Mark Haddon (Writer)
Little is known about Mark Haddon, a figure with a modest footprint in Writer. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
National Theatre Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Christopher, fifteen years old, has an extraordinary brain – exceptional at maths while ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion of killing Mrs Shears' dog Wellington, he records each fact about the event in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of the murder. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a frightening journey that upturns his world.
Release Date: 2012-09-06
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Vote Count: 3
A Spot of Bother
Retired Englishman George Hall's hypochondria worsens and takes its toll on his family.
Release Date: 2010-01-12
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 52
Coming Down the Mountain
An original drama by novelist Mark Haddon about two teenage brothers: angst-ridden David and Ben, who has Downs Syndrome.
Release Date: 2007-08-16
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 10
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
An autistic 15-year-old replicates the methods of Sherlock Holmes to discover who killed his neighbor's dog with a garden tool.
Department: Writing
Job: Novel
Fungus the Bogeyman
BBC adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's book. Fungus (voice of Mak Wilson)'s job is to venture above Bogeydom and scare dry-cleaners (a Bogey's name for humans). But on one trip disaster strikes and a dry-cleaner discovers their existence in Bogeydom. The dry-cleaner, Jessica (Clare Thomas), strikes up a friendship with Fungus' children and escapes back home to tell her father George (Martin Clunes) all about it. George then decides to stake-out the entrance to Bogeydom, in order to catch a real-life Bogeyman.
Release Date: 2004-11-28
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 2
Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars
Agent Z And The Penguin From Mars was a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom, based on the book of the same name by Mark Haddon. The six episode series followed the exploits of Ben Simpson, played by Duncan Barton, and his friends Barney, played by Andrew McKay, and Jenks, played by Reggie Yates, who together formed the "Crane Grove Gang", named after the street where they lived. This was a society dedicated to playing ingenious practical jokes in an initiative called "Agent Z".
Release Date: 1996-01-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 6
Vote Count: 1