FRASER AYRES

Fraser is an award-winning actor, writer and showrunner, whose work spans many genres and fields, from creating and showrunning the hit new panel show SORRY, I DIDN’T KNOW, to radio plays such as MAYNARD for BBC Radio 4 (directed by Kathy Burke), and the upcoming SPACE IS THE PLACE, a 5 part dramatisation of the lives of Jazz greats to mark the 35th anniversary of Jazz FM.

He is currently writing an original commissioned series for UKTV and has written on Idris Elba’s IN THE LONG RUN for Sky, EASTENDERS for the BBC, and the upcoming CBBC sitcom LAGGING.

As an Executive Producer and Script Editor, Fraser has worked with the likes of Cormac McCarthy and Noel Clarke, and as CEO of the TriForce Creative Network and Dandi.org.uk has supported hundreds of writers; working closely with them to deliver projects for commissioners and production companies such as Amazon Studios, Fremantle, Hat Trick and the BBC.

In more recent times, Fraser is a Reiki master, Yoga practitioner and an adept Oneironaut, with an unfathomably large collection of comics and Lego.

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TELEVISION

PRODUCTION COMPANY NOTES

SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW SERIES 2 Triforce Productions / ITV Creator & Executive Producer

NORTHWELL UKTV Gold Pilot Commission Executive Producer

EASTENDERS BBC 1 x 30' episode

BLIZZARDS Greendoor Pictures Story development commission

SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW Triforce Productions / ITV Creator & Executive Producer Inclusive Comedy Panel show focusing on black history

KILL THE BLACK ONE FIRST Sprout Productions Development commission - book adaptation

LAGGING CBBC 1 x 30' episode

IN THE LONG RUN (SERIES 3) Greendoor Pictures / Sky One 2 x 30' episodes

IN THE LONG RUN (SERIES 2) Greendoor Pictures / Sky One 2 x 30' episodes

DOCTORS (SERIES 19) BBC 4 x 30' episodes

DOCTORS (SERIES 18) BBC 1 x 30' episode

THICKER THAN WATER Retort (Fremantle) Development Commission

RADIO

PRODUCTION COMPANY NOTES

Suite 2.1, 32 Tavistock Street, London, WC2E 7PB + 44 (0)20 3848 1411 [email protected] www.gemmhirst.co.uk SPACE IS THE PLACE Jazz FM / Spark Lab Productions 3 x specially commissioned dramas about the Jazz greats Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Sun Ra

MAYNARD BBC Radio 4 / Spark Lab 45' radio drama Directed by Kathy Burke

THEATRE

PRODUCTION COMPANY NOTES

ALL THAT GIVES OFF LIGHT The TEAM/National Theatre of Dir. Rachel Chavkin Scotland Co-written with Jessica Almasy, Davey Anderson, Rachel Chavkin, Brian Ferguson and Sandy Grierson US Tour

SHORT FILM

PRODUCTION COMPANY NOTES

GLIMPSE Triforce Productions Writer & Executive Producer

Suite 2.1, 32 Tavistock Street, London, WC2E 7PB + 44 (0)20 3848 1411 [email protected] www.gemmhirst.co.uk