M. J. Arlidge
| Matthew Arlidge | |
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| Born |
10 October 1974 London |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Author/television presenter |
| Notable work | Eeny Meeny, Pop Goes the Weasel, The Doll's House, Liar Liar , Little boy blue |
Matthew Arlidge (born 1974) is an English author of crime novels starring DI Helen Grace. He has also worked in television for the last fifteen years specialising in high-end drama production.
Matthew Arlidge was born in London in 1974, the youngest of four siblings. He grew up in Hampstead, North London, attending University College School from 7–18 years of age. In between school and university, he travelled extensively, teaching in a school in southern India, as well as visiting Singapore and Australia. On his return to the UK, he studied for an English Literature degree at St Johns College, Cambridge. During this period he met his future wife, won the Douglas Chivers prize for outstanding Shakespeare scholarship and mastered the specialist skill of punting. He subsequently spent a year studying Film and Television Production at Bristol University.
His early career was in television production, starting at EastEnders, the popular BBC1 soap opera. He began life as a story liner, later graduating to become a script editor. After 18 months there, he left to work for Ecosse Films, a British Film and TV production company, spending two years story lining and editing their hit BBC1 series Monarch of the Glen, which starred Richard Briers and Susan Hampshire. He then moved into a new role as TV development producer with the same company, creating new shows for BBC/ITV/C4 such as Mistresses and Cape Wrath. The latter starred Tom Hardy, Felicity Jones and David Morrissey, whilst the former has been successfully remade for US television. In 2007, Arlidge left to set up his own production company, TXTV Limited, with colleagues Jeremy Gwilt and Chris Lang. He exec produced a number of successful British crime serials over the ensuing years, including Torn, The Little House and Undeniable. As well as developing his own shows for television, Arlidge also writes for well established crime series, most notably Silent Witness.
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