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Jonathan Paul Harvey (born 13 June 1968) is an English screenwriter, actor, playwright and author.
Jonathan Harvey comes from Liverpool and is the multi award winning writer of the play and film ‘Beautiful Thing’, the Bafta nominated sitcom ‘Gimme Gimme Gimme’ and ‘Beautiful People’ (Best Comedy: Banff TV Festival).
Oct 25, 2011 · After early success as a playwright, Jonathan Harvey’s career now spans theatre, film and television. He wrote Gimme, Gimme, Gimme for his pal, Kathy Burke, collaborated with The Pet Shop Boys on the musical Closer To Heaven and since 2004 has written 136 episodes of Coronation Street.
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Sep 26, 1998 · Harvey was the writer of Beautiful Thing, the long-running play which became a hit as a Channel Four film. It established his as a unique voice: working class, coarse but clever, never...
Novelist, playwright and writer for television. Jonathan Harvey wrote his first play in 1987, and has since written over 15 more, including Babies, Boom Bang-A-Bang and Beautiful Thing, which was later made into an acclaimed film.
Jonathan Harvey. Writer: Beautiful Thing. Jonathan Harvey was born in Liverpool in 1968, and was educated at Hull University (Psychology and Education) before moving to London, where he worked for four years as a special-needs teacher at a comprehensive school in Thamesmead, the area where his film Beautiful Thing (1996) is set.
Jonathan Harvey is one of our most celebrated playwrights. Born in Liverpool, his work has an honesty and comedy that is characteristic of the city. Here he shares his early years with Ink Pellet…
