David’s new crime drama, WINTER (Eagle Eye Drama), has been greenlit for ITV in the UK and PBS in the US, and starts filming early 2026, starring Richard Armitage and Annabel Scholey.

His 6-part psychological drama, THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR (also Eagle Eye Drama), a Channel 4/Starz co-production starring Sam Heughan and Eleanor Tomlinson, TXd on Channel 4 in November 2023. It became the channel’s biggest streaming launch of all time, and has subsequently been sold to 55 countries. The series was re-commissioned for a 2nd series by Channel 4, David again writing all 6 episodes and Exec Producing. Starring Annabel Scholey and Sam Palladio, it went out in Summer 2025 and soon afterwards in the US on Starz, and has also sold widely internationally.

He also recently wrote 3 episodes of SUSPECT S2 for Channel 4/Britbox International, starring Anne Marie Duff and Dominic Cooper, which TXd on Channel 4 in Summer 2024. Previous to that, he wrote 2 episodes for Season 3 of MARCELLA for ITV/Netflix, including the series finale.

David’s first original series, 4 part serial BOY MEETS GIRL, a comedy drama starring Martin Freeman and Rachael Stirling, TXd on ITV1 in 2009. In 2010, he co-created and wrote BEDLAM, a supernatural series for Sky Living and BBC America, the former’s first original drama commission. Recommissioned by Sky Living, Bedlam Series 2 aired 2012. His original 5 part legal thriller THE CASE TXd on BBC1 Daytime stripped across a week in 2011.

David lives in Leeds with his wife, who also works in the industry. A music fan and DJ, he hosts a monthly foreign language music show, Mondo Pop, for Alto Radio, and co-hosts an album of the month podcast, This Is Not Happening.