WRITER | PRODUCER

Jeff joined London Weekend Television as a researcher in 1983 in Current Affairs. He worked on a number of documentaries, sport shows, comedy shows and magazine/entertainment shows, before moving on to drama. In 1993, Jeff joined forces with Terry Winsor to write a film about Britain’s biggest ever robbery, Fools Gold starring Sean Bean. Amongst others, film credits since then include The Magician (writer/producer) Open Fire, The Place Of The Dead (writer/producer), and The One That got Away, starring Paul McGann.

In 1996, Jeff was appointed Head of Factual Drama for London Weekend Television and then Granada. During this time, he has executive produced programmes such as The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, This Is Personal - The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, Essex Boys, My Beautiful Son, Hot Money, Danielle Cable: Eyewitness, Wall of Silence, Planespotting and See No Evil: The Moors Murders.

Recent writing credits for Jeff include Dirty Filthy Love, Pierrepoint starring Timothy Spall which had cinema release last year, Christmas Lights, Northern Lights and the recent series of City Lights.