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name: Steve   Thompson
about: Stephen Thompson (born 1967), sometimes credited as Steve Thompson, is a British playwright and screenwriter.In 2005 he was made Pearson writer in residence at The Bush where his next play Whipping It Up was also performed. Roaring Trade was performed by Paines Plough at the Soho Theatre. His most recent play No Naughty Bits was performed at Hampstead Theatre in September 2011.His first credit for television came on the medical soap Doctors in 2005. Since then, he has contributed scripts for several popular shows, including Silk, Upstairs Downstairs, Doctor Who and the first three seasons of Sherlock (both in collaboration with Steven Moffat). In 2016, he created the period drama series Jericho, which re-imagines the building of the Ribbleh Stephen Thompson (born 1967), sometimes credited as Steve Thompson, is a British playwright and screenwriter.In 2005 he was made Pearson writer in residence at The Bush where his next play Whipping It Up was also performed. Roaring Trade was performed by Paines Plough at the Soho Theatre. His most recent play No Naughty Bits was performed at Hampstead Theatre in September 2011.His first credit for television came on the medical soap Doctors in 2005. Since then, he has contributed scripts for several popular shows, including Silk, Upstairs Downstairs, Doctor Who and the first three seasons of Sherlock (both in collaboration with Steven Moffat). In 2016, he created the period drama series Jericho, which re-imagines the building of the Ribblehead Viaduct. On 3 October 2018 it was announced that Thompson would be teaming with Frank Spotnitz to develop a drama about Leonardo da Vinci. On 17 February 2019 it was revealed that Thompson was developing an adaptation of Runestaff for BBC. On 16 August 2019, the BBC announced they would broadcast Thompson's adaptation of the popular Liebermann novels by Frank Tallis, Vienna Blood.Source: Wikipedia ...more