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Russell T Davies [1963-0] Welsh
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Writer, Television producer


Stephen Russell Davies, OBE, better known by his pen name Russell T Davies, is a Welsh television producer and screenwriter whose works include Queer as Folk, Bob & Rose, The Second Coming, Casanova, the 2005 revival of the classic British science fiction series Doctor Who, and the trilogy Cucumber, Tofu, and Banana.


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Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.
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I hate the idea that I have to represent any particular section of society; I just write good telly, that's all.
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The marvelous thing about 'Doctor Who' is that it tells stories that no one else can tell.
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It's tough and it should be tough - it should never be easy to be given millions of pounds to make a drama. The coalition government is doing terrible things to the BBC, but drama will survive even if we end up putting on a play in a backroom of a pub.
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I love having debates with people when they are debates but some people, you just can't. Some people shouldn't be given the oxygen.
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