Simon Nye
Born: 29th July 1958 (as Simon Beresford Nye)
Episodes Broadcast: 2010
Simon Nye was born in Burgess Hill, Sussex. Having completed a degree in
French and German at Bedford College, University of London, he began
publishing translations of foreign-language works. Nye then decided to
try his hand at an original novel, and the result was Men Behaving
Badly, released in 1989. The book was spotted by television producer
Beryl Vertue, who commissioned Nye to turn Men Behaving Badly
into a sitcom. It proved enormously popular following its debut in 1992,
and spawned an American remake in 1996. It also resulted in Nye becoming
acquainted with Vertue's son-in-law, Steven Moffat, who was then
establishing himself as a comedy scriptwriter. In the meantime, Nye had
published a second novel called Wideboy in 1991. It too was
adapted for television, as 1993's Frank Stubbs Promotes.
Nye developed a number of other sitcoms over the years that followed. In
the late Nineties, he wrote Is It Legal?, The Last Salute
and How Do You Want Me?. His projects after the turn of the
century included Hardware, Carrie & Barry, Reggie
Perrin and The Savages, on which he was also credited as an
associate producer. In 2008, Moffat became the executive producer of
Doctor Who. Aware that Nye had been an avid viewer of the
programme back to its first episode in 1963, he invited him to write for
Matt Smith's debut season as the Eleventh Doctor. The result was Amy's Choice, broadcast in 2010,
which confronted the Doctor and his companions with several ersatz
realities.
Nye's main project during the 2010s was The Durrells, on which he
was an executive producer. He also wrote for programmes such as Just
William, In With The Flynns and Thanks For The
Memories. During the Twenties, he created Finding Alice while
also adapting the classic novel The Darling Buds Of May as The
Larkins. Nye and his wife, Claudia Stumpfl, have four children.
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