Jeff Povey

Jeff Povey is a Scottish screenwriter and author, best known for his extensive work in British television.

Career
After his two-man play Tidy, Povey started writing television since the early 1990s, with Stay Lucky. He has written multiple episodes of long running continuing dramas, such as Casualty, its spinoff Holby City, and 240 episodes of EastEnders. His final episode of EastEnders broadcast on Feb 9, 2024, with Povey announcing his retirement from the series.

Other television series, covering a wide array of genres, he wrote for include children's drama The Dumping Ground, action-adventures Hooten and the Lady and The Musketeers, and various crime series such as Silent Witness, Kingdom ,Midsomer Murders and most recently, The Good Ship Murder. In 2002, he directed the short film Blowing It.

Outside of screenwriting, his first novel, The Serial Killers Club, was published in 2006. In 2014 his second novel (part of a trilogy) "SHIFT", was published. The second book in the trilogy was published on 23 April 2015, titled "DELETE". On 23 March 2017 the final book titled “ESCAPE” was released, concluding the trilogy.