Mark Wallington was born in Swanage, Dorset. Mark Wallington is much sought after as a film and television writer, working from his home in the High Peak, Derbyshire. He is married and has two children.
THE MISSING POSTMAN Feature adaptation for BBC Films of own novel (2007)
NARROW DOG TO CARCASSONNE Adaptation of Terry Darlingotn's book for BBC Films (2005)
GREENLIT PRODUCTIONS
THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD Original 90' comedy filmed January 2007, starring Martin Clunes
GREENPOINT FILMS
THE ONLY BOY FOR ME 90’ adaptation of Gil McNeil’s comic novel on single parenthood, commissioned by ITV. Broadcast September 2006.
TIGER ASPECT
OVER HILL AND DALE Adapting the warm and funny tales of a schools inspector in the Yorkshire Dales as a pilot for the BBC (2 episodes commissioned)
ITV
THE NAKED RAMBLER Treatment for original film with ITV Granada North (2005)
BBC
STATION JIM Family entertainment screenplay celebrating the Victorian heyday, involving trains and dogs. Produced by Ann Scott and directed by John Roberts. Shown in 2002, repeated 2004.
STATION JIM II & III Commissioned sequels to Station Jim
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAKESPEARE Mark adapted his novel in two 75’ episodes for the BBC
Producer Gareth Neame, director Nick Hurran, starring Neil Morrissey
THE MISSING POSTMAN 2 part dramatisation of his novel, with James Bolam, Alison Steadman, Carter and Barbara Dickson. Winner of Best BBC Comedy Drama at the British Comedy Awards 1997. Nominated for Writers Guild Award 1997.
ALL NIGHT LONG Comedy series (with Dick Fiddy)
DEAD CENTRE 6 part comedy series (with Dick Fiddy)
NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS
HARTSWOOD FILMS
MAN AND VAN Original comedy series in development with Elaine Cameron
MY LIFE AS A CAR Original series for Radio 4 in six parts
BOOGIE UP THE RIVER Adaptation of his novel for Radio 4 in six parts
500 MILE WALKIES Adaptation of his novel for Radio 4.
THE DAY JOB (Hutchinson)
Published July 2005. A hilarious memoir of Mark’s early days as a writer, when he eked out a living as the most uninformed gardener in North London.
HAPPY MR BIRTHDAY SHAKESPEARE (Michael Joseph/Penguin)
Will Green is a coach driver with Beefeater Tours driving tourists round the most idyllic parts of Britain by day, but returning to his cramped, dustmite ridden flat on Holloway Road at night. He longs to inhabit the life he glimpses out of the coach windows and escape from the drudgery of his North London existence and his burgeoning family before it is too late.
PENNINE WALKIES (Hutchinson/Arrow)
The Pennine Hills beckon to be explored and it seems to be the only walk that will satisfy a seemingly inexhaustable dog.
THE MISSING POSTMAN (Hutchinson/Warner).
Clive Peacock becomes a modern Don Quixote on his red bicycle as he hand delivers his final bag of mail around the country and abroad. German rights sold to Claassen Verlag.
BOOGIE UP THE RIVER (Hutchinson/Arrow)
The story of the search for the source of the River Thames.
DESTINATION LAPLAND (Hutchinson/Arrow)
The story of a cycling trip to the Arctic Circle that ended in Newcastle.
FIVE HUNDRED MILE WALKIES (Hutchinson/Arrow)
Optioned by BBC Television 1997 This was serialised on BBC Radio 4 and sold 80,000 copies in paperback the following year.