PAUL MARI

Paul’s parents insisted he got a sound education and introduced him at an early age to the classics – Steptoe and Son, The Sweeney, Porridge, Boys from the Black Stuff, MASH, The Singing Detective … Well-crafted working-class stories with a dark comedic edge.

A graduate of the BBC writer’s academy his love affair with film and tele continues; a love that has never deserted him, let him down, or left him waiting at a bus stop.