Matthew Graham is a British television writer, and the co-creator of theBBC/Kudos Film and Television science fiction seriesLife on Mars, which debuted in 2006 onBBC One and has received international critical acclaim.

Graham began his career writing for theChildren's ITV bicycle courier teen dramaStreetwise in 1990, co-penning every episode of its second and third series.^[1] Following this, he moved to the BBC to write for fellow children's dramasByker Grove andThe Biz, as well asEastEnders. Graham then wrote for the popularBBC Two drama seriesThis Life, and created and wrote thepost-apocalyptic drama serialThe Last Train forITV. He also wrote episodes forSpooks andHustle, and "Fear Her", an episode of the2006 series ofDoctor Who.

Ashes to Ashes, aLife on Mars sequel which he co-created withLife on Mars writer/co-creatorAshley Pharoah, was first broadcast onBBC One on 8 January 2008, to an audience of 7 million, according to overnight figures.^[2] In the US,ABC commissioned a remake ofLife on Mars, also to be calledLife on Mars, developed byDavid E. Kelley, creator ofAlly McBeal, for broadcast in the 2007/08 midseason.

In 2006, Graham formed Monastic Productions with Pharoah (co-creator ofLife on Mars). Monastic Productions are involved in theLife on Mars spin-offAshes to Ashes, as well as in co-producingBonekickers, a 6-part drama series about archaeology set inBath. Both series are productions for BBC One.Bonekickers was not renewed after the first series, butAshes to Ashes completed its third and final series in May 2010.

In November 2010, Graham announced the production of a new television series co-created with Pharoah forITV.Eternal Law tells the story of two angels who are sent to Earth to assist in the salvation of mankind as lawyers in a York law firm. He also confirmed that he would be returning to the world ofDoctor Who in 2011, writing the fifth and sixth episodes of the sixth series, a two-part story entitled "The Rebel Flesh" and "The Almost People".

His adaptation of the novelChildhood's End aired onSyfy in December 2015.^[3]

He wrote “The Hood Maker”, the first episode in theChannel 4/Amazon Video seriesPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, which first aired in September 2017.^[4][5]

• Official website
• Matthew Graham atIMDb
• Radio Wiltshire interview with Matthew Graham
• Participant in the Café of Ideas creative community based in Bath, UK
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8115817/Screenwriters-clash-over-state-of-TV-drama.html
• Matthew Graham Interview with Best British TV^[usurped]

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