TV & Radio
My scriptwriting agent is Di Culverhouse at Culverhouse & James:
http://www.culverhousejames.co.uk
- Wrote numerous sketches for Fordham & Lipson (Radio 4) including one selected for Pick of the Week.
- Sketches, inserts, stand-up material for various shows including The Stand Up Show (BBC1), Get Up Stand Up (Channel 4), Loose Ends (Radio 4), Interesting...Very Interesting (Radio 5).
- Pilot sitcom An American Law Firm in London, commissioned by BBC1 - now under consideration as a radio series.
- Pilot sitcom Standing Up currently under submission to the BBC and independent production company.
- Feature script They're Playing My Bloody Song under consideration by BBC Films.
http://www.culverhousejames.co.uk
- Wrote numerous sketches for Fordham & Lipson (Radio 4) including one selected for Pick of the Week.
- Sketches, inserts, stand-up material for various shows including The Stand Up Show (BBC1), Get Up Stand Up (Channel 4), Loose Ends (Radio 4), Interesting...Very Interesting (Radio 5).
- Pilot sitcom An American Law Firm in London, commissioned by BBC1 - now under consideration as a radio series.
- Pilot sitcom Standing Up currently under submission to the BBC and independent production company.
- Feature script They're Playing My Bloody Song under consideration by BBC Films.
Books
Losing It
Published by Troubador.
"Smart, chilling and darkly humorous...a dazzling debut." Ivor Baddiel, Author
"With fantastic insight into the female psyche, this is clever, rewarding and quite simply entertaining." Epoch Times
Reviewer: Geoff Lamb Added: 29/09/09Rating: Losing it
Brilliant and gripping. A genuine page-turner but a million miles from being airport pap. Exceptionally well written, fabulous dialogue and a stunning finale.
Heck, go and buy it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Losing-Simon-Lipson/dp/1906221979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271240272&sr=1-1
Published by Troubador.
"Smart, chilling and darkly humorous...a dazzling debut." Ivor Baddiel, Author
"With fantastic insight into the female psyche, this is clever, rewarding and quite simply entertaining." Epoch Times
Reviewer: Geoff Lamb Added: 29/09/09Rating: Losing it
Brilliant and gripping. A genuine page-turner but a million miles from being airport pap. Exceptionally well written, fabulous dialogue and a stunning finale.
Heck, go and buy it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Losing-Simon-Lipson/dp/1906221979/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271240272&sr=1-1
Song In The Wrong Key
And you can buy my other book - which is an altogether frothier affair - for your Kindle-reader thingy.
http://www.amazon.com/A-Song-For-Europe-ebook/dp/B00492CQ2K or here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Song-For-Europe-ebook/dp/B00492CQ2K
Review By Stephanie Dagg (author)
At first glance, the story outline is almost sad. Personable Mike Kenton loses his job and that’s the final nail in the coffin of his crumbling marriage. He finally moves out of his nice house, away from the two daughters he adores, and settles into a poky flat. He turns to his music again, and is spotted by music executive Ben in a tatty bistro. Ben asks if he can enter one of Mike’s songs into the Eurovision Song Contest. Does this rocket Mike into superstardom and solve all his personal problems? I don’t want to give too much of the story away, but it’s not predictable. The book is too realistic for that. A couple of other women emerge to complicate things further too.
This is a really well-written book. Mike is portrayed so realistically – his love for his kids, his depression, his nerves, his indecisiveness. The dialogue is modern and natural i.e. there’s plenty of swearing. Five year old Millie is one of the worst culprits, a nice touch. (Every child goes through the swearing phase to their parents’ chagrin – I mean, where else did they get it from? We can’t blame école in our youngest son’s case as he swears in English.) Mike gets a taste of stardom but he keeps his feet firmly on the ground, like the book does.
Amazon summarises the book as: A laugh-out-loud comedy about love, family, friendship and Euro- tack by acclaimed stand-up and comedy writer Simon Lipson. I agree, but there’s more to the book than that. You’re also almost in tears at times, and the stage fright descriptions seriously make you feel ill.
Entertaining all the way through, this is an excellent read by a top-rate author.
I read "A Song for Europe" cover to electronic cover today. Fantastic story. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Justin Kavanagh http://www.justinkavanagh.org
http://www.amazon.com/A-Song-For-Europe-ebook/dp/B00492CQ2K or here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/A-Song-For-Europe-ebook/dp/B00492CQ2K
Review By Stephanie Dagg (author)
At first glance, the story outline is almost sad. Personable Mike Kenton loses his job and that’s the final nail in the coffin of his crumbling marriage. He finally moves out of his nice house, away from the two daughters he adores, and settles into a poky flat. He turns to his music again, and is spotted by music executive Ben in a tatty bistro. Ben asks if he can enter one of Mike’s songs into the Eurovision Song Contest. Does this rocket Mike into superstardom and solve all his personal problems? I don’t want to give too much of the story away, but it’s not predictable. The book is too realistic for that. A couple of other women emerge to complicate things further too.
This is a really well-written book. Mike is portrayed so realistically – his love for his kids, his depression, his nerves, his indecisiveness. The dialogue is modern and natural i.e. there’s plenty of swearing. Five year old Millie is one of the worst culprits, a nice touch. (Every child goes through the swearing phase to their parents’ chagrin – I mean, where else did they get it from? We can’t blame école in our youngest son’s case as he swears in English.) Mike gets a taste of stardom but he keeps his feet firmly on the ground, like the book does.
Amazon summarises the book as: A laugh-out-loud comedy about love, family, friendship and Euro- tack by acclaimed stand-up and comedy writer Simon Lipson. I agree, but there’s more to the book than that. You’re also almost in tears at times, and the stage fright descriptions seriously make you feel ill.
Entertaining all the way through, this is an excellent read by a top-rate author.
I read "A Song for Europe" cover to electronic cover today. Fantastic story. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Justin Kavanagh http://www.justinkavanagh.org
My debut column in the Ham & High 25 February 2010 (yes, I know it's unreadable, thank you)
