Born: 29th July 1958 (as Simon Beresford Nye)
Episodes Broadcast: 2010

Simon Nye was born in Burgess Hill, Sussex. Having completed a degree in French and German at Bedford College, University of London, he began publishing translations of foreign-language works. Nye then decided to try his hand at an original novel, and the result was Men Behaving Badly, released in 1989. The book was spotted by television producer Beryl Vertue, who commissioned Nye to turn Men Behaving Badly into a sitcom. It proved enormously popular following its debut in 1992, and spawned an American remake in 1996. It also resulted in Nye becoming acquainted with Vertue's son-in-law, Steven Moffat, who was then establishing himself as a comedy scriptwriter. In the meantime, Nye had published a second novel called Wideboy in 1991. It too was adapted for television, as 1993's Frank Stubbs Promotes.

Nye developed a number of other sitcoms over the years that followed. In the late Nineties, he wrote Is It Legal?, The Last Salute and How Do You Want Me?. His projects after the turn of the century included Hardware, Carrie & Barry, Reggie Perrin and The Savages, on which he was also credited as an associate producer. In 2008, Moffat became the executive producer of Doctor Who. Aware that Nye had been an avid viewer of the programme back to its first episode in 1963, he invited him to write for Matt Smith's debut season as the Eleventh Doctor. The result was Amy's Choice, broadcast in 2010, which confronted the Doctor and his companions with several ersatz realities.

Nye's main project during the 2010s was The Durrells, on which he was an executive producer. He also wrote for programmes such as Just William, In With The Flynns and Thanks For The Memories. During the Twenties, he created Finding Alice while also adapting the classic novel The Darling Buds Of May as The Larkins. Nye and his wife, Claudia Stumpfl, have four children.