Tim Dawson

Tim Dawson (born 1988) is a British screenwriter, journalist and political activist. He is the creator and writer of BBC Three sitcom Coming of Age (2007-2011), which was piloted in 2007[1] and ran for three series.[2][3][4] He is the editor of the website Free Market Conservatives.[5]

Tim Dawson
Born1988
OccupationScreenwriter
LanguageEnglish
NationalityBritish
Period2007–present
GenreTelevision
SubjectComedy
Notable worksComing of Age

Education

He was educated at Abingdon School from 1999-2006. He was the comedy actor in Here to Entertain You and The Comedians and won the North Drama Prize. He also wrote, produced and directed Bang Goes Douglas Smith.[6]

Career

Dawson created Coming of Age whilst still a teenager.[7] He has also written for Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.[8]

Dawson was identified as a 'Broadcast Hot Shot' in a 2008 edition of the industry magazine Broadcast.[9]

In 2018, Dawson contributed an episode of Lady Christina, a series of audio dramas spun-off from Doctor Who and made by Big Finish Productions.[10] As of August 2019, Not for Turning, a radio drama by Dawson, is slated for broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2020.[11]

Journalism

Dawson has written articles for The Daily Telegraph[12], The Spectator[13], Spiked[14], Conservative Home[15] and CapX[16]. He is editor of the website Free Market Conservatives, which, as its name suggests, promotes free market conservatism.[17]

Political activity

In 2018 he announced his intention to stand as a councillor for the Conservatives in local elections.[18]

Dawson was identified as the "public face" of Britain's Future, an "obscure" and "mysterious" pro-hard Brexit group, now defunct, that was reported in March 2019 to have spent £340,000 on targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram in the preceding four months, more than every UK political party and the British government combined.[19] Dawson had previously declined to explain the source of the organisation's funds beyond saying that he personally was "raising small donations from friends and fellow Brexiteers."[20] In late March of 2019, The Guardian newspaper reported that the likelihood was that the majority of the funding for Dawson's Facebook advertising was supplied by Sir Lynton Crosby's CTF Partners.[21]

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gollark: Convenience is *itself* pretty important.
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See also

References
  1. "Coming of Age". BBC Three. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  2. Sabbagh, Dan (8 February 2008). "BBC Three pins relaunch hopes on integration of TV and web". The Times. London. Retrieved 28 August 2008.(subscription required)
  3. "Coming Of Age is recommissioned for BBC Three" (Press release). BBC. 4 December 2008.
  4. "Coming of Age, Series 3". BBC Three. 27 November 2011.
  5. freemarketconservatives (23 July 2019). "The Blonde Bombshell has detonated. Borisgeddon has already desolated the quinoa belt". Free Market Conservatives. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  6. "Drama" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
  7. "19-Year-Old Writes New BBC Three Sitcom Coming Of Age". LastBroadcast.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  8. "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Series 8, Comic Relief Special: When Janet Met Michelle". BBC Three. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  9. "Tim Dawson, 20, writer". Broadcast. 22 August 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2012.(subscription required)
  10. "1. Lady Christina - The Worlds of Doctor Who - Special Releases - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  11. "Radio 4 Afternoon Dramas – Sparklab". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  12. "Tim Dawson". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  13. "Author: Tim Dawson". Coffee House. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  14. "Tim Dawson, Author at spiked". www.spiked-online.com. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  15. "Tim Dawson". Conservative Home. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  16. "Britain must rebalance its cultural landscape. Here's how". CapX. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  17. "Principles". Free Market Conservatives. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  18. Alexander, Jon. "The Tim Dawson Interview". Country Squire. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  19. Waterson, Jim; Hern, Alex (9 March 2019). "Obscure no-deal Brexit group is UK's biggest political spender on Facebook". The Observer. London.
  20. D'Urso, Joey (30 November 2018). "May's Google ad battle over Brexit". BBC News.
  21. "Facebook Brexit ads secretly run by staff of Lynton Crosby firm". 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
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