Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis & Stuart Lane

Claire, Stuart and Ian – or CSI, as they are affectionately and collectively known – have been screen writing together since 2010.

Most recently the trio have created and written on “THE COMPLETELY MADE-UP ADVENTURES OF DICK TURPIN” for Apple TV+.

 

As a trio they have penned on the series AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS starring David Tennent for Slim Film+Television and Federation Entertainment. Previously to that they created and wrote three series of THE JOB LOT starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland for ITV and CARTERS GET RICH starring Kerry Godliman and James Van Der Beek for Sky One. They also wrote and co-created IN THE LONG RUN starring Idris Elba and Bill Bailey also for Sky One. In the USA they developed a comedy about the happiest fat girl in Los Angeles with Ed Helms and his company Pacific Electric which was commissioned by Universal Television for the Fox Network

 

For the big screen the trio adapted the novel WE CAN BE HEROES by Catherine Bruton which they subsequently went on to direct (Claire) and co-direct (Ian and Stu). Starring Alison Steadman and Phil Davies it premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival gaining five star reviews.

 

Commissioned from an original treatment STEAL AWAY is their most recent feature film in development with Alison Owen of Monumental Pictures.

 

Presently they are co-developing a half hour narrative comedy with US and UK based The Ink Factory, an hour long comedy drama for Moon River/Mercury Studios,

 

Independently Claire Downes has written on the BAFTA nominated comedy-drama series THE OUTLAWS with Stephen Merchant and Christopher Walken for BBC and Amazon, and Ian has written two episodes of the hugely successful BBC detective drama Death in Paradise, and two episodes of it’s spin-off show Beyond Paradise, the most recent of which being the Christmas special due to air 2024.

 

Claire and Stuart still live in their native Birmingham whilst Ian escaped and chose to settle in the countryside of Essex. They spend a lot of time on Skype.

Claire Downes, Ian Jarvis & Stuart Lane
is represented by:
Charlotte Knight office@knighthallagency.com
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