Jeremy Burnham

Jeremy Burnham

Formerly an actor, Jeremy turned to writing when offered an exclusive contract to write for ‘The Avengers’. He’s since contributed to five screenplays, and written for theatre as well as numerous TV series including ‘Inspector Morse’, ‘Minder’, ‘The House of Hammer’, ‘Howards Way’, ‘The Professionals’ and ‘The Good Guys’, among others. He also worked on a TV adaptation of ‘A Little Princess’, which won a Bafta award for Best Children’s Drama. His films include ‘Tropical Moon over Dorking’, ‘Czech Mate’, ‘The Miracle’, ‘Seagull Island’ and ‘No Roses for my Mother’, and he was a co-writer on ‘The Horror of Frankenstein’.

Writer, Children's

Episodes for many British TV series, including:


AVENGERS; WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN; THE EXPERT; MINDER; THE VIEW FROM DANIEL PIKE; PAUL TEMPLE; WARSHIP; THE HOUSE OF HAMMER; THE GENTLE TOUCH; MITCH; HOWARDS WAY; SCORPION TALES; THE PROFESSIONALS; BERGERAC; INSPECTOR MORSE; PARADISE CLUB.


THE BILL   


GARLIC IN THE GRAVY - 90’ TV film for Austrian company Satel Fernseh- und Filmproduktions


JUDAS GOAT - Original 75 min teleplay for series MENACE, BBC


CHILDREN OF THE STONES - Co-author 7 part children's series, HTV


RAVEN - Co-author children's series ATV


THE MIRACLE - Screenplay for TV film adapted from Pierre Boulle story, Dick Ross, Production Assocs Inc.


THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE - Screenplay for TV film, Bill Freedman Prods


SEAGULL ISLAND - 6 part TV film thriller serial , ITC/RAI (Italy)


VICE VERSA - Adaptation of classic novel, 7 episodes, ATV


BREAK POINT - Original 6 part children's tennis series, BBC


CZECH MATE - Episode of TV series Hammer House of Mystery And Suspense, Hammer Films


A LITTLE PRINCESS - Adaptation in 6 episodes, LWT (BAFTA Award 1988 Best Children's Drama)


CATS EYES - Script editor and writer, 4 episodes


DEATH IN HIGH PLACES - Original 4 hour film thriller, Friday Prods


TROPICAL MOON OVER DORKING - Starring Pauline Collins, Michael Gambon; Channel 4


YOUNG CHAPLIN - Co-author, 6 part series, Thames


THE DEAD MOSQUITOES - Series plot, Middlemarch, USA


SNAKES AND LADDERS - 1 hour pilot, Thames Storyboard Series


INSPECTOR MORSE - 2 hour film, Central


JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH - 3 part series, London Films


RUNAWAY BAY - Developed 6 part children's series, set in    Jamaica, Yorkshire TV


THE GOOD GUYS - Havahall (LWT)


BARLAYMONT - Firefly TV & Film


ROMANOV'S - Penta Promotions


EARTH TALES - North South Productions/C4, 2 episodes of children's European co-production series set in Africa and India


PEAK PRACTICE III - Starring Kevin Whately and Amanda Burton, Central


SCREAM SCHOOL - Ardent Productions

NO ROSES FOR MY MOTHER - Starring Gina Lollobrigida, Susan     Hampshire


THE HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN - Hammer
 

A RATHER ENGLISH MARRIAGE - Optioned by Bill Kenwright, based on the book by Angela Lambert, Joe Harmston to direct (2009)


DEAD ON CUE


SHROPSHIRE LAD - A play about the poet A. E. Housman
 

BOOKS:
CHILDREN OF THE STONES
- Corgi, Scribeners (USA)


RAVEN - Corgi


MYSTERY OF THE TOWER - Corgi


BREAK POINT - BBC Publications