Jamie Mathieson

Jamie Mathieson
Jamie Mathieson at Lucca Comics and Games 2015
Jamie Mathieson at Lucca Comics and Games 2015
OccupationTelevision scriptwriter
GenreScience fiction
Notable works"Mummy on the Orient Express", "Flatline", "Oxygen"
RelativesDaz Mathieson (brother)
Website
www.jamiemathieson.com

Jamie Mathieson (born 1970) is a British television screenwriter. A former stand-up comedian,[1] he has written for a number of UK science fiction TV shows, namely Being Human, Dirk Gently and Doctor Who.[2]

Career

He scripted the sci-fi comedy film Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, starring Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton, and Anna Faris. It was released in the UK and Ireland on 24 April 2009. He wrote the drama pilot ALT for Channel 4 in 2014, but it was not picked up for a series.[3] However, he did create and write the sci-fi miniseries Tripped for E4.

It was announced in October 2014 that Mathieson would be the lead writer of French science fiction series Métal Hurlant: Origins, a sequel to Métal Hurlant Chronicles.[4] It is based on the popular comics anthology magazine Métal Hurlant, known in the United States as Heavy Metal and in Germany as Schwermetall. Mathieson started his contributions to Doctor Who during the tenure of Peter Capaldi, working on series 8, 9 and 10.

In 2023, Mathieson independently published his first book, the short story collection The First Ten. The same year, he confirmed his intention to write a second collection, titled The Second Ten.[5]

Writing credits

Production Notes Broadcaster/distributor
FAQ About Time Travel
  • Feature film (2009)
 Picturehouse Entertainment
Becoming Human
  • Series 1: Episode 4 (2011)
  • Series 1: Episode 5 (2011)
  • Series 1: Episode 6 (2011)
 BBC iPlayer
Dirk Gently
  • Series 1: Episode 3
 BBC Four
Being Human
  • "Educating Creature" (2010)
  • "Type 4" (2011)
  • "The Graveyard Shift" (2012)
  • "Pie and Prejudice" (2013)
 BBC Three
Alt
  • TV Movie (2014)
 N/A
Tripped
  • Series creator (2016)
 E4
Doctor Who BBC One

References

  1. ^ http://jamiemathieson.blogspot.co.uk/ [user-generated source]
  2. ^ The Doctor Who Team (18 August 2014). "Blogs – New Series: All the Episode Titles and More". BBC. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. ^ "News | Channel 4".
  4. ^ "Jamie Mathieson Tapped to Pen 'Metal Hurlant: Origins'". 6 October 2014.
  5. ^ "The First Ten Interview".