Hello, I’m Roger

Award-winning author and screenwriter

Escorted – All3Media New Writers Collective 2024 Shortlist & Page Turner Shortlist 2026
Certified – Mark Twain Grand Prize Winner & Cambridge Script Festival Finalist

Current Project - Escorted

Original Television Drama Series.

When a struggling Yorkshire shoe shop owner is mistaken for a paid companion and offered £500 for a single evening, he creates a secret second life escorting professional women to save his failing business.

Shortlisted for the All3Media New Writers Collective 2024.

Longlisted Channel 4 / FilmNation TV UK 2026

Page Turner Screenplay Awards Shortlisted 2026.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ” The Four Weddings and a Funeral of the book world”

Winner of the Mark Twain Grand Prize, Certified follows one man's often funny, sometimes heartbreaking journey through life's three defining certificates: birth, marriage and death.

"Original, fresh and unique. Every word counts."
— CIBA Mark Twain Grand Prize Review

Praise for Certified

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This book is an absolute joy that I heartily recommend." – Michael Heppell, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified covers love, loss, and life with humour and a deft hand." – Lovereading.co.uk: An ‘INDIE BOOK WE LOVE’

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified is a humorous yet moving anthology. " - Readers' Favorite: 2022 Bronze Medal Winner

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This book is an absolute joy that I heartily recommend." – Michael Heppell, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified covers love, loss, and life with humour and a deft hand." – Lovereading.co.uk: An ‘INDIE BOOK WE LOVE’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Certified is a humorous yet moving anthology. " - Readers' Favorite: 2022 Bronze Medal Winner

Latest news

News & Views
Escorted Shortlisted for 2026 Page Turner Screenplay Award
Escorted Shortlisted for 2026 Page Turner Screenplay Award

I'm delighted to share that my original television drama, Escorted, has progressed to the final shortlist for the 2026 Page Turner Screenplay Award, making it one of just nine screenplays remaining in the competition.

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Escorted Reaches Page Turner Screenplay Award Longlist
Escorted Reaches Page Turner Screenplay Award Longlist

UPDATE — 30 September 2026

I’m delighted to share that Escorted has now progressed to the 2026 Page Turner Screenplay Award Longlist, making the final 37 screenplays from the 70 originally announced as finalists.

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Escorted Longlisted for Channel 4 / FilmNation TV UK Award
Escorted Longlisted for Channel 4 / FilmNation TV UK Award

I'm delighted to share that Escorted was longlisted for the FilmNation TV UK strand of the Channel 4 Writing for Television Awards 2026, programmed by New Writing North with support from Channel 4.

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Austin Film Festival Recognition for Escorted
Austin Film Festival Recognition for Escorted

Some more lovely news for Escorted. My TV drama has been named a Second Rounder in the Drama Teleplay Pilot category of the 2026 Austin Film Festival Script Competition.

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