Joseph Lidster

Writer

Agent

Emily Hickman
  • +44 207 908 0977
Joseph is a screenwriter and playwright from Yorkshire. He started his career writing audio drama before moving into television in 2008 — his debut script was for the second series of Torchwood. Since then, he has written primarily for children’s television, including scripts for The Sarah Jane AdventuresHetty Feather and The Dumping Ground. Joseph has also written for several multimedia projects, including official tie-in websites for Doctor Who, the Dinosaurs in the Wild touring immersive adventure experience, and the Webby Award-winning Sherlock Live for the BBC.

 

Scripts:

CHECKOUT
1 x 60′ original script commission developed with BBC Wales

TV Credits:

THE DUMPING GROUND Series 9
CBBC
1 x 30′ episode

THE DEMON HEADMASTER Series 1 CBBC
1 x 25′ Episode

HETTY FEATHER Series 2, 3 & 4 
CBBC
3 x 30′ episodes

EVE Series 2 Leopard Drama / CBBC
1 x 50′

MILLIE IN BETWEEN Series 1 & 2 The Foundation / CBBC
2 x 30′ episodes

PRISONER ZERO Planet 55 Studios / Telgael / ABC
2 x 30′ episodes

WIZARDS vs ALIENS Series 1 and 2 BBC Wales / CBBC
4 x 30′ episodes

THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES Series 2 – 4 BBC Wales / CBBC
6 x 30′ episodes

TORCHWOOD Series II BBC Wales / BBC2
1 x 50’

Film Credits:

WASTED
Short film
Director: James Soldan
Producers: Nick Coupe & James Soldan

WALKING WITH DINOSAURS Evergreen Studios / BBC Earth Films
Writer of framing story

Theatre Credits:

WITHHELD Company/Theatre: Shorts/Landor Theatre, 2014
Short play

CONGREGATION Producers/Theatre: The Pensive Federation/Camden People’s Theatre, 2013
Short play

GHOSTS Skylight Theatre / The Drayton Arms 2013
Short play, part of Fright Night

NICE SALLY
Offcut Festival / Riverside Studios 2012
Short play
*Winner of the Best Writer Audience Award

Audio and Radio Credits:

BLOODLUST 


TORCHWOOD
BBC R4
1 x 45′ radio play

Audio Books:

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS 2018
Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel
Audible
Winner of Book-To-Audio award at the 2018 CAMEO awards

THE JOY OF CANCER as part of QUARTET: Wasted for What Noise Productions

Joseph has written over 15 Audio Plays for the DOCTOR WHO, SAPHIRE AND STEEL and THE TOMORROW PEOPLE titles, amongst others. All of them were written for Big Finish Productions between 2001 and 2007.

TORCHWOOD: IN THE SHADOWS BBC Worldwide

Publishing:

DOCTOR WHO: CYBERMAN MONSTER FILE 2014
“Cybermen: Status Update” – short story
BBC Worldwide / Ebook

THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES 2010
“Nightmare Man” – Novelisation of TV episode
BBC Books / Penguin

TORCHWOOD: CONSEQUENCES 2009
“Consequences” – Short Story
BBC Books / Random House

Online:

SHERLOCK LIVE Hartswood / BBC
Winner of the 2017 People’s Voice at The Webby awards

TELL ME YOUR SECRETS BBC iWonder
Writer of interactive graphic novel

SHERLOCK Series 1, 2 and 3  Hartswood / BBC1
Writer of interactive work to complement the TV series

COLONY
2010
ITV Studios
Development work to include 1×5’ Script

From November 2005 Joseph wrote fictional content for the DOCTOR WHO spin-off sites including the opening instructions for http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk.

In 2006 he created online content for the TORCHWOOD fictional website: http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/index.shtml.

Joseph was also commissioned to write the Myspace blog for DOCTOR WHO companion Martha Jones, which was updated weekly.

Short Stories for BBC Online, 42: Prologue
http://bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/episodes/2007/42-prologue.shtml

Joseph has written a number of Short Stories for the DOCTOR WHO: SHORT TRIPS series as well as a Novella, all for Big Finish Productions. He also had the role of Short Story Collection Editor for Big Finish Productions in 2007.

 

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