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Matthew Wingett (born April 24 1968 in Portsmouth, Hampshire), is an English screenwriter, journalist, novelist, songwriter and hypnotist, and is the brother of English actor Mark Wingett. His most well known work for television are episodes of the ITV1 police procedural The Bill.

Wingett wanted to be a writer from his youth and joined a publishing company in 1986, where he learned about the trade of writing and book production. His writing developed over the next 6 years until in 1991 he was invited to write episodes of The Bill for ITV1. Matthew's brother, Mark Wingett, played Jim Carver in the show, so Matthew was scrupulous about maintaining separation from his brother. His first script was submitted to the Script Unit under the name of Matthew Brothers to deflect charges of nepotism. This first script, Taking The Blame also did not use Jim Carver. It was a discussion of a theme often recurring in Wingett's works: the tension between local loyalties in conflict with a greater good. Wingett was 23 years old when his first episode was aired and was the youngest writer at The Bill.

Wingett went on to write eight episodes of The Bill. In 1995 he became interested in working on his own projects and studied Buddhism, Nietzsche and Christianity before eschewing all mystical systems. He has written travel journalism for the Mail on Sunday, children's articles for The Daily Telegraph.

In 1997, Wingett received a blow to the head in a kickboxing accident and underwent emergency brain surgery at Southampton Neurological Unit to relieve the pressure on the brain of a subdural haematoma. After this period, his writing came to a halt.

In April 2008, Wingett approached hypnotist Paul McKenna to see if he could help him with his creativity. After one 40 minute session, Wingett found that he was able to write again. Wingett is now a hypnotist, Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and is working on a novel and personal development guides with various hypnotists.

• The Bill (1995) - Saved
• The Bill (1995) - Drinking Partners
• The Bill (1994) - In Control
• The Bill (1994) - A Rock And A Hard Place
• The Bill (1994) - Taking The Blame
• The Bill (1993) - Faith In The System
• The Bill (1992) - Cried Too Late
• The Bill (1991) - Thicker Than Water

• Matthew Wingett at IMDb
• Matthew Wingett at www.tv.com

Category:1968 births Category:English television writers Category:English journalists Category:Living people Category:People from Hampshire