Bryan Elsley is a television writer, known most notably for the co-creation of E4 teen drama Skins with his son, Jamie Brittain. Other television dramas include 40, Rose and Maloney, Nature Boy, The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The Crow Road, and Govan Ghost Story. While a student at The University of York, Elsley met and collaborated with Harry Enfield. They created a comedy duo, "Dusty and Dick", and performed a sell out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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  • Bryan Elsley is a television writer, known most notably for the co-creation of E4 teen drama Skins with his son, Jamie Brittain. Other television dramas include 40, Rose and Maloney, Nature Boy, The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The Crow Road, and Govan Ghost Story. While a student at The University of York, Elsley met and collaborated with Harry Enfield. They created a comedy duo, "Dusty and Dick", and performed a sell out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Elsley took up a career in theatrical writing, and then pursued television writing after parting from Enfield. For 3 years Elsley was artistic director of Pocket Theatre Cumbria, which was based at Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre. At that time he was also writing episodes for TV series Casualty and London's Burning. These, and his short film Govan Ghost Story (1989), opened up other opportunities for other television writing. Elsley's big break came when he was commissioned by the BBC him to adapt Iain Banks's novel The Crow Road for television. Bryan Elsley has four children. He lives in Kentish Town, London.
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  • Bryan Elsley is a television writer, known most notably for the co-creation of E4 teen drama Skins with his son, Jamie Brittain. Other television dramas include 40, Rose and Maloney, Nature Boy, The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, The Crow Road, and Govan Ghost Story. While a student at The University of York, Elsley met and collaborated with Harry Enfield. They created a comedy duo, "Dusty and Dick", and performed a sell out show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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