The BBC put their Faith in Stainforth Billy Ivory

The author of this drama is Billy Ivory, who penned the wonderful drama, Common As Muck, and who currently has another drama series, A Thing Called Love, being screened on BBC1 at this time. (October 2004) Some of you may recognise Billy from when he played brickie Eddie Ramsden in Coronation Street, but he was well known for his work well before then. Billy Ivory was born in Southwell, but grew up in Nottingham, where his father worked on the local evening paper. He attended university in London for a year, before returning to Nottingham, where he worked for the district council as a dustman, first in Sherwood, and then in Newark. He worked for the council for two years, during which time he began to write and established the Vacant theatre company.

His first play, 'Cause for Concern' was performed at the Mansfield Arts Centre. Since then his work has included the binmen saga, Common As Muck, a reformed gangster drama, The Sins, which starred Pete Postlethwaite, and A Thing Called Love, which features former EastEnders hunk Paul Nicholls and rising young actress Liz White. Billy Ivory

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