Ben Richards (writer)

Ben Richards
Born	1964 (age 51–52) England, UK
Occupation	Novelist, screenwriter and television producer.
Period	1996–present
Genre	Drama, adventure, science fiction

Ben Richards (born 1964) is an English writer. Before writing novels and TV dramas, he worked for three years as a housing officer in Newham and Islington, London. As a research student at UCL's Department of Geography^[1] he spent a year investigating public housing in Chile and on his return to Britain began his first novel "to alleviate the boredom of analysing questionnaires" for his PhD thesis.^[2] Richards was a lecturer at the University of Birmingham and at University College London, where he taught development studies, specialising in South America.^[2] He is now a full-time writer.

His novels are Throwing the House out of the Window (1996), Don't Step on the Lines (1997), The Silver River (1999), A Sweetheart Deal (2001), The Mermaid and the Drunks (2004) and Confidence (2006). He also contributed to the New Puritans anthology of 2000.

As a screenwriter, Richards has written for the BBC (Spooks and Party Animals), ITV (The Fixer) and Channel 4 (No Angels). He is the creator and writer of Outcasts. He has also written for the new British/French crime drama television series The Tunnel.

Writing credits

Production	Notes	Broadcaster
Spooks	16 episodes (2003–2006, 2008–2009)	BBC One
No Angels	3 episodes (2004–2005)	Channel 4
Party Animals	6 episodes (2007)	BBC Two
The Fixer	9 episodes (2008–2009)	ITV
Outcasts	8 episodes (2011)	BBC One
The Tunnel	3 episodes (2013)	Sky Atlantic Canal+
Fortitude	"Episode #1.7" (2015)	Sky Atlantic

References

1. "Prof. Alan Gilbert > Research Students". UCL Department of Geography. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
2. Ben Richards (8 January 2001). "Confessions of a former housing officer". The Guardian.

External links

• 3am interview
• Ben Richards at the Internet Movie Database