James Wood

James Wood is a British screenwriter. Wood is perhaps best known for his writing on the BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall and as a writer and creator of Quacks. When asked how it felt to be the first to take on Waugh's classic novel, Wood replied: "It's a scary thing to do because it’s such a loved book. Lots of people think it's the greatest comic novel in English fiction. So that's the challenge - living up to expectations."Both Decline and Fall and Quacks were well received. Wood won the 2012 BAFTA for Rev. under the category of Best Situation Comedy.

Works

The Great

A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.

Release Date:2020-05-15

Department:Production

Job:Co-Executive Producer

Episode Count:9

Vote Count:1031

Trying

All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?

Release Date:2020-05-01

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:100

Decline and Fall

Paul Pennyfeather is an inoffensive divinity student at Oxford University in the 1920s who is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure having been made the victim of a prank by The Bollinger Club.

Release Date:2017-03-31

Department:Writing

Job:Adaptation

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:16

The Gamechangers

The struggle of Houser's legal feud against American lawyer Jack Thompson, over the morality of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series.

Release Date:2015-09-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:74

Ambassadors

Comedy-drama series set in the fictional Central Asian Republic of Tazbekistan where newly arrived British Ambassador Keith Davies is set the task of trying to secure a £2 billion helicopter contract for the United Kingdom.

Release Date:2013-10-23

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:21

Vexed

Comedy drama following a mismatched pair of police officers who disagree on everything with their partner, from policing to their personal life.

Release Date:2010-08-15

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:36

Rev.

Sitcom about a former rural parish vicar trying to cope with the varied demands of running an inner-city church.

Release Date:2010-06-28

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:19

Vote Count:24

Hell Bent for Leather

A coming-of-age story of a boy's journey to adulthood surrounded by Glam Rock and an unsupportive father.

Release Date:2007-11-23

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Heroes and Villains

Heroes and Villains was a 2007-2008 BBC Television docudrama series looking at key moments in the lives and reputations of some of the greatest warriors of history. Each hour long episode featured a different historical figure, including Napoleon I of France, Attila the Hun, Spartacus, Hernán Cortés, Richard I of England, and Tokugawa Ieyasu. The statements at the beginning of each episode read: "This film depicts real events and real characters. It is based on the accounts of writers of the time. It has been written with the advice of modern historians." In the United States the show is aired on The Military Channel and was called "Warriors".

Release Date:2007-11-11

Department:Creator

Job:Creator

Vote Count:5

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.

Release Date:2006-09-21

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:22

Malice

Charming 'manny' Adam Healey infiltrates the brash, wealthy Tanner family, in order to destroy them. Set in London and Greece, this psychological thriller is full of dark family secrets, manipulation and betrayal and it asks the question, why does Adam despise Jamie Tanner so much?

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Episode Count:1