Matt Jones has written twenty-one hours of broadcast television, and has produced or executive produced over eighty hours of television drama. So far in 2026, he has written LOST IN MUSIC, a screenplay for the BFI about a secret love affair at the heart of an ‘80s pop band, and RAZOR, a TV pilot for a thriller set in the Swinging Sixties, for Magnolia Mae Films.
In 2025, he wrote the book and lyrics for a stage musical about the trial of Cynthia Payne for Chris Harper Productions (Warhorse, Curious Incident), and adapted his own stage musical, LEAVE TO REMAIN into a screenplay for Independent Films. He also wrote an episode of THE REVENGE CLUB for Paramount Plus.
In 2023, he adapted the science fiction novel, HOLOGRAMMATICA for Deal Productions. He also wrote the pilot for RED RAINBOW about gay life in the Soviet Union in the 1970s, which won the pitching competition at Series Mania.
In 2022, he wrote an episode of WORLD ON FIRE for BBC1, and two episodes of the third series of THE SPLIT for BBC1, he previously contributed two episodes to the second season.
In 2018, he wrote the stage play, LEAVE TO REMAIN, a musical with songs by Bloc Party’s Kele Okereke for the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, which the Evening Standard gave four stars, describing it as ‘Theatre at its magnetic best.’ In 2017, Matt wrote an episode of PANDORA, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley’s cyber-thriller for AMC. He also wrote the first episode of the second season of 100 CODE, the Sky Atlantic crime drama.
In 2016, Matt wrote two episodes for Series Two of STAN LEE’S LUCKY MAN starring James Nesbit for Sky One. Between 2014 and 2015, Matt wrote three episodes for ITV’s MR SELFRIDGE . In 2013, Matt travelled to Los Angeles to write an episode and serve as supervisor producer on the second season of the crime drama, ROGUE, starring Thandie Newton.
Before this, Matt wrote for several British science fiction series including DOCTOR WHO, TORCHWOOD and DIRK GENTLY as well as the relationship drama LOVE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. He started his writing career, producing and writing NOW YOU SEE HER a single drama starring Amanda Holden for Sky.
Before Matt began writing full time in 2012, he produced Paul Abbott’s BAFTA award winning SHAMELESS, which he developed and went on to executive produce for its first four UK seasons. He also served as executive producer on the American remake of the teen drama Skins working out of Toronto and New York. as well as serving as executive producer on the final UK series. He also worked as a script editor on both series of QUEER AS FOLK, LINDA GREEN and the first two series of the BAFTA award winning CLOCKING OFF.