Simon Heath(II)
- Producer
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Born and educated in Birmingham, Simon gained a First Class Honours
Degree in English Studies at the University of Nottingham and an MA in
Critical Theory. He started in the television industry in 1993 as
script editor and writer for Byker Grove and Ant & Dec, before joining
World Productions in 1997, where he script edited Ultraviolet for C4,
Ballykissangel for BBC1 and co-devised the Black Cab short films for
BBC2. From 1999 to 2001, he produced two series of the dotcom drama
Attachments, starring David Walliams for BBC2 and co-produced Men Only
for C4. In 2002, Simon was promoted to Head of Drama at World
Productions. In 2003 he produced the RTS and BANFF nominated Larkin:
Love Again for BBC2, and co-devised and executive produced the nursing
comedy drama No Angels for C4, which ran for three series. In 2004 he
executive produced the BAFTA-nominated Outlaws, a black comedy drama
about duty solicitors for BBC3/2 starring Phil Daniels, Murder
Prevention, a six-part crime drama for Five and Ahead Of the Class, an
RTS-nominated film for ITV starring Julie Walters, one of the five
highest rating dramas of 2005. In 2005, he executive produced Perfect
Day for Five (which generated the 2006 spin-offs Perfect Day: The
Millenium and Perfect Day: The Funeral) and in 2006/7 he executive
produced Party Animals for BBC2, starring Matt Smith and nominated for
a Broadcasting Press Guild award for Best Drama Series. In 2008, Simon
produced the triple BAFTA nominated (Best Single Drama, Best Actor,
Best Actress) Hancock & Joan for BBC4. In 2009 he executive produced
Pulse, a pilot for a drama series for BBC3. In 2010, he executive
produced the critically-acclaimed United, a film about the Busby Babes
and the Munich air crash, starring David Tennant, which was nominated
for Prix Europa, Broadcast and Royal Television Society awards. In
2011, Simon was appointed Creative Director of World Productions. He
executive produced the critically acclaimed five part police corruption
thriller, Line of Duty, the then highest rated drama series on BBC2 for
ten years. Line of Duty was nominated for Silver Dagger, Broadcast,
Broadcasting Press Guild, RTS and South Bank Show Awards. In 2012,
Simon executive produced The Bletchley Circle, a three part drama for
ITV starring Anna Maxwell-Martin and The Fear, a dark four-part drama
for Channel 4 starring Peter Mullan. The Fear was nominated for four
BAFTAs, winning two (Best Photography & Best Editing). Simon is
currently Executive Producing two 90 minute films about The Great Train
Robbery - A Robber's Tale & A Copper's Tale, starring Luke Evans and
Jim Broadbent, alongside Line of Duty 2 in Belfast and Nightshift, a
half-hour pilot for Sky. Simon occasionally talks at the National Film
& Television School and is a member of BAFTA. He lives with his wife
and two sons in North London.