Biography
Nick McCarty is a British television and radio writer. He began working as a professional writer at the age of 23 and served as script editor on the BBC series The Revenue Men and The Expert. He co-devised the Southern Television series Spearhead and contributed multiple episodes to it.
His television credits include episodes of Bergerac, Casualty, The Onedin Line, Z Cars, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (the Anne Boleyn episode), Dangerfield and Dramarama. He has also written radio plays and adaptations for the BBC and independent stations, as well as several books including retellings of The Iliad and biographies of historical figures.
McCarty won a Pye Award for his work on The Siege of Golden Hill. He lives in Kew, London, and sometimes in south-west France.
