Russell T. Davies
, b. 1963
Russell T. Davies is a British "showrunner", television writer and creator of the new Doctor Who in 2005 (revived on the BBC after a hiatus of sixteen years), The Sarah Jane Adventures (Doctor Who spin off series aimed at children) and Torchwood (Doctor Who spin off series aimed at adults).
Davies was born in Swansea, Wales in 1963. In interviews he describes how his parents were classics teachers and he grew up “in a house full of books” with “stories of Greek mythology” and Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (see here, accessed: June 3, 2018) and Welsh Economic Review 19.1 (2007): 24–25.
Davies’ career in television writing and production started in children’s television at the BBC in the late 1980s, before working on adult drama for ITV, including soap opera Coronation Street and period drama The Grand. From the late 1990s he has created a number of series featuring gay characters including Queer As Folk, Bob & Rose, Cucumber and Banana. He was awarded the OBE in 2008 for services to drama.
Bio prepared by Amanda Potter, Open University, amanda.potter@caramanda.co.uk
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