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Ashley Pharoah

Pharoah played rugby for Wimbledon and began his television writing career on the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1991, on which he worked for four years and where he met co-writer Matthew Graham.

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Meanwhile Pharoah, Matthew Graham and veteran Eastenders writer Tony Jordan spent years co-creating Life on Mars, which was first shown in 2006, and Pharoah contributed episodes to both series of the show.

BBC Writers Academy

- Guest Lectures from leading British TV writers including: Jimmy McGovern, Tony Jordan, Tony McHale, Alan Plater, Sarah Phelps, Ashley Pharoah.

Matthew Graham

Ashes to Ashes, a Life on Mars spin-off which he co-created with Life on Mars writer/co-creator Ashley Pharoah, was first broadcast on BBC One on 8 January 2008, to an audience of 7 million, according to overnight figures.

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In November 2010, Graham announced the production of a new television series co-created with Ashley Pharoah for ITV.

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