Jonathan Harvey comes from Liverpool and is the multi award winning writer of the play and film 'Beautiful Thing', the Bafta nominated sitcom "Gimme Gimme Gimme" and "Beautiful People" (Best Comedy: Banff TV Festival). He is currently on the writing teams for both "Coronation Street" and "Shameless". His other TV work includes "Rev" (Bafta, Best Sitcom), "At Home With The Braithwaites", "Lilies", "The Catherine Tate Show" and "Murder Most Horrid". He has written 20 stage plays including "Corrie!", "Canary", "Hushabye Mountain", "Babies", "Boom Bang A Bang" and "Rupert Street Lonely Hearts Club".