television

Daniel has been at the forefront of crime drama in the UK for the past fifteen years.

He started writing for television around 1983, and had his first commission from BBC Scotland in 1985. Daniel's first film was produced in 1986. It went out under the prestigious Screen Two aegis, and was called 'Leaving'. It told the story of three boys' final school days in 1960.

Daniel's next film was called 'A View Of Harry Clark'. It starred Griff Rhys Jones and Elaine Paige, and told the story of a man suffering a mental breakdown. In 1990 he was asked to write for 'Inspector Morse'. That was when he gave up the day job and became a full-time writer.

Daniel wrote five episodes of Morse - 'Second Time Around', 'Dead On Time', 'Happy Families,' 'The Day Of The Devil' and 'Deadly Slumber'. After Morse, the BBC produced a film of Daniel's called 'Meat'. It starred Johnny Lee Miller and told the story of a rent boy. He was then given the Hamish Macbeth books to adapt for television, and I wrote twelve episodes of the series, which starred Robert Carlyle.

Daniel's next project was an episode of 'Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings Of Sherlock Holmes', which starred Ian Richardson as Dr. Joseph Bell, mentor to a young Arthur Conan Doyle. Then came 'Bait', a film for ITV starring John Hurt and Sheila Hancock. It told the story of a man obsessed with finding his missing daughter.

After 'Bait' Daniel was asked to write an episode of 'Taggart', and went on to adapt Ian Rankin's 'The Falls' and 'Fleshmarket Close', for the Rebus series starring Ken Stott.

He is currently working on the latest episode of Lewis, which is being filmed in Oxford.

For further information on Daniel's television work, please visit the section on Daniel at IMDb. Click below.

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