Andrew Davies

Writer

Agent

Stephen Durbridge
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Television – Current

RABBIT – 12 hours, Adaptation of the John Updike novels

 

SASHENKA – 6 hours, based on the trilogy by Simon Sebag Montefiore

 

DICKENS – 6-part original series on the life of the great writer

 

Television – Recent

A SUITABLE BOY (Lookout Point/BBC One) – 8-part adaptation of the novel by Vikram Seth

 

SANDITON (Red Planet Pictures/ITV) – Adaptation of the unfinished Jane Austen novel

 

LES MISERABLES (Lookout Point/BBC) – 6-part adaptation of the Victor Hugo novel

Starring Dominic West, David Oyelowo, and Lily Collins

 

WAR AND PEACE (BBC One) – 6-part adaptation of the Tolstoy epic

Starring Paul Dano, Lily James, Jim Broadbent, Gillian Anderson, Greta Scaachi

 

A POET IN NEW YORK (Modern TV/BBC Wales)

1 x 90 drama about Dylan Thomas’ last days in the Chelsea Hotel

Starring Tom Hollander

Nominated for a BAFTA for Best Single Drama

 

QUIRKE (BBC) – 3 × 90 adaptation of John Banville’s Benjamin Black novels

Starring Gabriel Byrne

 

MR SELFRIDGE (ITV)

Creator and Executive Producer, with some episodes written by Andrew

10-part original series, starring Jeremy Piven

 

SOUTH RIDING (BBC One) – 3-part adaptation of the novel by Winifred Holtby

Starring Anna Maxwell Martin, David Morrissey, and Penelope Wilton

 

LITTLE DORRIT (BBC One) – 12-part adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel

Starring Matthew McFadyen and Claire Foy

 

AFFINITY (Box TV/ITV) – Adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel

Directed by Tim Fywell

 

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (BBC) – 3-part series based on the Jane Austen classic

Starring Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, and David Morrissey

 

NORTHANGER ABBEY (ITV) – TV film based on the Jane Austen classic

Starring Felicity Jones and Carey Mulligan

 

FANNY HILL (Sally Head Prods./BBC) – 2-part adaptation of the novel by John Cleland

 

A ROOM WITH A VIEW (IWC Media/ITV) – Film adaptation of the novel by E. M. Forster

Starring Elaine Cassidy, Laurence Fox and Rafe Spall

 

DIARY OF A NOBODY (Clerkenwell Films/BBC4)

 

BLEAK HOUSE (BBC One) – 15-part adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens

Nominated for a BAFTA and an EMMY and won the RTS award for Best Drama

 

DANIEL DERONDA (BBC) – 3-part adaptation of the novel by George Eliot

 

TIPPING THE VELVET (Sally Head Prods./BBC) – 3-part adaptation of the novel by Sarah Waters

 

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (BBC) – 6-part adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen

Received both the highest viewing figures of any BBC Classic Serial and the highest audience for any drama transmitted on the Arts & Entertainment Channel in the US.

Starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle

 

HOUSE OF CARDS (BBC) TO PLAY THE KING (BBC), THE FINAL CUT (BBC)

Series based on the Michael Dobbs books, for which Andrew won an Emmy award.

Adapted for US television (MRC/Netflix) 2013 – starring Kevin Spacey

Executive Producer

 

MOTHER LOVE (BBC) – 4-part adaptation of novel by Laura Black

 

A VERY PECULIAR PRACTICE (BBC) – Original TV series

 

Film

THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Impact Pictures / Constantin)

Directed by Paul W Anderson

 

BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (Ecosse Films) – Co-screenplay

 

BRIDGET JONES: THE EDGE OF REASON (Working Title) – Co-screenplay

 

BRIDGET JONES’ DIARY (Working Title) – Co-screenplay

 

THE TAILOR OF PANAMA (Columbia Pictures) – Co-screenplay

 

THE MISOGYNIST

Screenplay based on Piers Paul Read’s novel

 

WINTER IN MADRID (Trademark Films)

Screenplay adaptation of the C.J. Sansom novel

THE MOON IS DOWN (Revel Guest) Current

Adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel

 

Andrew has also written a number of plays for the theatre including ROSE which ran on the West-End and Broadway, starring Glenda Jackson

Call Stephen to discuss Andrew or other Writers

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