Writing Résumé

"SEX AND THE SINGLE MAN" Full-length stage play -
Scott agrees to allow his distant cousin Danny to stay in his London bachelor flat, (until Danny gets a job and flat of his own), wrongfully assuming that Danny is a he! Discovering a very attractive unknown female asleep on his sofa, Scott thinks she is a surprise birthday present from his fellow bachelor friend Dick, and promptly makes a pass - at Danny. Thus, begins a royal Battle of the Sexes, as Scott and Dick try to seduce Danny (as part of a bet) and Danny determines to teach them both a lesson!

"SLEEP TO WAKE" 50-minute television drama about reincarnation -

Caroline, a teacher in her 20s, loves her new school and is intrigued by one of her pupils, Johnny, who is a precocious loner with a problem personality. Although only 15, he looks older and has a maturity & wisdom way beyond his years. Caroline manages to befriend Johnny and he enlists her assistance to help him track down his past - in a previous lifetime. Is Caroline drawn to schoolboy Johnny and/or Steve, his adult alter-ego, and can their relationship survive the age difference?
There is a 30-minute radio play version of “Sleep to Wake” which won a prize in the radio play section of the Southern Writers’ Conference.]

"BAIZE" A 90,000-word novel (exposé of the snooker world), publisher: PlatypusPublications -

This adult novel, BAIZE, tells the real story of professional snooker that TV viewers have hitherto only suspected: the rivalry, the sex, the groupies, the booze and the drugs. The author has drawn on her own knowledge of the professional & amateur circuits to create a vividly realistic, albeit fictional scenario:
Billy, a wild young Irish lad with a massive chip on his shoulder, obsessed with winning and sex; Sharon, a beautiful young woman determined to break into the male-dominated professional scene - at any cost; and Toby, the ageing star, fighting a losing battle against drugs, booze and talented young players. Fast, furious action - on and off the snooker table.
[Hardback copies of “BAIZE” are available at £9.95 (incl. p&p in the UK). Initial enquiry by email please: nikdaviesanthony@wanadoo.fr]

"BLOODY MARY" SITCOM PILOT with series synopsis (co-written with actor, David Gillies) -
When Mary attempts to become a blood-donor, she discovers that because of her blood type she cannot possibly be the biological daughter of both her parents, who are still married but currently engaged in a long-running, non-speaking Cold War.
Mary’s revelation melts the ice. Adoption and adultery are hotly denied. Could there have been a mix-up at the hospital? Mary and her brother break into the hospital’s records department and start hunting down all her female ‘time-twins’. They cause mayhem amongst the families they visit, and then they find the other ‘swapee’.....

"GETTING EVEN" 6-PART (one hour each) TV SERIES - comedy drama (co-written with Mel Anthony) -

Rita’s life in Church Road (in a small village near Tunbridge Wells), is far from saintly and never dull. Her hedonistic sister Eunice thinks she has been abducted (and experimented upon) by aliens - could this be linked to the reappearance (after 6 years’ absence) of Martin (Eunice’s ex), whom Rita has always secretly loved?
Her best friend Nicolette is not quite engaged to poor neurotic Robert, struggling (in therapy) to overcome his Oedipus complex. Her neighbour Lisa, whilst divorcing Jason and trying to cheat him on the sale of the marital home, has a fatal accident and then comes back to haunt the residents of Church Road.
Jonathan Priestley, the unfortunate vicar is embroiled in all the tangled webs they weave. As are: Humphrey, an extremely compassionate hitman; Tamarind, a serial abductee flower child; Joe, a clever electrician and SFX expert; Clive, Eunice’s twice-weekly bonk who runs the local morgue; Carol, the gold-digging seductress who blacklists Eunice from her Health Club; Gary, Robert’s bungling side-kick; and Maggie, a very happy medium.