Vinay Patel

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Vinay Patel

FRSL (born 1986) is a British-Indian screenwriter and playwright. He is best known for writing the BBC drama Murdered by My Father
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Career

Before writing, Patel worked as a corporate filmmaker and then a technician at the London-based Met Film School.[1]

In 2011, Patel graduated from the

London 2012 Olympics, with the 7 July 2005 London bombings. This led to his selection for the Bush/Kudos TV writing scheme and an original short commission for BBC iPlayer. In 2018, he wrote An Adventure, inspired by his grandparents, for the Bush Theatre.[2][3] Patel contributed Death is a Many Headed Monster to the BAME essay anthology The Good Immigrant.[4][5]

In June 2018, Patel was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its "40 Under 40" initiative.[6] In 2022, it was announced the Yard Theatre would produce Patel's sci-fi re-imagining of The Cherry Orchard, directed by James Macdonald.[7][8]

Television

In 2016, he wrote

eleventh series of Doctor Who, 'Demons of the Punjab', set during the Partition of India.[10][11]

The episode received high praise from fans and critics alike, and was announced as a finalist (nominee) in the category of Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for the 2019 Hugo Awards.[12] At the Eastern Eye Arts, Theater, and Culture Awards, Patel won "Best Scriptwriter" for Demons of the Punjab.

Patel returned to Doctor Who, co-writing the fifth episode, '

twelfth series.[13] Jo Martin appears as a character named Ruth Clayton,[14][13] later revealed to be a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor. Martin is credited as Ruth and with an "introducing" credit as the Doctor, as previous new incarnations of the character have been since 2005.[15] The episode featured the return of Jack Harkness played by John Barrowman, after a ten-year absence from the series. Barrowman's appearance was not publicised prior to broadcast.[15]

In November 2021, it was announced Patel would write an episode of Netflix's television adaptation of One Day.[16] The series premiered on 8 February 2024 on Netflix.

References

  1. ^ "Breakthrough Brits: Vinay Patel, Writer". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 27 October 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ Tripney, Natasha (11 September 2018). "Playwright Vinay Patel: 'Putting on the play is not enough – it's who you get in the room'". The Stage. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ Minamore, Bridget (26 July 2018). "Vinay Patel: 'I think people having their power dismantled is good'". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. ^ "The Good Immigrant review – an unflinching dialogue about race and racism in the UK". The Guardian. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. ISBN 9781783523955
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  6. ^ Flood, Alison (28 June 2018). "Royal Society of Literature admits 40 new fellows to address historical biases". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  7. ^ "The Yard Theatre's new season kicks off with a classic Chekhov play… set in space!". 14 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Vinay Patel adapts Cherry Orchard as part of new ETT season".
  9. ^ Collinson, Gavin (4 April 2016). "Murdered By My Father: Interview with Writer Vinay Patel". BBC Writers Room. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  10. ^ Laford, Andrea (15 October 2018). "Doctor Who Series 11: episodes 5 and 6 titles, synopses, photos". Cultbox. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  11. ^ Sequeira, Gayle (17 November 2018). "Doctor Who's Newest Episode Is A Compelling Look At Partition-Era India". Film Companion. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  12. ^ unknown, Cheryl (2 April 2019). "2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists". thehugoawards.org. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  13. ^ a b Laford, Andrea (9 January 2020). "Doctor Who Series 12: new episode titles, writers and descriptions". Cult Box. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Doctor Who films scenes in Gloucester". BBC News.
  15. ^ a b Hogan, Michael (26 January 2020). "Doctor Who: Fugitive of the Judoon, recap: the best episode of the series, with surprise returns and killer twists". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  16. ^ Yossman, K. J. (30 November 2021). "Netflix Commissions Five U.K. Series Including Re-Make of David Nicholls' 'One Day' and Abi Morgan's 'Eric'". Variety.

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