How old is Russell T Davies, what shows has the A Very English Scandal writer scripted and who is his husband Andrew Smith?
RUSSELL T Davies is an accomplished script writer havng penned many TV shows.
Here's everything you need to know about him and his new series A Very English Scandal...
Who is Russell T Davies?
Russel T Davies, 55, is a Welsh screen writer and TV producer from Swansea.
He has a degree in English Literature from the University Of Oxford.
After graduating he joined the BBC's children's department in 1985, where he wrote and produced Dark Season and Century Falls.
In 1994 he began writing adult television dramas, most of which explored religion and sexuality.
What TV shows has Russell T Davies scripted?
Russell T Davies has scripted various series including Revelations, a soap opera with a Lesbian vicar and Springhill, about a Catholic family in Liverpool.
Queer As Folk is a series in which he recreated his experiences of the Manchester gay scene and Bob & Rose is about a gay man who falls in love with a woman.
In the late 1990s, Davies lobbied the BBC to revive the sci-fi series Doctor Who and subsequently produced and scripted several episodes.
Other shows he has written include Mine All Mine, The Grand, Cassanova and The Second Coming.
What is his BBC series A Very English Scandal about?
Russell has written the script for A Very English Scandal which airs on the BBC in May, 2018.
The series tells the shocking true story of Jeremy Thorpe, a disgraced leader of the Liberal Party.
In 1979 he was tried but later acquitted of conspiring to murder his ex-lover, Norman Scott who was threatening to expose his homosexuality - which was illegal at the time.
Hugh Grant stars as Jeremy Thorpe alongside Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott and Monica Dolan as Marion Thorpe.
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Who is Russell T Davies' husband Andrew Smith?
Russell T Davies is married to customs officer Andrew Smith.
The pair have been together since 1999.
They married in 2012 in Manchester Town Hall.
In 2011 Andrew was diagnosed with a brain tumour and only given a 3% chance of recovery.