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Stephen Russell Davies, OBE (born 27 April 1963), better known by his pen name Russell T Davies, is a Welsh television producer and screenwriter whose works include ''Queer as Folk'', ''Bob & Rose'', ''The Second Coming'', ''Casanova'', the 2005 revival of the classic British science fiction series ''Doctor Who'', and the trilogy ''Cucumber'', ''Tofu'', and ''Banana''. Born in Swansea, Davies aspired to work as a comic artist in his adult life, until a careers advisor at Olchfa School suggested that he study English literature; he consequently focused on a career of play- and screen-writing. After he graduated from Oxford University, Davies joined the BBC's children's department in 1985 on a part-time basis and worked in varying positions, including writing and producing two series, ''Dark Season'' and ''Century Falls''. He left the BBC in the early 1990s to work for Granada Television and later became a freelance writer. Davies moved into writing adult television dramas in 1994. His early scripts generally explored concepts of religion and sexuality among various backdrops: ''Revelations'' was a soap opera about organised religion and featured a lesbian vicar; ''Springhill'' was a soap drama about a Catholic family in contemporary Liverpool; ''The Grand'' explored society's opinion of subjects such as prostitution, abortion and homosexuality during the interwar period; and ''Queer as Folk'', his first prolific series, recreated his experiences in the Manchester gay scene. His later series include ''Bob & Rose'', which portrayed a gay man who fell in love with a woman; ''The Second Coming'', which focused on the second coming and deicide of Jesus Christ from a mostly non-religious point of view; ''Mine All Mine'', a comedy about a family who discover they own the entire city of Swansea; and ''Casanova'', an adaptation of the Venetian lover's complete memoirs. He revived and ran ''Doctor Who'' after a sixteen-year hiatus, with Christopher Eccleston, and later David Tennant, in the title role. Davies's tenure as executive producer of the show oversaw a surge in popularity that led to the production of two spin-off series, ''Torchwood'' and ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and the revival of the Saturday prime-time dramas as a profitable venture for production companies. Davies was awarded an OBE in 2008 for services to drama, which coincided with his announcement that he would step down from ''Doctor Who'' as the show's executive producer with his final script, ''The End of Time'' (2009–10). Davies moved to Los Angeles, California in 2009, where he oversaw production of ''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' and the fifth and final series of ''The Sarah Jane Adventures''. After his partner developed cancer in late 2011, Davies returned to the UK, and co-created a new drama for CBBC, ''Wizards vs Aliens''. His current projects are ''Cucumber'', a Channel 4 series about middle-aged gay men in the Manchester gay scene; ''Banana'', an E4 series about young LGBT people in the ''Cucumber'' universe; and ''Tofu'', an online documentary series available on 4oD discussing issues which have arisen in the sister series, modern sex and sexuality with the cast and public. ==Early life and youth career== Stephen Russell Davies was born on 27 April 1963 in Mount Pleasant Hospital, Swansea, Glamorgan. His father, Vivian Davies, and his mother, Barbara, were teachers. Davies was the youngest of three children and their only son. Because he was born by cæsarean section, his mother was placed on a morphine drip and was institutionalised after an overdose resulted in a psychotic episode. He described his mother's experience as "literally ... like science fiction" and an early inspiration for his writing career. As a child, Davies was almost always referred to by his middle name. He grew up in a household that "never switched the TV off" until after closedown, and he subsequently became immersed in dramas such as ''I, Claudius'' and ''Doctor Who''; one of his first memories, at the age of three, was the ''dénouement'' of the 1966 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Tenth Planet''. He was also an avid cartoonist and comics enthusiast and purchased series such as ''Asterix'' and ''Peanuts''. Davies attended the local Tycoch Primary School in Sketty and enrolled at Olchfa Comprehensive School aged eleven. In his first year, the main school buildings were closed off for renovation after inspectors discovered the cement used in construction caused other public buildings to collapse. Lessons were held in portable buildings instead, which influenced his imagination to create mystery, science-fiction, and conspiracy thriller stories about the main building. He also immersed himself in books such as ''Sons and Lovers'' by D. H. Lawrence and ''The Crystal Mouse'' by Babs H Deal; the latter influenced him so much he could "see it echoing in anything" he wrote. At age 14, he auditioned for and joined the newly formed West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company (WGYTC). The group's founder and director, Godfrey Evans, considered him to be "a total all-rounder" who was talented and popular with the other students. Working with the group allowed him to define his sexual identity: he embarked on a several-month relationship with fellow youth thespian Rhian Morgan, and later came out as homosexual in his teenage years. In 1979, Davies completed his O-Levels and stayed at Olchfa with the ambition to study English literature at the University of Oxford; he abandoned his aspirations of becoming a comic artist after a careers advisor convinced him his colour-blindness would make that path unlikely. During his studies, he participated in the WGYTC's assignments to create Welsh language drama to be performed at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, including ''Pair Dadeni'', a play based on the Mabinogion myth cycle, and ''Perthyn'', a drama about community belonging and identity in early-1980s West Glamorgan. In 1981, he was accepted by Worcester College, Oxford to study English literature. At Oxford, he realised that he was enamoured with the narrative aspect of fiction, especially nineteenth-century literature such as Charles Dickens. Davies continued to submit scripts to the WGYT during his studies at Oxford: ''Box'', a play about the influence of television that Evans noted contained Davies' penchants for misdirecting the audience and mixing comedy and drama; ''In Her Element'', which centred on the animation of still objects, and ''Hothouse'', an Alan Bennett-inspired piece about internal politics in an advertising office. In 1984, he made his final performance for the WGYT and signed up for a course in Theatre Studies at Cardiff University after graduating from Oxford. He worked sporadically for the Sherman Theatre's publicity department and claimed unemployment benefit in the interim. In 1985, Davies began his professional television career after a friend suggested that he should talk to a television producer who was seeking a temporary graphic artist for the children's show ''Why Don't You?'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Russell T Davies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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