{"id":92,"date":"2020-05-19T13:38:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/athanpress.spiffingbookcovers.com\/?page_id=92"},"modified":"2022-06-16T16:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T16:55:56","slug":"author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spiffingwebsites.com\/douglaswatkinson\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\"Douglas\n

\n\t\tDouglas Watkinson is an English novelist, playwright and screenwriter.\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

Douglas cannot remember a time when he didn’t write and has written literally hundreds of television scripts, contributing to many popular series. Among his favourites are\u00a0Lovejoy, Boon, Forever Green, Agatha Christie’s Poirot<\/strong><\/em> and Midsomer Murders<\/strong><\/em>. The latter’s worldwide audience numbers a staggering\u00a0one billion people.<\/p>\n

Douglas is the author of The Nathan Hawk Mysteries<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0a series of crime novels.\u00a0They celebrate the unpredictable Nathan Hawk – a sacked police officer turned private investigator. \u00a0<\/p>\n

As well as the Nathan Hawk stories, Douglas has recently published a\u00a0 standalone novel, The Occasional Jonas Kemble<\/strong><\/em>. It tells the story of a beleaguered theatrical dynasty with a problem they need to solve before it destroys them.<\/p>\n

Douglas was born into an army family and his father served throughout World War II and beyond. He was killed in Palestine in 1947. His death was the inspiration for one of several stage-plays, The Wall<\/strong><\/em>, in which a middle aged man visits a military cemetery in Ramleh, Israel and meets a young British soldier who turns out to be his father.<\/p>\n

Educated at\u00a0Haberdashers’ Aske’s, Douglas then attended East 15 Acting School where his first plays were performed. Whilst there he met his wife Lesley and they now live in Buckinghamshire countryside with their two German Shepherd dogs. Their four grown up children have left home. Allegedly.<\/p>\n

Other work<\/h2>\n

After leaving drama school, Douglas worked for Decca Records, writing the backs of record sleeves. A year later he had his first play produced by the BBC and so began a writing career in television. He was fortunate enough to never be out of work and has been the sole writer or regular contributor for the following series:<\/p>\nZ Cars<\/strong><\/em>
\nLate Night Theatre<\/strong><\/em>
\nSpy Trap<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Onedin Line<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Brothers<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Professionals<\/strong><\/em>
\nFor Maddie With Love<\/strong><\/em>
\nMaybury<\/strong><\/em>
\nJuliet Bravo<\/strong><\/em>
\nSweet Sixteen<\/strong><\/em>
\nEmmerdale<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe New Statesman<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Bill<\/strong><\/em>
\nBoon<\/strong><\/em>
\nHoward’s Way<\/strong><\/em>
\nForever Green<\/strong><\/em>
\nAnna Lee<\/strong><\/em>
\nLovejoy<\/strong><\/em>
\nPoirot<\/strong><\/em>
\nKavanagh QC<\/strong><\/em>
\nNew Tricks<\/strong><\/em>
\nHeartbeat<\/strong><\/em>
\nMidsomer Murder<\/strong><\/em>\n

Douglas has also written for radio and the theatre. His stage plays include:<\/p>\nLet’s Do It My Way<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Dragon’s Tale<\/strong><\/em>
\nCaesar and Me<\/strong><\/em>
\nThe Wall<\/strong><\/em>\n

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