Writer and director

Graham Woolnough started his stage work with sketches and gags for Les Dennis Laughter Show, News Huddlines, BBC Scotland, and BBC TV’s Student Choice which won the Royal Television Society Award three times. Subsequently, his sitcom One Night Up Front was commissioned by Carlton as well as Sadly and Daughter. Also, Cine TV Paris optioned his political satire Brussels Bound for Canal Plus in France, after which he worked on The Tale of Tzar Saltan for stage and video in Dublin, Munich and St. Petersburg. In 2004, Graham received the Comedy Writer of the Year Award for his comedy-drama Matt & Cindy (presented at the British Academy for Film, Television and Arts, BAFTA), which was later developed at BBC Scotland. Graham wrote and directed the short film Bench (screened at the Notting Hill Film Festival and BAFTA), Reunion (shown at the Cannes Film Festival), and the feature film project Flaith (for BBC’s Tony Doyle Bursary). His play Tea with the Old Queen, which he wrote, directed and produced back then, toured throughout the UK and received many enthusiastic reviews. Graham is a member of BAFTA, the Concert Artists Association, and the Writers Guild of Great Britain.