Steve Wetton

Steve Wetton has written for TV, radio and taught creative writing at Derby University and The Welsh Writer's Holiday at Caerleon. Steve devised and wrote the comedy/drama series, Growing Pains, for BBC TV. (20 x 50 minute episodes). This was based on his experiences as a foster parent and started on Radio 4 as his 12 part comedy series. He was commissioned to write situation comedy pilots by Thames TV, the BBC and TVS, and an eight-part educational series, Parents and Teenagers, for Central...See more

Steve Wetton has written for TV, radio and taught creative writing at Derby University and The Welsh Writer's Holiday at Caerleon. Steve devised and wrote the comedy/drama series, Growing Pains, for BBC TV. (20 x 50 minute episodes). This was based on his experiences as a foster parent and started on Radio 4 as his 12 part comedy series. He was commissioned to write situation comedy pilots by Thames TV, the BBC and TVS, and an eight-part educational series, Parents and Teenagers, for Central TV. He's written for many comedy sketch shows and was commissioned to write two stage-plays, King of the Blues and Adult Pantomime, part of a comedy revue for Derby Playhouse and was commissioned by the Central TV Youth Drama Group to write a play, Streetfighters. He Has been a course tutor and main speaker at various conferences. For seven years he lectured and conducted workshops in various forms of scriptwriting at Derby University. See less