Russell T. Davies

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Recent Role:
on Torchwood: Miracle Day
Gender:
Male
Born:
4-27-1963
Birthplace:
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Birth Name:
Stephen Russell Davies
Russell was born in Sketty, Swansea in 1963, the oldest of four children. Both his parents were teachers, his father (Vivian) of the Classics and his mother (Barbara) of French. Both his sisters are now teachers, of RE and French.

He attended Olchfa Comprehensive School, Swansea's largest comprehensive school. Russell was a member of the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre.

He graduated in 1984 from Worcester College, Oxford with a degree in English Literature.

Russell has been writing for television for almost twenty years, starting with children's television and





More then catching the public - and media's - attention with his drama Queer as Folk focusing on gay culture in Manchester.

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    9.7 Superb
    The influential British writer of the Noughties. hide show

    It's hard to ignore Russell's work on television. If he's not writing a saucy gay drama that's sure to spark up contraversy on its primetime channel 4 broadcast then he's ressurecting screen giant Doctor Who to television screens, and not only bringing it back successfully, but making it a television institution again. Russell is at his best tackling harder issues, issues that television needs to tackle, but more often than not is scared to. Russell creates characters so likeable they make Joss Whedon's creations seem laughable in comparison. I first noticed Russell when he wrote Bob and Rose for ITV, and I've avidly followed his work since. He's a great British writer, and the longer he spends writing Doctor Who and Torchwood the better. Besides, wasn't Casanova just fantastic?

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