Tim Dawson
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tim Dawson (born 1988) is a British screenwriter and writer best known for his work on a number of television comedies.
Education
He was educated at Abingdon School from 1999 to 2006.[1] During his time at school, he was the comedy actor in school productions of Here to Entertain You and The Comedians. He also wrote, produced and directed Bang Goes Douglas Smith.[2]
Career
Dawson began his career in 2007 when his original sitcom, Coming of Age, was piloted by BBC Three.[3] The show ran for three series[4][5][6] to mixed reviews.[7]
He also wrote on Series 7 and 8 of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.[8] Dawson was identified as a "Broadcast Hot Shot" in a 2008 edition of the industry magazine Broadcast.[9]
The British Comedy Guide website states that, in 2016, Dawson and Two Pints creator Susan Nickson were working on a new Carry On film.[10] Dawson also acts as editor for the British Comedy Guide's professional platform BCG Pro [11] Template:Importance-inline
In 2018, Dawson contributed an episode to Lady Christina, a series of audio dramas spun-off from Doctor Who and made by Big Finish Productions.[12]
Dawson has written for a number of comedians, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen K. Amos, Dick and Dom, Joe Pasquale, and Jon Culshaw amongst others. [13]
Dawson stood as a Conservative council candidate for the ward of Hulme in the 2018 Manchester City Council elections. He received 182 votes and came 6th in the election.[14] An avid supporter of the arts and Creative industries, Dawson however described himself as a mainstream Conservative in a article published later that year [15]
In 2019, The Guardian reported that Dawson, a keen supporter of Brexit, was acting as the public face of the pro-Brexit organisation Britain's Future.[16] The organisation was the biggest single UK political advertiser on Facebook, spending £422,000 campaigning for a hard Brexit.[17] The money was allegedly spent buying "dark ads" targeting anti-Brexit politicians.[18][better source needed] Dawson has declined to answer questions about who funded his campaign.[19]
Not for Turning, a radio drama by Dawson, was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2020.[20]
Dawson has written articles for The Daily Telegraph,[21] The Spectator,[22] The Critic,[23] Spiked,[24] and the British Comedy Guide.[25]
See also
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