Russell T Davies Biography

 



Russell T. Davies is one of the first great television dramatists to have been nurtured in an era that was culturally dominated by the medium. He is also one of the first significant television dramatists. His work has been guided by his acceptance of television as both a medium for entertainment and an essential form of dramatic expression. This embrace of television as both a medium for entertainment and a vital form of dramatic expression has contributed to his signature energy and underlying confidence in television’s adaptability and significance.

Russell T. Davies was born in Swansea in 1963 as simply Russell Davies (the ‘T’ was added to avoid confusion with another writer and broadcaster with the same name). He spent a significant portion of his early childhood watching television and creating his own stories, which were frequently manifested in the form of cartoon strips. He continued to sketch when he was a student at Oxford University studying English Literature; however, he did it for student periodicals. After graduating from college in 1984, he immediately entered the television industry, beginning his career as a cartoonist for Children’s BBC. During his tenure on the BBC magazine show Why Don

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