James Graham OBE

James is a multiple award-winning playwright and screenwriter for film and TV. His plays have been staged throughout the UK and internationally, and include political drama This House, which premiered in 2012, and Ink, about the early days of Rupert Murdoch, which premiered in 2017.

James wrote the book for Finding Neverland, the musical with music by Gary Barlow. It opened in Boston in Summer 2014 and transferred to Broadway in Spring 2015.

His first film for television, Caught in a Trap, was broadcast on ITV1 on Boxing Day 2008. Brexit: An Uncivil War, garnered huge public attention and critical acclaim. It was first broadcast on Channel 4 and HBO in 2019 and starred Benedict Cumberbatch. It was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie, a BAFTA for Single Drama and a Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture Made for Television.

James's latest play, Best of Enemies, opens at the Young Vic next month.  James is also currently adapting Ink into a screenplay, developing a film with Lenny Abrahamson, writing a Christmas movie for Working Title and writing a musical with Elton John. His six-part series Sherwood for the BBC, set in his home town in North Nottinghamshire shoots in summer 2021. James was appointed OBE in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to drama and young people in British theatre.