Jonathan Paul Harvey Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jonathan Harvey was born in Liverpool in 1968, and was educated at Hull University (Psychology and Education) before moving to London, where he worked for four years as a special-needs teacher at a comprehensive school in Thamesmead, the area where his film Beautiful Thing (1996) is set. He started writing at the age of 16, with his play "The ...
Is there snobbishness about a playwright doing soaps? It's regular work. With TV you do a lot of things that never see the light of day. It's liberating to write something you know is going to appear on screen. When I first started, the character Todd was just coming out as gay. It was a fantastic opportunity to tell that story in a responsible way. The episode where he told his girlfriend got 13million viewers, which is slightly different to putting on a play at an 80-seater theatre. I also like how Corrie can do drama and comedy in 23 minutes. Others don't do it so well. (On writing for Coronation Street (1960))
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Journalists hated it but viewers didn't. It went from BBC2 to BBC1, got three series and a Christmas special. The gay press wasn't very happy because it featured a camp, outrageous gay man and they didn't like that. It was just supposed to be a cartoon. I was mortified when those reviews first came out. (On Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999))
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Fact
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In the Independent on Sunday [UK] 2006 Pink LIst - a list of the most influential gay men and women - Harvey came no. 70, down from no.46.
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He was awarded the 1994 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright for Babies.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tracey Ullman's Show
TV Series 1 episode, 2017 written by - 4 episodes, 2016
Coronation Street
TV Series written by - 220 episodes, 2004 - 2017 writer - 11 episodes, 2004 - 2007
You, Me & Them
2015
TV Series written by - 3 episodes
Great Night Out
TV Series written by - 3 episodes, 2013 additional material by - 3 episodes, 2013
Panto!
2012
TV Movie written by
Shameless
2012
TV Series 2 episodes
Rev.
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Beautiful People
2008-2009
TV Series writer - 12 episodes
Octavia
2009
TV Movie written by
Britannia High
2008
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Lilies
2007
TV Series
The Catherine Tate Show
2006
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Last Laugh
2005
TV Series
Twisted Tales
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Big Brother Panto
2004
TV Series
Best Friends
2004
TV Series screenplay - 5 episodes
Von Trapped
2004
TV Movie
Life Beyond the Box: Margo
2003
TV Movie
Spine Chillers
2003
TV Series writer
At Home with the Braithwaites
2003
TV Series 2 episodes
Birthday Girl
2002
TV Movie
Gimme Gimme Gimme
TV Series by - 19 episodes, 1999 - 2001 written by - 13 episodes, 1999 - 2000
$1.1 Million
