Agent: Edward Hughes
Website: www.nick-fisher.co.uk
Creator and writer Nick Fisher’s career has successfully spanned film, drama, comedy, children’s and light entertainment television formats.
He was awarded a BAFTA for Best Children’s Drama for his comedy-drama series The Giblet Boys which ran for two series. He also wrote and created the hit comedy drama series Manchild for the BBC. Since then, Nick has acted as consultant on major network TV series and has written episodes for popular shows such as Hustle, New Tricks, Eastenders and Casualty, the latter of which Nick is now a core writer on.
Nick is also a produced feature film writer and has presented his own TV and radio series for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He has worked as on a range of publications as a freelance journalist and has written various factual books.
Nick is currently developing a number of original television projects with various indies and is also part of the core writing team on the BBC’s Holby City,
currently with over 27 individual episodes to his name.
TV Credits:
CASUALTY – BBC
Two episodes of the popular medical drama series
HOLBY CITY – BBC
Core writer for the long-running hospital drama (2010 – present)
EASTENDERS – BBC
Episode of popular soap opera
CRUSOE – NBC/Power Corps
Episode of adventure series
HUSTLE – Kudos Film & Television / BBC 1
Comedy drama series – one episode for Series IV
DIAMOND GEEZERS 2 – Yorkshire Television ITV
Sequel to the original comedy starring Sir David Jason
THE GIBLET BOYS – Film & General Productions / CITV
Two series. Creator and lead writer of children’s six part comedy drama series
Winner, Children’s BAFTA for Best Drama of 2006
MANCHILD – Sony Television/Showtime USA
Pilot produced by Darren Star (Sex In The City)
NEW TRICKS – Wall to Wall / BBC 1
Detective drama – three episodes for Series I and II
MANCHILD – BBC2
Creator and writer of two series of the comedy drama about middle-aged men refusing to go quietly into old age
Starring Nigel Havers, Anthony Head, Ray Burdis and Don Warrington
Manchild format – sold to Russia (Studio Talan/NTV)
Twelve episodes of Nick’s scripts translated to make Russia’s first adaptation of a British comedy
MOVING STORY – Carlton / ITV
Two episodes of comedy drama series based on an idea by Jack Rosenthal
CHILDREN’S WARD – Granada Television / CITV
Two episodes of the award winning drama series
ONE HOUR WITH JONATHAN ROSS – Channel 4
Writer for the popular Friday night chat show
THE LODGE – Central Television/ Richmond Productions
Children’s comedy drama series set in a pre-fostering care home
(Creator)
BIRDS OF A FEATHER – Alomo Productions/BBC
Episode of the hit situation comedy about two sisters from Essex
Screaming Reels – Channel 4/Kudos
Devisor/Presenter. Long-running, off-beat and award-winning angling series
Other Developed TV Projects:
MANCHILD – Touchstone Television/CBS
NINE LIVES – Developed by Scottish Media Group
Original feature about a destructive cat and its owners attempts to get rid of it
FRENCH EXCHANGE – TalkBack Productions / Buena Vista
Original feature based on annual student exchanges
BUTTERFLY ON A WHEEL – HBO
Feature based on the Rolling Stones’ infamous drug bust of 1967
SKIMMING
Pilot episode for drama series
(Creator and Writer)
Film Credits:
VIRTUAL SEXUALITY – Noel Gay Motion Picture Company/Columbia Tristar
Screen adaptation of the critically acclaimed teen role reversal novel by Chloe Rayban
Directed by Nick Hurran
Theatre Credits:
BASKET CASE
Comedy play starring Nigel Havers
Toured autumn/winter 2011
Radio Credits:
DIRTY TACKLE BBC Radio Five Live
Devisor, writer, presenter of weekly off-beat insight into the angling world
Consultant:
BIG CAT DIARIES (BBC1) (Natural History Unit), Incredible Journeys BBC 1 (NHU) IS HARRY ON THE BOAT? PlanetRapido, ULTIMATE KILLERS BBC 1 (NHU), EXTREME ANIMALS BBC 1 (NHU), CONFIDENCE LAB BBC2, THE EX-FILES (Channel 4)
Journalism:
Independent, Guardian, The Sun (weekly film column for four years), The Mirror, The Mail, Sunday Times, Smash Hits, Radio Times, TV Hits, TV Guide, The Ecologist, Shooting Times (weekly column), Family Circle, New Woman, More!, Just 17 (monthly ‘agony uncle’ column for 18 years).
Published Books:
POT LUCK Peridot Press
Crime novel.
THE RIVER COTTAGE FISH BOOK – (BLOOMSBURY)
Co written with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Andre Simon Cookery Book of the Year Award 2007
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO KISSING – (Macmillan)
YOUR POCKET GUIDE TO SEX – (Penguin)
LIVING WITH A WILLY – (Macmillan)
BOYS ABOUT BOYS – (Macmillan)
INSIDE MEN’S MINDS – (Piccadilly)