ABOUT ME
Ollie is an award-winning writer for stage, screen and radio. He is the winner of the British Comedy Guide Sitcom Competition 2022 and Soho House Hot Seat. While he has previously been nominated for the David Nobbs Memorial Comedy award, the BAFTA Rocliffe TV Comedy prize and the Liverpool Hope Playwriting prize.
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Ollie's first novel, Youngest Faircrest and The Search for a Sorcerer will be released in June 2026 globally by DK.
This marks the first of a new middle grade trilogy which will be releasing annually until 2028, with DK having won the rights in a four-way auction in 2024.
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In TV, he is currently under commission for three new television comedy/ dramas with The Story Collective, Esmerelda Productions and Brock Media. While also under commission by both Hampstead Theatre and Tuckshop UK for original plays.
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Recently, his original play Nightmare(ish) was broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The play was critics’ choice in The Times, The Sunday Times and The Radio Times.
The play can be heard here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m4w2
The script - which was added to the BBC Writersroom library: https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/radio-drama/nightmareish
Ollie has also shadowed in the Industry (BBC & HBO) series three writers’ room.
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He has written, directed and edited a host of award-winning comedy sketches. These sketches have appeared across BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio London and BBC Radio Essex. The sketches have recently been added to the British Comedy Guide.
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His theatre credits include Troy Story (Edinburgh Fringe, Underbelly), Those We Exile (Almedia Theatre), Coconuts (Lyric Hammersmith), The Strictly Curse (Southwark playhouse) and Warm and Chewy (Old Red Lion Theatre).
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