley 2005

POWDERPUFF DERBY - An account of the American all female aviation race - published by Wiley 2003

AUSTRALIAS, A HISTORY to go with the 13-hour documentary series; three novels based on the television series CASUALTY; the novel TAKEOVER, now out in paperback.