Russell T Davies' Screenography

 

Title

Broadcast

Role

Production Company

Broadcaster

Availability

Notes

Play School

1987

Presenter

BBC

BBC One

Presented one episode only, and then 'made a hasty move behind the scenes' (Gillat, DWM 279)

The Flashing Blade

1988-9

Writer

BBC

BBC One

Wrote script for the comedy dubbed version of this show on Saturday morning magazine 'On the Waterfront'

Why Don't You?

1988-92

Producer

BBC Manchester

BBC One

Chucklevision

?

Writer

BBC

BBC One

Wrote three episodes

Breakfast Serials

1990

Creator / Writer

BBC Manchester

BBC One

Families

1990-3?

Writer

Granada

Dark Season

1991

Creator / Writer

BBC

BBC One

Children's Ward

1992-96

Writer / Producer

Granada

ITV

A Davies' episode won the BAFTA for best Children's Drama

Cluedo

1993

Writer

Granada

ITV

Wrote one episode, "Finders Keepers" (Season Four, Episode 1, TX 19/4/93)

Century Falls

1993

Creator / Writer

BBC

BBC One

The House of Windsor

1994

Writer

Granada

ITV

Wrote one episode, "I've Managed to Track Down Royston Bloat" (Season One, Episode 2, TX 22/5/94)

Revelations

1994

Creator / Writer

Granada

ITV

Springhill

1996-8

Writer

Granada

Channel 4

Touching Evil

1997

Writer

Granada

ITV

UK VHS

Wrote one episode, "Amathus (Part One)" (Season One, Episode 5, TX 27/5/97)

The Grand - Season 1

1997

Creator / Writer

Granada

ITV

UK VHS (deleted), R1 DVD

The Grand - Season 2

1998

Creator / Writer

Granada

ITV

R1 DVD

Queer as Folk

1999

Creator / Writer / Co-Producer

Red Production Company

Channel 4

R1 & R2 DVD

R2 DVD has had two releases. Initial release lost 'next week' trailers, and was letterboxed. Collector's edition re-release is anamorphic, and includes 'next week' trailers, deleted scenes (commentated), and commentary by Davies, cast members and producer Nicola Schindler. Both releases have music substitutions

Queer as Folk 2

2000

Creator / Writer / Co-Producer

Red Production Company

Channel 4

R1 & R2 DVD

R2 DVD has had two releases. Initial release lost 'next week' trailer, and edited the two parts into a movie version. Collector's edition re-release is the two part version, anamorphic, and includes 'next week' trailer, deleted scenes (commentated), and commentary by Davies, cast members and producer Nicola Schindler. Both releases have music substitutions. Re-released in boxset with series 1.

Coronation Street: Viva Las Vegas

2000

Writer

Granada

ITV

UK VHS

Originally released as a straight-to-video spin-off in 1999

Queer as Folk (US)

2000-date

Creator for UK Version

Showtime

R1 DVD

Follows the UK version fairly closely for the first half season, then begins to wholeheartedly develop its own stories. S1 screened in UK on BBC Choice

Bob and Rose

2001

Creator / Writer / Co-Producer

Red Production Company

ITV

R2 DVD

DVD includes commentary by RTD and Alan Davies. Cropped to 4:3, some music substitutions

Linda Green

2001

Writer

Red Production Company

BBC One

R2 DVD

Wrote "Rest in Peace" (Season One, Episode 5, TX 27/11/01)

The Second Coming

2003

Creator/ Writer / Executive Producer

Red Production Company

ITV

R2 DVD

 

DVD includes writer/director (Adrian Sheargold) commentary, deleted scenes, outakes. Some music substitutions from broadcast version,

To be broadcast

Projected transmission

Mine All Mine

2004

Creator / Writer / Executive Producer

Red Production Company

ITV

Cassanova

Creator / Writer / Executive Producer

Red Production Company?

ITV

Doctor Who

2005

Writer / Executive Producer

BBC Wales

BBC One

Who wants to be a Millionaire? [film script]

Writer

Celador Films

Movie Release

Adaptation of real life story. See Guardian article.

 

Notes:
Thanks to Paul Hayes for assistance in compiling this listing (click to visit Paul's site). If you can help to clarify or add to this screenography, please get in touch. I'm also interested in accessing VHS copies of much of Russell's pre-1997 work (Dark Season and Century Falls excluded, obviously) - again, if you can help, I'd very much like to hear from you.