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James Wood

Actor, Writer, Producer, Additional Credits
James Wood is a British screenwriter.

Wood is perhaps best known for his writing on the BBC adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall and as a writer and creator of Quacks. When asked how it felt to be the first to take on Waugh's classic novel, Wood replied: "It's a scary thing to do because it’s such a loved book. Lots of people think it's the greatest comic novel in English fiction. So that's the challenge - living up to expectations."Both Decline and Fall and Quacks were well received.

Wood won the 2012 BAFTA for Rev. under the category of Best Situation Comedy.

Known For

  • The Great
  • Trying
  • Malice (2025)
  • Rev.
  • The Gamechangers
  • Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire
  • Vexed
  • Decline and Fall

Filmography

1966
Alvarez Kelly · as Union Officer
1964
My Fair Lady · as Cockney

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