Neil Jones

Neil’s many credits include the award winning CBBC/Netflix show The Worst Witch (lead writer), for which he has also received a 2019 WGGB nomination for Best Children’s TV Episode.

Among many other programmes he has written on Emmy Award-winning Free Rein (Netflix), Wolfblood (CBBC), 2 seasons of the award winning House of Anubis (Nickelodeon) The Evermoor Chronicles and The Lodge (both Disney) as well as the classic series Grange Hill for CBBC, writing the last ever episode.

As a writer of adult drama, Neil co-created supernatural drama Bedlam for Sky and has worked on a wide range of series and soaps over his career so far, across all channels, including Waterloo Road (BBC), The Bill (ITV) and Hollyoaks (C4) for which he has written over 80 episodes including the first late-night spin off Breaking Boundaries. He was also a regular writer for Brookside and wrote the series spin-off feature film Unfinished Business.

Neil currently has multiple original projects in commissioned development with a number of producers including an adult horror anthology, a children’s sci-fi, a children’s fantasy and movie based on existing IP.