Russell T Davies

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Russell T Davies

Born April 27, 1963 · Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, UK (age 63)

Stephen Russell Davies (/ˈdeɪvɪs/ DAY-vis; born 27 April 1963) is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer known professionally as Russell T Davies. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the 2005 revival of the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, from 2005 to 2010 and again since 2023. His other notable works include creating the series Queer as Folk (1999–2000), Bob …

Known For

Doctor Who: The Runaway BrideDoctor Who: The Runaway Bride · 2006
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
7.82006
MovieScience Fiction
A young bride in the midst of her wedding finds herself mysteriously transported to the TARDIS. The Doctor must discover what her connection is with the Empress of the Racnoss's plan to destroy the world.
Men UpMen Up · 2024
Men Up
6.32024
MovieDramaHistory
In Morriston Hospital in Swansea in 1994 a group of ordinary middle-aged Welsh men stepped into the unknown by taking part in the world's first medical trials for the drug that became Viagra.
Doctor Who: Voyage of the DamnedDoctor Who: Voyage of the Damned · 2007
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned
7.62007
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
Doctor Who at the PromsDoctor Who at the Proms · 2024
Doctor Who at the Proms
7.22024
MovieMusic
Doctor Who fan favourite Catherine Tate presents a concert of music, monsters and mayhem featuring soundtracks from the iconic series, a specially shot feature for the Fifteenth Doctor and a host of scary aliens as they thrill a packed audience at London's Royal Albert Hall. In a concert like no other in time and space, the much-loved music, performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, is accompanied by specially edited sequences from the series.
Our TownOur Town · 2026
Our Town
2026
MovieDrama
Grover's Corners is a quiet little town, full of ordinary folk, living everyday lives. They work, they laugh, they sing, they fall in love and raise their children and grow old. But within those moments of ordinary, everyday life, there are truths that reach out to us all. And a passionate demand to cherish every moment, right now, while we still can. (A joint Welsh National Theatre and Rose Theatre production, filmed at the Rose Theatre in Kingston, London on 19 March 2026.)
Doctor Who: The End of TimeDoctor Who: The End of Time · 2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time
8.52010
MovieActionAdventure
The Doctor finally faces his destiny as both his home planet and old foe reappears.
Verity Lambert: Drama QueenVerity Lambert: Drama Queen · 2008
Verity Lambert: Drama Queen
2008
MovieDocumentary
A tribute to Verity Lambert, the BBC's first female producer and one of the country's most influential pioneers of television drama.
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality WarDoctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War · 2025
Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War
5.12025
MovieScience FictionAdventure
Belinda Chandra has been kidnapped by robots, faced a terrifying god and a creature of pure evil on her travels with the Doctor. With the TARDIS still unable to get her home to Earth, Belinda must fight for her life as the Doctor faces an almighty threat to reality itself…

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Doctor Who: The Daleks in ColourDoctor Who: The Daleks in Colour · 2023
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
6.12023
MovieScience FictionDrama
The very first crew of the TARDIS land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy... the mutant Daleks. It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and woven together into a 75-minute blockbuster with brand-new sound and a brand-new score created by Mark Ayres. The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963.

Executive Producer

The GrandThe Grand · 1997
The Grand
5.11997
SeriesDrama
The Grand is an ITV television drama series created and written by Russell T Davies and starring Rebecca Callard, Tim Healy, Susan Hampshire, Paul Warriner, and Mark McGann. Following WWI, the Bannerman family re-opens the Grand Hotel after a lengthy closure and a costly re-furbishing. The hotel has been in the family for a long time, and John Bannerman and his wife Sarah desperately want to make a go. Their son Stephen has returned from the wars without any physical harm but still suffers from the mental anguish of seeing so many of his comrades-in-arms falling on the battlefield. When they learn that their accountant has squandered what little money they had left, they must turn to John's brother Marcus, a successful businessman who has eschewed any interest in the hotel over the years but now seems ready to plunge into the business with both feet.

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