Ashley Pharoah is a multi-award winning, screenwriter, showrunner and playwright.

He studied screenwriting at The National Film And Television School, where his graduation film WATER’S EDGE was nominated for a BAFTA. Ashley was made an Honorary Fellow of The National Film And Television School, and in 2016, he was made a Doctor of Letters by Bath Spa University for his contribution to screenwriting and television production.

After cutting his teeth on EASTENDERS, Ashley created WHERE THE HEART IS for ITV, a series that ran for over ten years. Other series that Ashley created and wrote during this time include PARADISE HEIGHTS, DOWN TO EARTH, LIFE SUPPORT, BONEKICKERS, and ANCHOR ME.

Classic adaptations include TOM BROWN’S SCHOOLDAYS (starring Stephen Fry and Alex Pettyfer), UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE (starring Keeley Hawes), and MOONFLEET (starring Ray Winstone). Contemporary adaptations include KATE ATKINSON’S CASE HISTORIES starring Jason Isaacs.

Ashley co-created LIFE ON MARS and its sequel, ASHES TO ASHES, winning two International Emmys. He also co-created the series ETERNAL LAW for Kudos/ITV. This was followed by WILD AT HEART, which Ashley created and wrote for Company Pictures/ITV starring Stephen Tomkinson and Hayley Mills which ran for 7 series. He created and wrote THE LIVING AND THE DEAD for the BBC, set in rural Somerset in 1894, about a man of science who starts to see ghosts. It starred Colin Morgan and Charlotte Spencer. He also co-created and wrote AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, with David Tennant starring as the iconic Phileas Fogg.

Currently, Ashley has written a pilot of WIDOW BARNABY based on the trilogy of novels by Fanny Trollope, he has written a pilot of an original series THE LEVELS for The Forge/BBC, and he is in development with The Forge/Sky on a new drama.