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Paul Andrew Unwin (born 25 November 1957) [1] is a film, theatre, TV writer / director.
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Paul Andrew Unwin (born 25 November 1957) [1] is a film, theatre, TV writer / director.
He was born in Reading, Berkshire. He studied drama at the University of Bristol, where he met Jeremy Brock in 1979.
Unwin co-created the world's longest running medical drama, Casualty . He was a regular writer throughout the first two series and also wrote the 30th anniversary episodes at the start of series 30.
Holby City and HolbyBlue are spin-offs from the original Casualty format.
Unwin has directed extensively in TV including Five Little Pigs , Messiah and recently, Combat Hospital (ABC/Global), Shameless (Company Pictures, Channel 4) and Breathless . Breathless screened on ITV in Autumn 2013 and in the US in 2014.
As a theatre director his work includes The Man Who Had All the Luck by Arthur Miller at the Bristol Old Vic and the Young Vic, The Misanthrope at the Bristol Old Vic and the Royal National Theatre, The Master Builder at the Bristol Old Vic , Hamlet , Othello , In Times Like These by Jeremy Brock. His artistic directorship of the Bristol Old Vic was a remarkable period and launched the careers of several of Britain's foremost actors and directors.
As a playwright, Unwin's plays include This Much Is True, about the shooting of a Brazilian electrician by the British police, This House is Haunted, a ghost story based on real events, and The Promise, about the 1945 Labour government and the birth of the NHS.
Unwin directed The American (BBC Films/WGBH Boston), written by Michael Hastings from the novel by Henry James.
His short film, Syrup (Channel 4/First Choice Films), was written by Nick Vivian. It was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA. It also won he Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, the Best Short Film at the Valladolid and the Amnesty International Film of the Year Award.
Unwin also directed Elijah (Anagram Pictures/CTV TV), a film about the indigenous struggle in northern Canada, written by Blake Corbett. Elijah won the 2008 Leo Award for Best Feature Length Drama and the 2009 Gemini Award for Best TV Movie. Elijah is a political comedy.
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The first series of the British medical drama television series Casualty began airing on 6 September 1986, and concluded on 27 December 1986. The show was created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin after the pair were both hospitalised for different reasons. Brock and Unwin were deeply concerned with what they saw within hospitals and decided to pitch a document in 1985 for the BBC. It was reported the pitch document 'read like a manifesto', and the show was then commissioned. Geraint Morris was appointed as the show's producer. Casualty was commissioned to boost ratings on BBC One at peak times after ratings began to decline between 1984 and 1985. Prior to first series airing, Brock and Unwin visited a hospital in Bristol where they met a charge nurse called Pete Salt. Salt was appointed the series medical advisor.
The thirtieth series of the British medical drama television series Casualty commenced airing on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 29 August 2015, and concluded on 30 July 2016. The series consisted of 43 episodes, including the broadcast of the show's 1000th episode on 25 June 2016. Erika Hossington continued her role as series producer, while Oliver Kent continued his role as the show's executive producer. Seventeen cast members reprised their roles from the previous series with five actors, including three long-serving cast members, departing during this series. Chelsea Halfpenny appeared in the serial between September and November 2015 as F2 Alicia Munroe, reprising the role as a main cast member in July 2016. Alistair Brammer joined the cast for a four-month guest stint as receptionist Jack Diamond in December 2015. Three new regular cast members joined the serial in spring 2016: Lloyd Everitt as paramedic Jez Andrews; Jason Durr as staff nurse David Hide; and Jaye Griffiths as consultant Elle Gardner.
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